Atlanta, GA 3/3/2008 11:38:12 PM
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Billy Joel to Perform Live at Shea Stadium July 16

Billy Joel will be performing live Shea Stadium on Wednesday July 16 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.

 

William A Shea Municipal Stadium, Shea Stadium for short, is the home of the New York Metropolitans Major League Baseball club.  One of the oldest National League ballparks, the New York City park rests in Flushing, Queens, New York will be replaced by Citi Field in 2009.  The New York Mets and the Florida Marlins will face off in the stadium’s final game on September 28, 2008.

 

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