Billy Joel fans enraged after CBS pulls MSG concert broadcast during ‘Piano Man’: ‘Someone royally screwed up’

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posted to TikTok showed the model, 70, smiling and dancing along to “Uptown Girl” — up on the jumbotron, for all to see — as Joel sang the hit 1983 song that will be forever associated with Brinkley.Joel, 74, was partly inspired by Brinkley when he was writing the tune — and while dating then-girlfriend Elle Macpherson. Brinkley, who was married to Joel from 1985 to 1994, famously appeared in the “Uptown Girl” music video.

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Selome Hailu “Billy Joel: The 100th — Live at Madison Square Garden” reached 5.7 million viewers on Sunday night. Calculated from Nielsen’s measurement of linear viewers on CBS and live streaming via Paramount+, this makes the Joel concert the fourth-most-watched special of 2024, ranking only behind the Oscars (19.5 million viewers on ABC), the Grammys (16.9 million viewers on CBS) and the Golden Globes (9.4 million viewers on CBS).

Tim Chan If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Millions of people tuned into CBS to watch Billy Joel‘s Madison Square Garden concert over the weekend, and the special — celebrating his 100th consecutive performance at MSG — has spurred a rush of last-minute ticket sales for his remaining residency dates. Joel and Madison Square Garden Entertainment announced last year that the singer will end his record-breaking residency at the iconic New York venue this July.

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concert of his residency at the famous venue — and he included a hat-tip to the correct local paper. As he belted out, “New York State of Mind,” he changed the lyrics to include a shout-out to The Post.The TV concert special taped in March but aired Sunday night on CBS. During the verse where the song traditionally invokes the New York Times and the Daily News, Joel instead sang, “Out of touch with the rhythm and blues/ But now I need a little give and take / Who, oh, oh whoa, who / The New York Post / Newsday too.” The song still mentioned the Times and Daily News in an earlier verse.

CBS just announced that the network will rebroadcast Billy Joel: The 100th – Live at Madison Square Garden special in its entirety this Friday, April 19, after Sunday’s presentation cut out in some parts of the country as the singer was in the middle of his signature hit “Piano Man.”

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Billy Joel fans will get to find out whether Davy is still in the Navy after all. A broadcast special of the singer in performance at Madison Square Garden was cut off abruptly in most time zones Sunday night during his climactic rendition of the signature hit “Piano Man,” and after considerable public outrage, CBS has committed to re-airing the entire program on Friday night.

Billy Joel,’s 100th concert at MSG, the screen cut to black in a number of markets just as the Rock Hall of Famer launched into his seminal hit “Piano Man.”Fans were understandably disappointed.“Someone royally screwed up. That’s an embarrassment,” an irate viewer shared.Thankfully, viewers that were robbed of singing along with Joel on CBS can still catch him at Madison Square Garden this year.The only issue is that the 74-year-old singer doesn’t have many more shows at the Knicks and Rangers home venue.Back in July 2023, Joel announced he would end his longstanding, record-breaking 150 show run at MSG in July 2024; now, there are just four more concerts remaining on his schedule.

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Tim Chan If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Billy Joel is bringing his iconic concert to the small screen with a new television special airing tonight on CBS. Titled “The 100th: Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden,” the performance airs live on CBS at 9 p.m.

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