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'EVERGREEN,' 'HEARTSOUNDS,' BILLY JOEL CONCERT

NBC fills the first part of the week with its three-night repeat of

the romantic story "Evergreen," CBS tries out new "Blue Skies," and ABC

offers Billy Joel's concert-travelogue to the Soviet Union. Country

music fans will find "Hee Haw" marking 20 years and Music City News

making its 22nd annual awards. Look for NCAA track and field

competition, action at the U.S. Open, and NBA tournament play.

HEE-HAW'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY

EVERGREEN at 9 on NBC

THAT SECRET SUNDAY at 9 on CBS

MASTERPIECE THEATER:

"The Last Place on Earth" at 9 on PBS

COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS at 11:30 on 2

Roy Clark presides over "Hee Haw's 20th Anniversary Celebration" at

6, a two-hour party from Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Okla., featuring some

of the big names in country music. NBC gives its three-night "Evergreen"

an encore this week. The six-hour miniseries, based on Belva Plain's

romantic novel, stars Lesley Ann Warren as Anna Friedman, Armand Assante

as her hard-working and devoted husband Joseph, and Ian McShane as her

secret love, the aristocratic Paul Lerner. The story begins as Anna

arrives in New York City in 1909 from Poland carrying her only

possessions, two silver candlesticks, and takes a job as a maid for a

rich family. Its competition includes CBS' "That Secret Sunday,"

starring James Farentino, Parker Stevenson and Daphne Ashbrook as

newspaper reporters and George Grizzard as their bureau chief. The story

is built around the deaths of two sisters at a party attended by

off-duty policemen, and the subsequent cover-up. PBS encores "The Last

Place on Earth" starring Norwegian actor Sverre Ander Ousdal as Roald

Amundsen, the first man to reach the South Pole. British Navy Capt.

Robert F. Scott is played by Martin Shaw. It's a six-part "Masterpiece

Theater" series with a 90-minute opener. At 11:30, from the Grand Old

Opry House, Music City News announces its subscribers' choices for the

publication's 22nd annual awards event.

NBA Championship Finals (1 on CBS); Manufacturers Hanover Westchester

Classic (3:30 on CBS); Sumbu Kalambay vs. Robbie Sims for the WBA

Middleweight title, live from Ravenna, Italy (4 on NBC).

BLUE SKIES at 8 on CBS

JOSEPH CAMPBELL at 10 on 26

Allie" and "Designing Women" will be back in new time periods. The

limited run series stars Tom Wopat as Frank Cobb, a former ad executive

who left New York after his wife died and went to Eagle Falls, Ore.,

with his son Charley, 10, and daughter Sarah, 12 (Danny Gerard and

Alyson Craft). There he meets Annie (Season Hubley), a New Yorker with a

12-year-old daughter, Zoe (Kim Hauser). As the series opens, the pair

have been married for five weeks and Cobb is running a woodworking mill

founded by his father (Pat Hingle). Tonight's installment of NBC's

"Evergreen" finds Anna and Joseph's son Maury entering Yale where he

encounters anti-Semitism for the first time. And on WETA, Bill Moyers

continues his talks with mythologist Joseph Campbell.

FRONTLINE: "Our Forgotten War" at 9 on PBS

In the final installment of NBC's "Evergreen," Paul surprises Anna by

coming to see his daughter, Iris. Eventually, Anna must make a difficult

decision. At the same time, PBS' "Frontline" takes a look at the turmoil

in El Salvador and the policies of the current administration that

"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (8 on 45).

Baltimore Orioles vs. Detroit Tigers (7:30 on 2 and 20); NBA

Championship Finals (9 on CBS).

AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE:

"I Never Sang for My Father" at 9 on 26; 10 p.m. on 22/67

BILLY JOEL IN THE USSR at 9:30 on ABC

THE BRONX ZOO at 10 on NBC

CAPITAL TO CAPITAL at 11:30 on ABC

Daniel J. Travanti and Harold Gould star in American Playhouse's "I

Never Sang for My Father," Robert Anderson's autobiographical portrait

of his relationship with his domineering father. Dorothy McGuire and

Margo Skinner co-star. ABC gives singer Billy Joel a chance to impart

his philosophy of life in a 90-minute concert-travelogue called "A

Matter of Trust: Billy Joel in the USSR." The special includes Joel's

upending a piano (to get the audience's attention, he said); his singing

a cappella spirituals and do-wop with a group of Georgians; performance

footage (some songs only in part), and clips of his wife, Christie

Brinkley, and their daughter, Alexa Ray. NBC's "The Bronx Zoo" has a new

installment in which Harry plans to tell a young woman that her fiance

is gay. And ABC airs another 90-minute "Capital to Capital" anchored by

Peter Jennings here and Leonid Zolotarevsky in Moscow.

Baltimore Orioles vs. Detroit Tigers (7:30 on 2 and 20).

48 HOURS at 8 on CBS

HEARTSOUNDS at 8:30 on ABC

HALLMARK HALL OF FAME: "Camille" at 9 on CBS

ABC's "Sledge Hammer!" rerun at 8 competes against a new installment

of CBS' "48 Hours" featuring a report on domestic violence. Also at 8,

WDCA begins two hours of "The Best of Gleason." Movies of choice this

evening include one based on fact, one fiction. James Garner does a good

job in the factual story, ABC's "Heartsounds," playing a surgeon who

suffers several heart attacks. Mary Tyler Moore is his wife, a

journalist who watches him decline and writes a book as a tribute to

their relationship. CBS plans to air either an NBA championship game at

9 or Alexandre Dumas' story of "Camille," the young Parisian courtesan.

Greta Scacchi stars as Marguerite Gautier with Colin Firth as Armand

Duval, a well-to-do young man who falls in love with her. Readers of the

classics know that their love is doomed, and that she expires of

consumption. The story was filmed in and around Paris, including the

Palace of Versailles and the Chateau de Ferriers. Tonight's installment

of "Night Court" is a repeat featuring bailiff Bull Shannon lookalikes.

"How to Murder Your Wife" (noon on 5); "Grand Hotel" (1:30 a.m. on

U.S. Open Golf Highlights (11:30 on ABC).

SONNY SPOON at 9 on NBC

DEAF AND BLIND at 9 on PBS

20/20 at 10 on ABC

WETA's series "Deaf and Blind" is a formidable undertaking by

filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, who set about profiling the educational

programs at schools for the blind and the deaf in Alabama. Wiseman's

work was underwritten by a MacArthur Prize Fellowship, a grant that

enabled him to produce hours of material. WETA will air his finished

version today, tomorrow, Sunday and Tuesday. Check listings for Maryland

Public Television. In his earlier documentaries, such as "Hospital" and

"Department Store," Wiseman let the cameras roll without script, a

technique that will fascinate some viewers and not others. At the same

time, NBC reruns a "Sonny Spoon" installment featuring versatile Mario

Van Peebles. At 10, ABC's "20/20" visits a small town in Yugoslavia that

is the center of spiritual enlightenment for millions of Catholics.

Guests: Cliff DeYoung on a repeat "Beauty and the Beast" (8 on CBS).

"Jaws III" (9 on CBS).

ONE STAR CELEBRATION at 8 on CBS

THE DIRTY DOZEN at 9 on 5 and 45

If you're from -- or fond of -- Texas, you'll enjoy CBS' two-hour

"Sea World's All-Star Lone Star Celebration." Patrick Duffy of "Dallas"

and Marie Osmond co-host, with an appearance by Dennis Weaver. Aboard

for the ride are Natalie Cole, Fabian, Waylon Jennings, Trini Lopez,

Gloria Loring, Restless Heart, George Strait and Willie Tyler & Lester,

as well as San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros, Morgan Fairchild, Farrah

Fawcett, Freddy Fender, Katherine Helmond, John Hillerman, Barbara

Mandrell and Jaclyn Smith. You also get clips of performances by Buddy

Holly, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Scott Joplin and Janis Joplin.

Sea World of Texas, which calls itself the world's largest marine-life

entertainment showplace, contributes the talents of three killer whales,

two sea lions, a walrus, two bottlenose dolphins, two beluga whales, two

Pacific black whales and two white-sided dolphins. At 9, pro wrestler

Big John Studd guests on Fox's "The Dirty Dozen." As Petit Pierre, he

helps the Dozen infiltrate a circus performance being given for

high-ranking Nazis. Guests: Sugar Ray Leonard on WTTG's "Countdown to

Tyson/Spinks," a preview of the June 27 heavyweight fight.

"National Velvet" with Elizabeth Taylor (1 on 5).

Red Sox vs. Orioles (1 on NBC); The U.S. Open (1:30 on ABC); NCAA

Men's and Women's Track and Field Championships.

CABLE NOTES

Sunday: former President Gerald Ford's address to the National Press

Club (7 a.m.) and 56th Annual U.S. Conference of Mayors Meeting (live at

HOME TEAM SPORTS

Sunday at 1:30, Orioles at New York Yankees; Thursday at 7:30, Red

Sox at Orioles; Friday at 8, Red Sox at Orioles.

Beginning Friday with a three-hour special, Showtime airs 26 weekly

half-hour sketches -- some not seen for three decades -- starring Jackie

Gleason as the various characters he made famous. The opener, "Gleason:

He's the Greatest Marathon," will be hosted by Robert Walden, Brandon

Maggart and Philip Charles MacKenzie.

Billy Joel Concerts 1980s

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March 22, 1980 Jerusalem, Israel March 25, 1980 Tel Aviv, Israel March 26, 1980 Tel Aviv, Israel March 30, 1980 Wembley Arena, London, ENG April 2, 1980 Deeside Leisure Centre, Queensferry, WAL June 14, 1980 Civic Center, Providence, RI June 16, 1980 Forum, Montreal, QC June 23-26, 28, 1980 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY July 1, 1980 Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH July 2, 1980 Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY July 5-6, 1980 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA July 10th Toad's Place, New Haven, CT July 11, 1980 Civic Center, Hartford, CT July 14, 1980 Milwaukee Arena, Milwaukee, WI July 16-18, 1980 The Horizon, Chicago, IL July 18th Kansas City, MO ? July 20, 1980 Civic Center, St. Paul, MN July 23rd Washington, DC July 24-25, 1980 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, IL July 28, 1980 Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI July 29th Edmonton, AB July 31st Seattle, WA August 1st Portland, OR August 3-4, 1980 Forum, Los Angeles, CA August 5th Vancouver, BC August 8th LA Forum - Los Angeles, CA August 9th LA Forum - Los Angeles, CA August 11th Salt Lake City, UT August 13th Omaha, NE August 15th Oklahoma City, OK August 21st Memphis, TN August 22nd Baton Rouge, LA August 28th Detroit, MI September 1-3, 1980 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY

Jan. 17, 1981 Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN (Volunteer Jam VII)

April 15th Budokan, Japan April 16th Budokan, Japan April 17th Budokan, Japan April 20th Osaka City Gymnasium - Osaka, Japan April 21st Osaka City Gymnasium - Osaka, Japan April 22nd Nagoya Aichi Prefecture Gymnasium - Nagoya, Japan April 24th Kyoto City Gymnasium - Kyoto, Japan May 9th Sydney, AUS July Sparks - Manhasset, NY November 14, 1981 NBC Studio 8H, New York City, NY (US TV "Saturday Night Live" performing "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" & "She's Got a Way", hosted by Bernadette Peters)

Oct. ?? Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC November 1st St. Paul, MN November 4th Rosemont Horizon - Chicago, IL November 9th Rosemont Horizon - Chicago, IL Nov. 10 Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI Nov. 25 Bay Front Center, St. Petersburg, FL December LA Forum - Los Angeles, CA December Oakland Arena - Oakland, CA December 2nd Frank Erwin Center - Austin, TX December 17th Pacific Coliseum - Vancouver, Canada December 26th East Rutherford, NJ December 27th Lehigh University - Bethlehem, PA December 29th Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum - Uniondale, NY December 31st Madison Square Garden - New York, NY

Billy Joel An Innocent Man Tour

• Billy Joel (vocals, keyboards)
• David Brown (lead guitar)
• Russell Javors (rhythm guitar)
• Doug Stegmeyer (bass)
• David LeBolt (keyboards)
• Liberty DeVitto (drums, percussion)
• Mark Rivera (saxophones, percussion)
• Larry Etkin (trumpet)
• Bob Livingood (trumpet)
• Glenn Stulpin (saxophone)
• Frank Simms (backing vocals)
• Peter Huwlett (backing vocals)
• Bob Duncan (backing vocals)

January 18, 1984 Civic Center, Providence, RI January 20, 1984 Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME January 22, 1984 Hersheypark Arena, Hershey, PA January 25-26, 1984 New Haven Coliseum, New Haven, CT January 28, 1984 Capital Center, Landover, MD January 30, 1984 Rochester Community War Memorial, Rochester, NY February 1, 1984 Centennial Hall, Toledo, OH February 2, 1984 Notre Dame University Athletic & Convocation Center, South Bend, IN February 4, 1984 Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI February 5, 1984 Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, IN February 8, 1984 Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC February 10, 1984 Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY February 11, 1984 UTC Arena, Chattanooga, TN February 13-14, 1984 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA February 17, 1984 Scope, Norfolk, VA February 19, 1984 Murphy Center, Murphreesboro, TN February 21, 1984 Orange County Civic Center, Orlando, FL February 23, 1984 Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, MS February 24, 1984 LSU Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, LA March 15, 1984 Hollywood Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines, FL March 17, 1984 Bayfront Center, St. Petersburg, FL March 20, 1984 Omni, Atlanta, GA March 23, 1984 Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH March 24, 1984 Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA March 26, 1984 Boston Garden, Boston, MA March 28, 1984 Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY March 30-31, 1984 Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL April 3, 1984 Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH April 4, 1984 Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI April 6, 1984 Carver–Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, IA April 7, 1984 Civic Center, St. Paul, MN April 9, 1984 Bob Devaney Sports Center, Lincoln, NE April 11, 1984 The Myriad, Oklahoma City, OK April 14, 1984 Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX April 15, 1984 Summit, Houston, TX April 17, 1984 Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO April 19, 1984 St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, MO April 21, 1984 McNichols Arena, Denver, CO April 23, 1984 Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, UT April 26, 1984 ASU Activity Center, Tempe, AZ April 27, 1984 Convention Center, Tuscon, AZ April 29-30, 1984 Forum, Inglewood, CA May 3, 1984 Sports Arena, San Diego, CA May 5, 1984 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, CA May 8, 1984 Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA May 9, 1984 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR May 21-22, 1984 Budokan, Tokyo, JPN May 24 & 26, 1984 Castle Sports Hall, Osaka, JPN May 28, 1984 Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, JPN May 30-31, 1984 Budokan, Tokyo, JPN June 6 & 8-9, 1984 Wembley Arena, London, ENG June 23-24, 26-27, 29 & July 1 & 5, 1984 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY

September 29th Glen Falls, NY October 4, 1986 Providence, RI October 8, 1986 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA October 10, 1986 Capital Centre, Landover, MD October 13-14, 1986 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA October 15 & 17-18, 1986 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY October 21-22, 1986 Centrum, Worcester, MA October 24-25, 1986 New Haven Coliseum, New Haven, CT October 26, 1986 Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH October 31, 1986 Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL November Sports Arena - San Diego, CA November Oakland Arena - Oakland, CA November LA Forum - Los Angeles, CA November 1st Rosemont Horizon - Chicago, IL November 3rd Civic Center, St. Paul, MN November 26th Old Arco Arena - Sacramento, CA November 28th Pacific Coliseum - Vancouver, Canada December 11th Maple Leaf Gardens - Toronto, Canada December 12th Ottawa Civic Center - Ottawa, Canada December 18th Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum - Uniondale, NY December 22nd Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum - Uniondale, NY

January 12th Cleveland, OH Jan. 16 Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY January 30th Portland, ME February Civic Auditorium - Omaha, NE February 1st Providence, RI February 6th Freedom Hall - Louisville, KY Feb. 12 The Arena, St. Louis, MO February 13th Kansas City, MO February 15th Ames, IA February 24th Hollywood, FL February 27th USF Sun Dome - Tampa, FL March 21st Atlanta, GA April Long Beach Arena - Long Beach, CA April Thomas & Mack Center - Las Vegas, NV April Lawlor Events Center - Reno, NV April 25th Iowa City, IA May 1st Brendan Byrne Arena - East Rutherford, NJ May 4th Brendan Byrne Arena - East Rutherford, NJ May 8th Brendan Byrne Arena - East Rutherford, NJ May 9th Brendan Byrne Arena - East Rutherford, NJ June 8 & 10, 1987 National Yoyogi Stadium First Gymnasium, Tokyo, JPN June 12-13, 1987 Castle Hall, Osaka, JPN June 16 & 18-19, 1987 National Yoyogi Stadium First Gymnasium, Tokyo, JPN July 5, 1987 NEC, Birmingham, ENG July 15, 1987 Wembley Arena, London, ENG July 26th Moscow, USSR July 27th Olympic Sports Complex, Moscow, USSR July 29th Moscow, USSR August 2nd Lenin Sports & Concert Complex - Leningrad, USSR August 3rd Lenin Sports & Concert Complex - Leningrad, USSR August 5th Lenin Sports & Concert Complex - Leningrad, USSR October 31st Melbourne, Australia December 13th Madison Square Garden - New York, NY

Jan. 20 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 3rd Annual Dinner

July 24, 1988 Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, JPN (Kirin Dry Gigs '88, with Boz Scaggs, Art Garfunkel, The Hooters & Impellitteri)

October 22, 1988 Madison Square Garden Elton John Concert

July 31 Long Island University (Master Class) Aug. 17, US TV "Late Night with David Letterman", Billy played piano for Mick Jones on "Just Wanna Hold")

October 21, 1989 NBC Studio 8H, New York City, NY (US TV "Saturday Night Live" performing "We Didn't Start the Fire" & "Downeaster Alexa", hosted by Kathleen Turner)

December 9th Worcester Centrum - Worcester, MA December 12th Worcester Centrum - Worcester, MA December 17th Philadelphia Spectrum - Philadelphia, PA December 21st Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum - Uniondale, NY December 22nd Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum - Uniondale, NY December 27th Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum - Uniondale, NY December 29th Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum - Uniondale, NY December 31st Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum - Uniondale, NY

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How to get Billy Joel tickets: Dates and prices compared for 2024 concert tour

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After announcing the upcoming end of his Madison Square Garden residency this year, the demand for Billy Joel concert tickets is growing in 2024. Thankfully, there are still a few avenues for how to get Billy Joel tickets for his 2024 concert tour and remaining MSG shows.

The "Piano Man" singer has held an MSG residency since 2014, setting a record for the most shows at the New York City arena for solo artists. But, after a decade of monthly shows at Madison Square Garden, the curtains are closing on his residency in July 2024. While his MSG residency is ending, the singer's long-running "Billy Joel in Concert" tour will still continue throughout the year in various cities across the United States.

Billy Joel has 12 more shows scheduled throughout 2024, including a few more performances at Madison Square Garden. The year's confirmed remaining dates will take place across ten cities before ending in Las Vegas, Nevada in November. As such, there are various opportunities to see Billy Joel sing his hits like "Vienna," "Movin' Out," and "Uptown Girl" in 2024.

We've got you covered if you're looking for how to buy tickets to Billy Joel's 2024 concert tour. Here's our breakdown of the "Billy Joel in Concert" 2024 tour schedule, purchasing details, and original and resale ticket prices. You can also browse available tickets at your leisure on StubHub and Vivid Seats .

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Billy Joel 2024 tour schedule

Billy Joel's 2024 concert tour is well underway, with only a few more chances to see him play at Madison Square Garden before his residency concludes. Joel has three more MSG performances in May, June, and July 2024, with the remaining concerts taking him to Chicago, Denver, Cleveland, St. Louis, Inglewood, San Antonio, and Las Vegas.

In the table below, you'll find the cheapest starting prices listed on Vivid Seats and StubHub at the time of publication. The dates with a "*" indicate that the show is part of Billy Joel and Sting's "One Night Only" concert series. All concert times are listed in local time zones.

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How to buy tickets for Billy Joel's 2024 concert tour

You can currently buy standard original tickets for Billy Joel's 2024 concerts through Ticketmaster. However, some dates have already sold out of original tickets.

Tickets for Billy Joel's 2024 tour are also available to buy through verified resale vendors such as StubHub and Vivid Seats . Resale tickets are still available on these sites for his Madison Square Garden and Cardiff, Wales performances, which are sold out of original tickets.

How much are Billy Joel tickets?

Tickets to see Billy Joel cost substantially more for his remaining Madison Square Garden performances than his alternate US shows due to high demand. With original standard tickets being sold out for his MSG shows, the least expensive standard ticket overall is $54 in Denver, CO, on July 12. However, Billy Joel ticket prices are generally about the same price or less expensive on resale sites.

The cheapest ticket prices on StubHub start at $77 for Joel's concerts in Denver and San Antonio, the latter of which he co-headlines with Sting. Meanwhile, Vivid Seats' prices are generally comparable, with the vendor's least expensive Billy Joel ticket price being $72 for his 2024 Denver show. The two resale sites are relatively similar in availability for Joel's MSG shows, with prices beginning at $359 on Vivid Seats and $368 on StubHub for his performance on May 9.

Who is opening for Billy Joel's tour?

So far, Billy Joel hasn't confirmed any opening acts for his 2024 concert tour. However, Joel will co-headline one concert with Stevie Nicks in Chicago, one concert with Rod Stewart in Cleveland, and three shows with Sting in St. Louis, San Antonio, and Las Vegas. Chris Isaak will serve as a special guest for the Cardiff, Wales show.

Will there be international tour dates?

Billy Joel currently has one international tour date scheduled for his 2024 concert series. The "My Life" singer will perform in Cardiff, Wales on August 9.

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How To Watch ‘Billy Joel: The 100th’ Concert Special—Re-Airing After CBS Backlash

R eleasing 13 studio albums throughout his time in the spotlight, Billy Joel watched as his stardom reached iconic levels. Looking past his countless awards, the singer is one of the world’s best-selling music artists with over 150 million albums sold. And with hit songs like “Piano Man”, it makes sense why the singer would end up in both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. While wanting to honor the singer, CBS decided to broadcast Billy Joel: The 100th — Live at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. But the only problem, apparently the special ended early by accident. Wanting to make it right, here are all the details on when CBS plans to air the special again. 

On Sunday night, fans gathered around their televisions to watch Joel perform at Madison Square Garden. With nearly six million people watching, the broadcast seemed to be a hit. That was until the end of the show. Saving his hit song “Piano Man” for the end, fans seemed confused when two minutes before the end of the show, the broadcast simply stopped. Rushing online, fans wanted to know exactly what happened. Releasing a statement, CBS wrote, “We apologize to Mr. Joel, his fans, our affiliated stations and our audience whose viewing experience was interrupted during the last song.”

Where To Stream Billy Joel Special

For those who happened to be watching or missed the special – don’t worry as CBS hopes to make it right by airing the special once again. On April 19, CBS will air Billy Joel: The 100th — Live at Madison Square Garden starting at 9:00 p.m. ET/ PT. And this time, the network plans for fans to see the entire show, including “Piano Man.”

[RELATED: Turn the Show Back On: Billy Joel Fans Livid Over CBS Concert Special ‘The 100th’ Being Cut Short]

Given the power behind streaming platforms, CBS isn’t leaving those without cable behind. For fans of Joel who happen to have Paramount+, the encore showing will also be streamed on the platform. With numerous hit songs and a career that dazzled on and off the stage, don’t miss the chance to see a mesmerizing performance, in its entirety, Friday night. 

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Billy Joel Completely Lost It On Stage During A Miserable Tour Through The Soviet Union In The 80s

During the '80s. Billy Joel was such a massive deal that he played a huge concert in the Soviet Union that went horribly wrong after he freaked out.

• Billy Joel is known for his amazing concerts and showmanship, with fans and critics consistently praising his performances.
• During a concert in Moscow in the 1980s, Joel had a meltdown on stage due to a combination of factors, including losing his voice and being frustrated with the crew lighting up the crowd.
• Despite his outburst, Joel still delivered an unforgettable performance, breaking his piano, swinging his microphone stand, and crowd-surfing, while never missing a lyric in his songs.

Sometimes in the music industry, young fans think that everything that is happening at the moment has never happened before. For example, nothing like the recent concert controversies over things like Taylor Swift's wildly expensive tickets or Justin Bieber storming offstage have happened before, right?

In reality, there is a long history of people griping about expensive concert tickets and artists freaking out onstage. However, even though rock stars losing it onstage is something of a tradition, the time Billy Joel freaked out during an '80s Soviet Union concert is truly remarkable.

Are Billy Joel's Concerts Worth Going To?

Throughout his decades in the public eye, millions of fans have seen Billy Joel perform live. Since Joel is a human being, there is no doubt that some of his performances haven't been good as others. Despite that, Joel has spent years building up a reputation as a showman who is wonderful in concert.

On a slew of different websites, fans and critics have reviewed what it is like seeing Joel perform live. In almost every one of those reviews, praise is lavished on the singer and songwriter.

According to legend, there are a couple of reasons why Joel's concerts are special. The first of which is whenever Joel can, he doesn't sell the tickets in the front rows. Instead, he sends people out to find fans in the nosebleed seats to give those seats to .

Related: Billy Joel Made An Outrageous Amount Of Money From His Madison Square Garden Residency Before His Final Concerts

Another element that makes Joel's concerts special is that he seems so relaxed and welcoming to the audience. In 2014, a reporter for Billboard interviewed Joel backstage at one of his concerts and asked the singer about the "chill vibe backstage" .

"These guys are all road dogs, all veterans, they've been doing it for years and years, they've worked for everybody. There's a good spirit on this tour, and good morale is really important."

Considering how chill Joel's concerts typically are, that makes it all the more amazing that his most famous performance was anything but.

Why Did Billy Joel Have A Meltdown Onstage?

After decades of high tension between America and the Soviet Union, things were cooling off during the mid-'80s. The Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and two years later, The Soviet Union would break up to the amazement of people around the world.

With The Soviet Union starting to become a little more open to the world, there reportedly was a golden age of American music in the country during the '80s. As a result, there started to be some rare occasions when American artists would perform in The Soviet Union .

A perfect example of that came in 1989 when the Moscow Music Peace Festival was held. Among the artists who performed at that show were Bon Jovi, Mötley Crüe, Ozzy Osbourne, Scorpions, Cinderella, Skid Row, and Gorky Park.

A couple of years before that, Billy Joel made his way to The Soviet Union where he would perform for thousands of fans in Moscow. Since Joel's concerts consistently get good reviews, the fans in attendance should have been in for an amazing show. Sadly, however, some things went wrong.

Related: Did Billy Joel And Stevie Nicks Ever Date Each Other? Here's The Truth About Their Complicated Relationship

Throughout 1986 and 1987, Joel went around the world playing shows for his devoted fans as part of The Bridge Tour. Always known as a showman, Joel would put his all into his concerts to make sure that his fans would go home happy.

As music fans, it often seems like artists lead extremely glamorous lives from the outside looking in. While there certainly is a lot of truth to that, the grind of being on tour for months is anything but glamorous.

At the very end of The Bridge Tour, Joel went to Moscow intending to give his fans a performance to remember. Unfortunately for Joel and his Moscow fans, touring for months had taken its toll on the incredibly talented musician.

According to reports, Joel cared deeply about performing well, but he was losing his voice by the time he was in Moscow. Obviously, someone who believes the show must go on, Joel still went up onstage and did his best to perform.

Given the state of Joel's voice at the time, the singer clearly wanted everything else about his concert to be perfect. Unfortunately for him, however, someone behind the scenes began putting the spotlight on the crowd. During a 2014 interview, Joel explained why he hates it when spotlights are put on the crowd.

“People like their privacy. They go to a concert to get that, to be in the dark and do their own thing.” While Joel was onstage, he did everything he could to get the crew to stop lighting the crowd.

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In the footage of the concert, Joel can be heard repeatedly telling the crew to stop lighting the crowd. In between the lyrics of a song, Joel yells "Stop lighting the audience!", "Stop it!", and "Let me do my show, for Christ's sake!".

Despite what Joel yelled, nothing changed, Whether a crew member walked away from their post, wasn't listening, didn't understand English, or wanted to mess with Joel, the crowd continued to be lit.

According to reports, Joel cared so much about his concerts that he invested $2 million of his own money in his stage setup . Keep in mind that is $2 million in '80s dollars. Knowing that the performance that he wanted to give was slipping away from him, Joel let out his pent-up anger by losing it onstage .

When fans went to see certain rock bands, it wasn't too surprising to see them start breaking instruments or equipment. On the other hand, when Joel flipped over the electric piano he was playing in Moscow, that was unexpected.

Still not through, Joel picked up his microphone stand and swung it hard until it hit the ground and bent. After singing his next line in the song, Joel jumped and kicked his baby grand piano. Finally, Joel swung the microphone stand again and this time it completely snapped in half when it struck the baby grand piano.

To Joel's credit, he never missed a lyric in his song as he sang into the microphone that was still attached to half of the mic stand. Joel also reportedly played the rest of the concert and put on quite the show including crowd-surfing, running around the stage, and more.

Review: Neil Young & Crazy Horse strike heart of gold at tour-opening San Diego concert

The concert began with an epic, 15-minute version of ‘Cortez The Killer’ that featured extra lyrics recently unearthed by Young. Guitarist-singer Micah Nelson, Willie’s son, very ably assumed the role in Crazy Horse of Nils Lofgren, now on tour with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band.

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When Neil Young sang “rock and roll will never die” near the conclusion of his tour-opening LOVE EARTH concert with Crazy Horse Wednesday in San Diego, you believed him.

Those words, from his 1978 song, “Hey Hey My My (Into the Black),” sounded like a defiant vow in the face of possible obsolescence 46 years ago. Now, they are a statement of fact from a proud maverick who sounds more committed than ever, even — or, rather, especially — at a time when rock is increasingly becoming a niche genre pushed aside by formulaic pop, hip-hop and dance-music.

At 78, Young remains a staunch keeper of the flame whose passion for music burns as bright as ever. If anyone thinks this veteran singer, songwriter and guitarist is ready to kick back in his old age, he and his band immediately and convincingly refuted such notions with their powerful, nearly two-hour performance at SDSU’s Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre. (They are set to perform a second sold-out show at the same venue Thursday night.)

Young and his three-man band opened with “Cortez the Killer,” an epic number from their 1975 album, “Zuma.” But this was no sentimental journey down nostalgia lane, nor was it a tentative, shake-off-the-dust run through.

Their carefully calibrated version of “Cortez” built to a series of powerful climaxes Monday and lasted 15 minutes — nearly twice as long as the original on “Zuma.” The song began with an opening guitar jam that lasted 7 minutes before Young’s reedy vocals commenced. For good measure, near the conclusion of “Cortez,” he sang — for the first time anywhere in concert — a missing verse he recently came upon that had been cut from the 1975 recording.

The unearthed lyrics provided additional depth and a palpable sense of despair to Young’s tour de force song about Hernán Cortez, the bloody Spanish conqueror of Mexico’s Aztec Empire: I floated on the water / I ate that ocean wave / Two weeks after the slaughter / I was living in a cave / They came too late to get me / But there’s no one here to set me free / From this rocky grave / To that snowed-out ocean wave.

The next selection was the buoyant “Cinnamon Girl,” a choice cut from 1969’s “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere,” the first album Young and Crazy Horse made together. It clocked in at a crisp three minutes.

The rest of the concert included several other extended jams, with “Down by the River” and “Love and Only Love” both clocking in at a glorious 16 minutes (but not lasting one second too long). Conversely, Young’s tender solo acoustic versions of “Comes a Time,” “Heart of Gold” and “Human Highway” were each delivered with admirable concision.

The manner in which he alternated between longer and shorter selections served as a master class on how to pace a concert to build momentum and achieve maximum dynamic tension and release.

The final encore was an eight-minute rendition of “My My Hey Hey (Into the Black),” whose line There’s more to the picture than meets the eye could be a synopsis of Young’s career and his dogged determination to do things his way, every time, no matter what the trends of the day may be.

At SDSU, Young and his longtime Crazy Horse compadres — bassist/singer Billy Talbot and drummer Ralph Molina, both 80 — were focused and in sync from start to finish. They were joined by guitarist/singer Micah Nelson, 33, who on Monday had played a key role accompanying his father, Willie Nelson, at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park.

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The American music-master and his band warmed up a damp, cool evening at The Shell. David Sanger, the drummer in opening act Asleep At The Wheel, took the ferry back to his family’s home in Coronado after the show.

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Micah Nelson was performing in place of Crazy Horse charter member Nils Lofgren, who is now on tour in The E Street Band with his other longtime employer, Bruce Springsteen. Those are big shoes to fill, but Nelson was so in sync with Young you’d think they had been musical partners for decades.

The stage was bedecked with the giant, faux Fender guitar amplifiers, speaker cabinets and road cases Young and Crazy Horse used on their 1978 Rust Never Sleeps tour. There were no video screens on the stage, the better for the audience — which included basketball great Bill Walton and Las Vegas Raiders NFL team owner Mark Davis — to focus completely on the music at hand.

The SDSU concert — the start of Young and Crazy Horse’s first major tour together in a decade — came a year after Young’s mesmerizing solo concert here at The Shell. Wednesday’s performance was even more mesmerizing, in large part because of the musical empathy between the four musicians.

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When they locked into a groove, which was often, they seemed to be of one mind. And it’s difficult to think of any other rock band of any vintage that can gain as much traction from so many slow-paced songs.

With few exceptions, Young’s biting guitar solos contained a minimum of notes, but he made each one count, repeatedly going into a zone where feeling and intensity trump quantity. Or, to invoke the title of Young’s 1988 album: “This Note’s For You.”

Apart from a heartfelt spoken tribute to the late David Briggs — the producer of many of Young’s albums with (and without) Crazy Horse — Young’s comments to the audience were along the lines of: “Thank you” and “How ya doin’?”

Otherwise, he let his music speak for him, and it spoke volumes.

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