After trotting out Tony Bennett, John Mellencamp, Don Henley, and John Mayer during what was supposed to be the last concert at Shea Stadium on Wednesday night, Billy Joel brought out perhaps the biggest gun in his cameo arsenal for Friday night’s final last show: Paul McCartney, who performed “I… MORE »
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As predicted in this space, Billy Joel has added a second “last show” at Shea Stadium after his first one sold out faster than you can say “you had to be a big shot, didn’t cha?” MORE »
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Billy Joel’s Shea Stadium Ticketing Snafu May Make Him The New Hannah Montana
Billy Joel’s July concert at Shea Stadium–the final musical event at the crumbling concrete behemoth–sold out in one hour on Saturday morning, although the ticketing system used to handle the show’s ticket sales was apparently experiencing massive gridlock. (Shea’s overlords eschewed Ticketmaster for in-house site 507tixx.com, which is named after the Mets’ ticketing hotline.) As you might expect, the “secondary market” for these tickets is thriving, despite the tech snafus and speedy sellout; at present, there are 441 listings for tickets on the semi-legitimate scalping site StubHub, with the highest single-seat price $99,215. That total is up from the 209 sets of tickets on sale Thursday, when Mets season-ticket holders were allowed to buy tickets early. MORE »
Billy Joel To Play Shea Stadium, Inspire Many “Yankees Suck” Chants
Those Billy Joel concerts at Shea Stadium, which is closing its ugly-ass doors after the Mets close out the 2008 season*? MORE »
As rumored last week, the final events at New York’s Shea Stadium will be a string of concerts by noted Yankees fan Billy Joel, which will take place on unspecified dates sometime following the Mets’ 2008 playoff run. (Well, at least the news gave me an excuse to use this picture again. Go Comets!) MORE »
Al Gore’s Save The Earth Concert To Be Held At Dump In Flushing?
The blog Hidden Track is reporting that the North American installment of Al Gore’s “Live Earth” concerts, which are happening on July 7, will take place at Shea Stadium, the New York Mets’ soon-to-be-demolished ballpark in Flushing, Queens. MORE »
