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Billy Joel Tour 2025: Best Songs, Setlist, Dates

Billy Joel, aka “The Piano Man”, 74, just announced his upcoming concert in July 2024 as the grand finale of the record-breaking residency performances at Madison Square Garden (MSG). Joel will achieve the milestone of 150 performances in his life with this concert.

Best Billy Joel Songs

Since his debut at Madison Square Garden in 1978, Joel has become a music legend who has produced 33 Top 40 hits including “Honesty,” “Movin’ Out,” and “Just The Way You Are.” In 1990, Joel won a Grammy Legend Award and was added to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992. In 1999, Joel joined the Rock Hall of Fame and received an RIAA Award for more than 10 million album sales. In 2001, Joel was honored with the Johnny Mercer Award.

Throughout his remarkable music career, Joel had 23 Grammy nominations and 6 wins, including Album of the Year 52nd Street.

Beyond awards, he received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2013 for changing American culture through music.

These achievements have established his unshakable position all over the world.

Here’s Billy Joel best songs of all time that sum up his career:

• Piano Man

• Just The Way You Are

• Honestly

• The Stranger

• Uptown Girl

• Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)

• My Life

• Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

• Goodnight Saigon

• Summer Highland Falls

Billy Joel Concert 2024–2025

As of 2024, Billy Joel’s net worth is estimated at $240 million. With over 160 million records sold globally and an average of $1 million per concert, Joel remains one of the highest-grossing touring artists in the world. In 2023 alone, his tour earnings reportedly surpassed $50 million.

July 25, 2024 will mark Billy Joel’s final performance at Madison Square Garden, a venue he has performed at monthly since 2014. Other sold-out dates at MSG include: January 11, February 9, March 28, April 26, May 9 (which celebrates Joel’s 75th birthday) and June 8.

In addition to his New York shows, Joel will headline a New Year's Eve performance in Elmont, New York, and appear internationally in Wales on August 9, 2024.

Joel has also shared the stage with legendary artists: he performed with Stevie Nicks on March 9 in Arlington, Texas, and with Sting for co-headlining shows on February 24 in Tampa, Florida, and April 13 in San Diego, California.

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Billy Joel Concert Setlist

The following is the setlist from Billy Joel's performance at Petco Park in San Diego, CA on April 13, 2024. While there may be slight variations for each show, fans can anticipate the future setlist.

1. My Life

2. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)

3. ViennaPlay Video

4. Start Me Up(The Rolling Stones cover)

5. An Innocent Man

6. Big Man on Mulberry Street(with Sting)

7. Turn the Lights Back On

8. Don't Ask Me Why

9. New York State of Mind

10. Allentown

11. Sometimes a Fantasy

12. Only the Good Die Young

13. The River of Dreams

14. Nessun dorma(Giacomo Puccini cover) (with Mike DelGuidice)

15. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

16. Piano Man

Encore:

1. We Didn't Start the Fire

2. Uptown Girl

3. It's Still Rock and Roll to Me

4. Big Shot

5. You May Be Right

Who Is Billy Joel Touring With?

Joel's Madison Square Garden shows are often marked by surprise guests, from music hitmakers to the host everyone knows.

The following are the guests who have participated in performances at Madison Square Garden in the past.

• Christie Brinkley

• Jimmy Fallon

• Brian Johnson

• John Mellencamp

• Foreigner’s Lou Gramm And Mick Jones

• Bruce Springsteen

• John Fogerty

• Olivia Rodrigo

It has also been announced that Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks are going on tour together at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL, on June 21. For fans of the two, don’t pass up their cheapest tickets to have a fantastic experience.

The following is the setlist from Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks tour 2023 at Petco Park in San Diego, CA on April 13, 2024. While there may be slight variations for each show, fans can anticipate the future setlist.

Stevie Nicks

1. Outside the Rain

2. Dreams

3. If Anyone Falls

4. Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (with Billy Joel)

5. Fall From Grace

6. For What It’s Worth

7. Gypsy

8. Wild Heart

9. Bella Donna

10. Stand Back

11. Free Fallin’

12. Gold Dust Woman

13. Sara

14. Edge of Seventeen

Encore:

1. Rhiannon

2. Landslide

Billy Joel

1. My Life

2. Movin’ Out

3. Vienna

4. Zanzibar

5. An Innocent Man

6. Don’t Ask Me Why

7. Just the Way You Are

8. Allentown

9. And So It Goes (with Stevie Nicks)

10. Say Goodbye to Hollywood

11. Sometimes a Fantasy

12. Only the Good Die Young

13. The River of Dreams

14. Nessun Dorma (featuring Mike DelGuidice)

15. Scenes From an Italian Restaurant

16. Piano Man

Encore:

1. We Didn’t Start the Fire

2. Uptown Girl

3. It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me

4. Big Shot

5. You May Be Right

Billy Joel 2025–2026 Tour Dates

Billy Joel’s tour has been postponed for four months due to a medical condition. The tour will resume on July 5, 2025, in Pittsburgh. All previously purchased tickets remain valid for the rescheduled dates.

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