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Face to Face Tour - Billy Joel Tickets

Billy Joel is on tour with Elton John! The Piano Man and Sir Elton have again joined forces for their popular Face to Face tour. The two first started performing together in 1994, and have made every tour a resounding success! After making several appearances together earlier this year, the two are coming back together this summer starting on July 11. Face to Face concert tickets are available for dates throughout the end of the month, after which the tour will go on hiatus before picking back up in November. Be sure to claim your seat today, as tickets are sure to sell out fast! Earlier this year, a show at the Scottrade Center in Saint Louis sold over 19,000 tickets. So purchase your Billy Joel tickets today!

Born in 1949, Billy Joel got his start in 1964 after watching the Beatles visit the Ed Sullivan show. After joining a number of unsuccessful bands, Joel went solo. Though known as the "Piano Man," from the name of his 1973 sophomore album, he didn't gain the superstardom he enjoys today until his fifth album The Stranger, which was released in 1977. Today it stands as his best selling work, with over 10 million copies sold. Joel is known for songs such as "Piano Man," "New York State of Mind," "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me," "Uptown Girl," and "Only the Good Die Young." Joel has gained a number of accolades, including 23 Grammy nominations and 5 Grammy wins. According to the BBC, Joel has sold over 100 million records during his career.

With such a long and successful stretch, you will not want to miss Billy Joel perform some of the songs that gave him his famous nickname! What's more, the singer-songwriter will pair up with the legendary Elton John. So you get two rock legends for the price of one! Visit TicketNetwork today for a great selection of Billy Joel-Elton John Face to Face tour tickets and prepare to be amazed as the two piano men go head to head, or face to face.

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About Billy Joel

Legendary singer and songwriter Billy Joel has been entertaining audiences around the world for over thirty years. His classical training and admiration of Broadway helped Joel form his unique spin on Rock & Roll. Now Billy Joel continues to tour around the world as fans of all ages still love his music.

Billy Joel was born in the Bronx, New York in 1949 before moving and growing up in a suburb of Long Island. For much of his adolescence he studied piano, and upon seeing the Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show he made the decision to pursue a career in music. Before going out on his own, Joel joined multiple groups including The Lost Souls, The Hassles and Attila. In 1973, Billy signed with Columbia Records after he was pursued by then-label executive Clive Davis. That same year he released his first album under his new label, Piano Man, which included the hit single 'Piano Man'. The song has become arguably Billy Joel's most popular single to date.

It was the release of The Stranger (1977) that launched Billy Joel into superstardom. The album included the singles 'Just the Way You Are', 'Movin' Out' and 'Only the Good Die Young', each of which reached the Top 25 on the Billboard charts. Joel won his first Grammy in 1979 for the single 'Just the Way You Are.' He won Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Even with all of his success, it wasn't until the single 'It's Still Rock and Roll to Me' off of 52nd Street (1978) that Joel had a #1 single. Over his career he has had a total of thirty three Top 40 singles, three of which reached #1.

After 1993's River of Dreams, Joel stopped writing new material for several years, opting to tour and pursue other ventures. In 2001, Joel released Fantasies and Delusions, a collection of classical pieces. Then, in 2007, he released the singles "All My Life" and "Christmas in Fallujah," the first lyrical songs Joel had written in 14 years. According to Allmusic, Billy Joel's work has been heard on stage as well, in the Broadway production of "Movin' Out." The dance-musical uses twenty-six Joel songs and features characters that come from some of his songs. Joel has been married three times and in 2004 married food critic Katie Lee. He has a daughter, Alexa Ray Joel, with second wife Christine Brinkley.

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