Billy Joel Has Fallen Out Of Touch With His Roots

noah | March 3, 2009 9:30 am

“We just did the two nights at Shea last year,” the Piano Man told Newsday‘s Glenn Gamboa about his plans to hold off on playing the New York area with Elton John until 2010. “We thought the market might be a little tapped out.” Perhaps there’s some sarcasm underlying Joel’s comment that doesn’t translate to the printed word, because come on, dude—even in this economy, you could probably sell out a month at Nassau Coliseum and bookend those shows with stops at the two new ballparks. [Backstage Pass]

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