Wait, wrong artist.
Continuing his promise to play in New York until the fans stop coming, Billy Joel just announced four new shows at Madison Square Garden into 2015 and they were all sold out in hours. That was on top of 12 sold out shows, one each month, for the entirety of 2014.
Let’s do the math. Roughly 20,000 people at each concert this year. That means approximately 240,000 fans will see Billy Joel in 2014 alone. Kind of staggering. I was one of them.
Bill Joel is reportedly paid $2 million for each concert. Not a bad gig. I guess he’s stuck in a New York State of Mind.