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 Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:18 am Post subject: Sirs Paul McCartney and Elton John 2 of the 4 guests for Fri |
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I'm pretty sure Sirs Paul and Elton will both show up for Friday's
Shea show....
According to Pollstar - here's Sir Paul's schedule:
Sun 07/20/08 "Quebec City 400th Anniversary Celebration"
Sun 07/20/08 Paul McCartney
He's going to be "in the area"....Quebec isn't far from NYC. I'm
going to put my $$ on him showing up for the "real last play at Shea."
Also, Elton is playing AC on Sat....so I'm expecting him as well.
Any speculation on the other 2 guests.
Guests at the 7/16 show were: Tony Bennett, John Mayer, Don Henley,
and John Mellencamp...
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:44 pm Post subject: Re: Sirs Paul McCartney and Elton John 2 of the 4 guests for |
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Billy Joel Finishes What the Beatles Started
Thursday, July 17, 2008
By Roger Friedman
Billy Joel on Wednesday night began to finish what the Beatles started
in 1966. He played the first of two shows at Shea Stadium, the last
live music act before the cesspool of a sporting arena finally closes
this fall.
And I do mean cesspool. As a Yankee fan, I haven’t had much use for
Shea Stadium in all these years except for the night the Yanks took
the World Series from the Mets in October 2000. A big paint chip
hovered over my head that night. Things haven’t gotten better and, in
fact, even the neighborhood surrounding Shea looks like it’s gotten
worse.
But I do digress: Joel lit up this forlorn palace, filling it to the
brim with fans as he performed about 30 hits and introduced several
guest stars: John Mellencamp (adding his "Little Pink Houses"), Don
Henley (doing "Boys of Summer") and John Mayer. On Friday night, the
guests are rumored to be Steven Tyler, Garth Brooks and, possibly and
fittingly, Paul McCartney.
Tony Bennett is featured on both nights. When he walked out to sing
"New York State of Mind" with Billy on Wednesday, the crowd roared
with delight in a way that sounded like Beatlemania. How ironic:
Bennett’s career was derailed by the Beatles’ arrival in the
mid-1960s. Now, at 82, in many ways he’s just as big.
Billy does not run around the stage like he used to, but he’s still
got the energy of 10 men. He piloted his superior band through three
hours worth of music, from "Angry Young Man" to "River of Dreams" and
finally to his signature hit, "Piano Man."
A huge camera crew filmed the show, but the real documentary, I think,
would have been better made watching the audience members sing "Piano
Man" in unison, acting out the different lines, with looks of joy on
their faces. That’s what art is all about.
Joel’s songs mostly tell stories, and the fans — at least 51,000
Wednesday — know all of them better than they do "Mother Goose" or
"Little Red Riding Hood." The audience was filled with Brenda-and-
Eddies from "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant," Billy’s slightly
jaundiced saga of a working-class couple with aspirations that don’t
materialize. Never mind that the song is an indictment of their lives:
The fans love it anyway.
There was a lot of reminiscing, as Billy played some Beatles songs in
honor of the group that made Shea a rock house.
"I want to thank the Beatles for letting us use their room," he said
after playing "She Loves You." "The best band that ever was, the best
band that ever will be," he said of the Fab Four of yore.
Mostly, though, he played his own hits. During "She’s Always a Woman
to Me," Joel’s wife, Katie Lee, now a cookbook author, danced in the
aisle with famed concert promoter Ron Delsener. Bold-faced names such
as Kelly Ripa and Ronald Perelman were spotted enjoying any number of
Joel’s gems, from "You May Be Right" to "Allentown," "The
Entertainer," "Zanzibar," "Movin’ Out," "My Life" and so on.
The nice surprises: "Goodnight Saigon," a song that’s somehow grown in
stature over the years, and "This Is the Time," which Billy told the
crowd is often used as a prom song. Mayer supplied some nice guest
licks on guitar.
There’s a lot of ruminating you can do on Billy Joel. He’s Long
Island’s local boy made good — although, as he said, he didn’t even
attend his prom because he didn’t finish high school. He was already
out on his own, playing piano bars.
He’s a generation younger than the Brill Building/Phil Spector pop
writers, but his music is mostly one of a piece of it. At one point in
the show, he throws in a dollop of The Drifters’ "Stand by Me" in
their style — and then you see the whole thing. Billy Joel is Leiber
and Stoller by way of Gershwin.
Yes, did I mention there were at least 30 songs in the show — and
still we didn’t get a bunch like "Just the Way You Are," "Big Shot" or
"Say Goodbye to Hollywood." On Friday, there’s a rumor that Christie
Brinkley may show up — their daughter, Alexa, was at Wednesday night’s
show.
Maybe we can pray for "Uptown Girl" just one last time. As Billy sings
in what might be his best song, "Summer, Highland Falls": "It’s either
sadness or euphoria." Well, not sadness, exactly, just nostalgia for a
time when singer-songwriters were really, really great.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,384526,00.html |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:47 pm Post subject: Re: Sirs Paul McCartney and Elton John 2 of the 4 guests for |
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reviews:
Newsday
Billy Joel plays first of 2 final concerts at Shea
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/ny-etjoel0717,0,6737718.story
NY Daily News
With nods to the Beatles, Billy Joel & pals play Shea stadium's last
concerts
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2008/07/17/2008-07-17_with_nods_to_the_beatles_billy_joel__pal.html
NY Post
BILLY J. PUTS IT IN PLAY
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07172008/entertainment/music/billy_j__puts_it_in_play_120256.htm
NY Times
Billy Joel Gives Shea Its Own Last Waltz
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/arts/music/17joel.html?ref=music |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:55 pm Post subject: Re: Sirs Paul McCartney and Elton John 2 of the 4 guests for |
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| Quote: | Any speculation on the other 2 guests.
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If you're taking guesses, I would add Ringo and Madonna. (Though she's
probably at the *other* baseball stadium.)
Who else? Bob Dylan? Paul Simon? Lou Reed? The Beastie Boys? |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:00 pm Post subject: Re: Sirs Paul McCartney and Elton John 2 of the 4 guests for |
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| Liberty DeVitto would be sweet too! |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:48 pm Post subject: Re: Sirs Paul McCartney and Elton John 2 of the 4 guests for |
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Since Billy worked with Steve Winwood and Cyndi Lauper on "The Bridge"
album, their appearance would be no surprise. |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:09 am Post subject: Re: Sirs Paul McCartney and Elton John 2 of the 4 guests for |
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Access Hollywood has a backstage segment with Billy tonight. They
showed him rehearsing with Tony Bennett. Billy denied Ringo or Paul
would appear Friday, but he said he would have loved to have them. He
said there will definitely be Beatles songs though. (Ma ybe Julian
or Sean Lennon are available)
I think Tony Bennett is supposed to appear again. Mellencamp is on
Letterman tonite so maybe he'll still be in town tomorrow.
Over the years I've seen a bunch of guests but I'm not sure who's in
town. Cyndi Lauper sang Zeppelin's Rock & Roll in Miami with him a
few years ago. Paul Simon joined him for Sea Cruise at Jones Beach.
Itzhak Perlman played violin on Downeaster Alexa (he's uncredited on
Storm Front for legal reasons). Debbie Gibson sang Keeping the Faith
at Nassau Coliseum and got booed.
He's friends with Sting but I don't know if he's in town. Sheryl Crow
just sang at the All Star Game but I don't know where she is. Bon
Jovi has been performing all week. Marc Anthony is a big Billy fan, a
Long Islander and a Mets fan.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:34 am Post subject: Re: Sirs Paul McCartney and Elton John 2 of the 4 guests for |
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On Jul 17, 4:55 pm, jimroberts2...@gmail.com wrote:
| Quote: | Any speculation on the other 2 guests.
If you're taking guesses, I would add Ringo and Madonna. (Though she's
probably at the *other* baseball stadium.)
Who else? Bob Dylan? Paul Simon? Lou Reed? The Beastie Boys?
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Ringo Starr will be in Washington state - so unfortunately he won't be
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:14 am Post subject: Re: Sirs Paul McCartney and Elton John 2 of the 4 guests for |
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John Fogerty signing "Centerfield" ..........
<rkimmer@gmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I'm pretty sure Sirs Paul and Elton will both show up for Friday's
Shea show....
According to Pollstar - here's Sir Paul's schedule:
Sun 07/20/08 "Quebec City 400th Anniversary Celebration"
Sun 07/20/08 Paul McCartney
He's going to be "in the area"....Quebec isn't far from NYC. I'm
going to put my $$ on him showing up for the "real last play at Shea."
Also, Elton is playing AC on Sat....so I'm expecting him as well.
Any speculation on the other 2 guests.
Guests at the 7/16 show were: Tony Bennett, John Mayer, Don Henley,
and John Mellencamp...
Best,
-Rob |
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| Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:34 am Post subject: Re: Sirs Paul McCartney and Elton John 2 of the 4 guests for |
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On ACCESS HOLLYWOOD Billy was interviewed and said neither Paul nor Ringo
will be there.
Programed Through,
Laura D
<rkimmer@gmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | On Jul 17, 4:55 pm, jimroberts2...@gmail.com wrote:
Any speculation on the other 2 guests.
If you're taking guesses, I would add Ringo and Madonna. (Though she's
probably at the *other* baseball stadium.)
Who else? Bob Dylan? Paul Simon? Lou Reed? The Beastie Boys?
Ringo Starr will be in Washington state - so unfortunately he won't be
there. |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:59 pm Post subject: Re: Sirs Paul McCartney and Elton John 2 of the 4 guests for |
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Well, I stand corrected.  I guess Billy lied to keep the surprise.
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Laura D
"Laura D" <LauraED@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | On ACCESS HOLLYWOOD Billy was interviewed and said neither Paul nor Ringo
will be there.
Programed Through,
Laura D |
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