Billy Joel To Rock New Year's Eve At Nassau Coliseum

Billy Joel is coming home to Nassau Coliseum once again, this time for a New Year's Eve show to mark the 25th anniversary of the last time he played the venue on New Year's Eve.

The concert will be the 34th show at Nassau Coliseum for the Long Island native. His last show there was on April 5, 2017, when Joel opened the renovated coliseum to a sold-out audience. In 1998, Joel sold out nine shows, setting the venue’s record for the most sellouts in one year.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, Sept. 14 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com, NYCBLIVE.com, or by calling 1-800-745-3000. Tickets can also be purchased at the Ticketmaster Box Office at the Coliseum beginning Sunday, Sept. 16 at noon (if tickets are still available). Citi Cardmembers will have access to purchase tickets before the general public beginning Wednesday, Sept. 12 at 10 a.m. Visit citiprivatepass.com for complete presale details.

“We are thrilled to welcome Billy back home for what will be another momentous night in his four-decade-long history playing the Coliseum,” said Brett Yormark, CEO of BSE Global, the operator of the venue. “This performance will be a celebration for Long Islanders, truly making New Year’s Eve at NYCB LIVE the ultimate destination to ring in 2019.”

A household name on Long Island and around the world, Joel is the sixth best-selling recording artist of all time, the third best-selling solo artist and is one of the highest grossing touring artists in the world. In 2014, he received The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, which honors living musical artists’ lifetime achievement in promoting the genre of song as a vehicle of cultural understanding, entertaining and informing audiences, and inspiring new generations. He also received the once-in-a-century ASCAP Centennial Award, which is presented to American music icons in recognition of their incomparable accomplishments in their respective music genres and beyond.

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