Billy Joel has a new New York tradition.
For the second straight year, the “Piano Man” will headline Belmont Park, NY’s UBS Arena on New Year’s Eve.
This one-off gig will be the Rock Hall of Famer’s first arena show in New York since wrapping his legendary residency at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on July 25.
“Welcoming Billy Joel back to UBS Arena is the perfect way to celebrate what has been a hallmark year for the new venue,” UBS Arena Senior Vice President of Programming Mark Shulman said. “Capping off a stellar year that has featured legendary performers, marquee sporting events, and family shows with our hometown hero is the perfect way to ring in the new year.”
According to Set List FM, the 75-year-old New York native performed 30 songs at last year’s New Year’s Eve concert. In addition to the hits you know and love — “My Life,” “Movin’ Out,” “New York State of Mind” — he also mixed in a couple classic covers like “Start Me Up,” “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” “Barbara Ann,” “Whole Lotta Love” and “All You Need Is Love.”
Grammy-nominated singer Regina Spektor showed up to close the show and duet with Joel on his 1980 classic “You May Be Right.”
Fans can purchase tickets for this NYE concert on sites like Vivid Seats as of today; the official on-sale is Friday, Sept. 20.
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Billy Joel New Year’s Eve UBS Arena tickets
A complete breakdown of all the sections at Belmont Park’s UBS Arena can be found below.
Billy Joel 2024-25 tour schedule
The Belmont Park gig isn’t all Joel has planned for the next few months.
Here’s where else you can find the vocally gifted icon live in the near future.
Billy Joel set list
As noted above, Joel sang 30 songs at last year’s NYE UBS Arena show. For a closer look, here’s what he took to the stage, according to Set List FM.
01.) “My Life”
02.) “Pressure”
03.) “Everybody Loves You Now”
04.) “The Downeaster ‘Alexa’”
05.) “Start Me Up” (The Rolling Stones cover)
06.) “An Innocent Man”
07.) “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” (Solomon Linda’s Original Evening Birds cover)
08.) “Barbara Ann” (The Regents cover)
09.) “The Longest Time”
10.) “Big Man on Mulberry Street”
11.) “Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)”
12.) “Half a Mile Away”
13.) “Vienna”
14.) “Don’t Ask Me Why”
15.) “Allentown”
16.) “New York State of Mind”
17.) “The River of Dreams”
18.) “Whole Lotta Love” (Led Zeppelin cover)
19.) “Auld lang syne” (Robert Burns cover)
20.) “All You Need Is Love” (The Beatles cover)
21.) “Only the Good Die Young”
22.) “Nessun dorma” (Giacomo Puccini cover)
23.) “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant”
24.) “Souvenir”
25.) “Piano Man”
Encore
26.) “We Didn’t Start the Fire”
27.) “Uptown Girl”
28.) “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me”
29.) “Big Shot”
30.) “You May Be Right” (with Regina Spektor)
Billy Joel new music
Joel dropped his first single in nearly two decades on Feb. 1 of this year.
You can hear the simultaneously romantic, nostalgic, and anthemic “Turn The Lights Back On” here.
Classic rockers on tour in 2024
Joel isn’t the only icon who’s been performing since the ’70s on tour this year.
Here are just five of our favorite bucket list-worthy Rock and Roll Hall of Famers also on the road these next few months.
Need more classic rock in your life? Check out our list of the 52 biggest classic rockers on tour in 2024 to find the show for you.
This article was written by Matt Levy, New York Post live events reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the latest tour announcements from your favorite musical artists and comedians, as well as Broadway openings, sporting events and more live shows – and finds great ticket prices online. Since he started his tenure at the Post in 2022, Levy has reviewed a Bruce Springsteen concert and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to name a few. Please note that deals can expire, and all prices are subject to change.
