Billy Joel plays first historic franchise concert at Madison Square Garden

NYC 1-27-14: Billy Joel kicks off the first of his historic franchise sold out concerts at New York City's legendary Madison Square Garden with opening act British sensation, Tom Odell.

Billy Joel becomes the first musician franchise to hold residency at MSG along with the NBA's Knicks and the NHL's Rangers and will play a concert once a month until the audience is no longer interested.

6 time Grammy winner Billy Joel has had 33 "Top 40" hits spanning 4 decades and has sold over 150 million records. He is inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (1992), the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (1999) and received the Kennedy Center Honor (2013) for influencing American culture through the arts.

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Billy Joel

Tom Odell