Billy Joel to play first Toronto show in more than a decade

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Billy Joel, 75, who hasn’t performed in Toronto since his March 9, 2014 stop at Scotiabank Arena, will return play the Rogers Centre on March 15.

Not only does it mark the singer-songwriter-pianist’s first performance in the city in just over a decade, it will be his only Canadian performance in 2025.

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It’s also the first time in 30 years that Billy Joel has played the Rogers Centre after last playing the home of the Toronto Blue Jays on March 29, 1995.

Tickets go on sale to the general public at LiveNation.com beginning at 10 a.m. ET on Oct. 25

American Express is providing access to presale tickets to see Billy Joel, available for Cardmembers to purchase on Oct. 21 at 10 a.m. ET.

Joel, who played about two hours southeast of Toronto on Feb. 25, 2023 to open Fallsview Casino Resort’s new OLG Stage, is the sixth best-selling recording artist and the fourth best-selling solo artist with over 160 million records sold worldwide.

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Over five decades, Joel’s string of 33 Top 40 hits began with 1973’s autobiographical Piano Man while he’s amassed 23 Grammy nominations – winning six, including the Grammy Legend Award.

Other achievements include being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, being feted at the 36th Annual Kennedy Center Honors and receiving a Tony Award for Movin’ Out, a Broadway musical based on Joel’s music.

In January 2014, the Bronx-born Joel began a Madison Square Garden residency performing one show there monthly until his final concert in July, which marked Joel’s 150th lifetime performance at the venue.

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