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Billy Joel, a one-time regular at Madison Square Garden, will be playing across the East River at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on New Year’s Eve.
For the first time in his career, Billy Joel will play Brooklyn.
On New Year’s Eve, the piano man will perform at the Barclays Center, marking his inaugural appearance at the venue.
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This will be Joel’s first arena show in the New York area in seven years. Earlier this month, the star played a special benefit show at the 1000-capacity Paramount Theater, marking his first Long Island concert in eleven years.
While Joel was born in the Bronx, and famously raised in Hicksville, L.I., Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz revealed that the musician’s grandparents lived in Flatbush. “He frequently visited them as a kid,” Markowitz remarked.
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The politician was on hand Thursday to announce Joel’s coming date in Daily News Plaza, at the front of Barclays Arena. Joel himself did not turn up at the event, through a choir of nine students from Brooklyn’s High School of the Arts did. They performed several Joel songs, accompanied by their teacher on piano, including “River of Dreams.”
Tickets for the show will go on sale Nov. 9 at 10 a.m. at Ticketmaster.com or by calling (800) 745-3000.
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The New Years’ Eve concert will begin at 9:30 p.m., with Ben Folds Five as the opening act.
“Say good-bye to Hollywood and say hello to Brooklyn,” commented Markowitz. “Billy, you finally made it to the big time.”
jfarber@nydailynews.com
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