PAUL MCCARTNEY, STEVEN TYLER, ROGER DALTREY Join Billy Joel In Final Shea Stadium Farewell
July 19, 2008, 16 years ago
According to Glidemagazine.com, the music’s over at Shea Stadium, where BILLY JOEL just completed his second of two sold-out concerts that are the final concerts ever at the soon-to-be-demolished ballpark in Flushing Meadows Park. The shows, billed as “Last Play at Shea,” featured a grand total of 68 songs and eight special guests.
As predicted by nearly everyone, Paul McCartney helped close down the park by singing and playing guitar on The Beatles’ classic I Saw Her Standing There with the Piano Man and his backing band before being asked back to the stage for a duet on the final song ever to be played at the venue, Let It Be. Congratulations Billy Joel, you just gave Shea Stadium the most fitting farewell concert imaginable. Now, let’s see if the Mets can close out the joint in similar fashion this October.
