Billy Joel to Perform Live at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines April 15

Billy Joel will be performing live at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on April 15 at 8:00 pm.

American singer and songwriter, Billy Joel released “Piano Man,” his first hit song in 1973. He is reported to be the sixth best selling recording artist in the United States by the RIAA.

The six-time winning Grammy Award winner has had Top 10 hits in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s and has sold over 150 million albums worldwide. Joel was also inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in 1992, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2006.

Technically Joel “retired” in 1993 from recording pop music, but he continued to tour on occasion with British pop singer, Elton John. The singer returned to recording with his 2001 release of Fantasies & Delusions, classical piano compositions and later recorded “All My Life” and released it in 2007.

There are two Wells Fargo Arenas owned by Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), one in Des Moines, Iowa and on in Tempe Arizona. The Des Moines location is part of the Iowa Events Center and can accommodate 16,980 guests. The venue first opened in 2005, after $99 million was spent on its construction and is the home of the Iowa Energy D-League team, previously the Iowa Barnstormers of the af2, and the Iowa Stars Hockey League. The arena’s first event was the Tony Hawk Boom-Boom Huck Jam on July 14, 2005 and its first concert featured Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with the Black Crows on July 18, 2005.