Joel is one of the most popular recording artists in history. He has sold over 150 million albums over the past quarter century. He is one of the highest grossing touring artists in the world, continually breaking attendance records for both stadiums and arenas.
In addition to his 33 Top 40 hits, Billy Joel has won 6 Grammy Awards and received the Grammy Legend award in 1992. Joel received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2013. In 2014, Joel was awarded the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song and the ASCAP Centennial Award. He has also been inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
While Joel had many Top 40 hits in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, he hasn't released a new album since Fantasies & Delusions in 2001, but that was just fine with his ecstatic fans who were there to hear the classic Joel songs they've always loved. Joel added in a few covers to his setlist to keep the fans on their toes. Before launching into Your Song, Joel reminded the audience that the last time he was in San Antonio there was another piano man with him, Sir Elton John.
Having a huge, popular catalog of hits to chose from, Billy Joel allowed the audiennce to vote a couple of times as to which song they would perform: "The Longest Time" verses "An Innocent Man" and "Keeping The Faith" verses "The Entertainer."
The two and one half hour show was just what Joel's Texas fans had been hoping for and definitely one to remember. Hopefully Joel felt the love and doesn't wait as long to make a return trip to the Lone Star State.
Billy Joel Setlist For San Antonio:
Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)
Pressure
Your Song (Elton John cover)
Zanzibar (preceeded by snippet of The Yellow Rose of Texas)
Summer, Highland Falls
Piece of My Heart (Erma Franklin cover)
The Ballad of Billy The Kid
Vienna
Allentown
That'll Be The Day (Buddy Holly cover)
New York State Of Mind (followed by snippet of Sleigh Ride)
Linus and Lucy (Vince Guaraldi Trio)
The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Solomon Linda cover)
The Longest Time
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
My Life (With Jingle Bells intro)
Sometimes A Fantasy
The Entertainer
Don't Ask Me Why
She's Always A Woman
Highway To Hell (ACDC cover- sung by roadie Chainsaw, with Billy Joel on electric guitar)
We Didn't Start The Fire
The River of Dreams
Tush (ZZ Top cover - sung by Mike DelGuidice)
Nessun Dorma (Giacomo Puccini cover - sung by Mike DelGuidice)
Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
Piano Man
Encore:
Uptown Girl
It's Still Rock and Roll To Me
Big Shot
Only The Good Die Young
You May Be Right
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