Billy Joel
Madison Square Garden - NYC, NY
2014-05-09 (Friday, May 5, 2014)

Billy's 65th birthday show

AT943 cardioids > Church Audio ST-9100 > Sony PCM-M10
Section B row 22 (6 seats off dead center)

Very nice recording of a solid, but somewhat uneventful show for Billy's 65th birthday. Setlisted and not played were I've Loved These Days (after Everybody Loves You Now) and Only the Good Die Young (last encore).

Howard Stern introduced Billy and explained that proceeds from the show were benefitting the North Shore Animal League, an animal rescue organization (and more) on Long Island. Please consider a small donation to them if you download and enjoy this show. Jimmy Fallon guested to mixed results. Perhaps a more appropriate song to cover barbershop quartet style would have been The Longest Time. But hey, that's not their style, and who am I to question a comedy genius. . .

Enjoy!!

01. Howard Stern introduction
02. My Life
03. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
04. Billy Birthday Banter & PSA for North Shore Animal League
05. The Entertainer
06. Billy Banter 2 > Theme from The Magnificent Seven > Intro to . . .
07. The Ballad of Billy the Kid
08. Everybody Loves You Now
09. Zanzibar
10. Goodnight Saigon (with members of the NYPD, NYFD, and Armed Forces on background vocals)
11. Allentown
12. The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Jimmy Fallon)
13. Sweat (A La La La La Long) > Happy Birthday (Jimmy Fallon and The Ragtime Gals)
14. New York State of Mind
15. Scandanavian Skies (tour premiere)
16. Sometimes a Fantasy
17. She's Always a Woman
18. Don't Ask Me Why
19. River of Dreams > A Hard Day's Night > River of Dreams
20. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
21. Piano Man
Encores:
22. Uptown Girl
23. It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
24. Big Shot
25. You May Be Right