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Paul McCartney Brings Shea Stadium Full Circle


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 Saw Her Standing There" and "Let It Be" (above) with the Piano Man. McCartney, of course, played at Shea with his old band the Beatles back in 1965 and 1966, and Wednesday's show was actually marked by Joel thanking the Beatles for letting him play "their room." (Everybody: Awww.) [YouTube]

9:30 AM on Mon Jul 21 2008
By Maura Johnston
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Latest by Maura Johnston: @Reidicus: Oh you better watch it ;) more »

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?" (Well, OK, it was 48 minutes, but don't tell that to the fans who were hung up on the throttling-like-mad ticketing site.) [Brooklyn Vegan]

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fools and their money

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 »

9:30 AM on Mon Feb 18 2008
By Maura Johnston
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Latest by Chris Molanphy: The real outrage is this Bronx-lover playing Shea at all. (Sorry, M -- you showed such restraint through that whole post, I felt obligated...) more »

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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*? They will not be the final events at the cement behemoth, a fact that should cause every Mets fan out there to sigh with relief because really having a Yankee fan play the last show at Shea would just be so. utterly. wrong. More »

9:45 AM on Thu Feb 7 2008
By Maura Johnston
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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!) [Newsday]

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live earth

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. One of your Idolators has spent a substantial amount of time at Shea Stadium, and we have to say: If ever there was a venue that doubled as an argument that the world was in need of massive cleanup, Shea is it*—and if the Red Hot Chili Peppers headline, the whole shebang will remain exactly on message. More »

1:16 PM on Wed Mar 7 2007
By mjohnston
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Latest by KimPossible: Is it just me, or does anyone else see the absurdity in holding a "save the planet" series of concerts that will depend on the artists getting there via private jets (most likely), the attendees getting there by gas-guzzling SUVs more »