Billy Joel is coming back to the UK to play two giant stadium concerts

30 September 2024, 12:29

Billy Joel follows up his recent recording comeback with a return to the UK.

Billy Joel will return to the UK next year for a couple of massive outdoor concerts.

The Piano Man builds on his recent studio comeback with the two shows next summer.

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Joel will play Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh on Saturday, June 7, 2025, and Anfield Stadium in Liverpool on Saturday, June 25, 2025.

These concerts will be Billy's only European shows of 2025, and mark the first time he has played either city in 45 years.

Tickets for both shows go on general sale this Friday, October 4 at 10am from usual outlets.

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Earlier this year, Billy Joel surprised everyone with his first new material in over 15 years.

In February 2024 he released 'Turn the Lights Back On', a song co-written with Freddy Wexler, Arthur Bacon and Wayne Hector, and produced by Wexler.

While he has never stopped touring, the track seemed to be a metatextual nod to Joel's long absence from the studio.

On it, he sings: "I'm late. But I'm here right now / And I’m trying to find the magic / That we lost somehow / Maybe I was blind / But I see you now /As we're laying here in the darkness / Did I wait too long to turn the lights back on?"

Joel cemented his return with a stunning performance at the Grammy Awards.

Also this year, Joel finally wrapped up his unprecedented monthly residence at Madison Square Garden after a decade of regular concerts.