Billy Joel is in a New York and New Jersey state of mind.
During his 2025 tour, which kicks off March 15 in Toronto, Joel will play all three New York City-area sports stadiums, making him the first artist to ever play all three in one summer. His impressive feat will come over a month-long period.
Joel will play Yankee Stadium in the Bronx on July 18; East Rutherford, N.J.’s Metlife Stadium, home to the New York Giants and New York Jets, on Aug. 8; and Citi Field, home to the New York Mets, in Queens, N.Y., on Aug. 21. Rod Stewart will join him July 18, Stevie Nicks on Aug. 8 and Sting on Aug. 21.
“I’m looking forward to playing these iconic stadiums this summer – each holds personal significance to me,” Joel tells Billboard. “There’s nothing like the energy of the crowds in New York, and sharing a stage with my friends, Rod Stewart, Sting and Stevie Nicks, whose music always inspires me, is extremely rewarding.”
The feat is all the more remarkable in that it comes on top of ending his 10-year residency at New York’s Madison Square Garden last July after playing the vaunted venue once a month for 10 years. The run earned Joel $266.7 million and sold 1.9 million tickets over 104 shows, according to Billboard Boxscore. He played one show at MSG every month except for June 2017 and December 2022, as well as for a year-and-a-half hiatus during the height of the COVID-19 wave.
Joel’s 16-show run ends Nov. 1 at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Fla. The run, which concentrates primarily on North America, also includes two U.K. shows in Edinburgh, June 7, and Liverpool, June 21.
