Billy Joel Ends His Madison Square Garden Residency, but the 75-Year-Old Piano Man Assures Fans: ‘We’ll Come Back’
For the past 10 years, the Bronx-born, Long Island-bred entertainer has been delighting hometown crowds with polished but earthy performances, packed with singles that remain pop staples decades after their releases.

About an hour into Billy Joel’s record-breaking 150th concert at Madison Square Garden, the entertainer departed from his vast catalog of hits and launched into the Rolling Stones’s “Start Me Up.” Affecting an overstated vocal rasp and strutting like a peacock on amphetamines, Mr. Joel delivered a dead-on impersonation of Mick Jagger’s geriatric bad-boy shtick.
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