Billy Joel rung within the new 12 months in model, becoming a member of forces with Jason Bonham for a rendition of Led Zeppelin‘s “Entire Lotta Love”.
Acting at Lengthy Island’s UBS Enviornment on Tuesday (Dec. 31), Joel’s end-of-year spectacular was a particular for one for quite a few causes. Not solely was the evening preceded by Jason Bonham’s Led Zepellin Night because the opener, however the prolonged set noticed the veteran musician roll out loads of fan favorites for the evening, together with just a few rarer tracks from his in depth into his again catalog.
Whereas the seldom-heard 1982’s “A Room of Our Personal” received a look-in, rarer nonetheless was a efficiency of 1974’s “Memento”, which obtained solely its thirteenth displaying from throughout the previous 40 years.
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Nonetheless, one of the notable songs from the night was one which wasn’t Joel’s personal. Simply over a 3rd of the best way by way of the set, Joel switched his focus to welcome Bonham and his band to the stage for a rendition of 1969’s “Entire Lotta Love”.
“We’re going to convey a visitor onstage and do that subsequent music,” Joel stated to the group. “We’ve enjoyable enjoying this, particularly with this man. Please welcome Jason Bonham. You all know this music. It’s not a piano music.”
With Bonham performing drums on the music his father helped make well-known greater than 5 a long time in the past, Joel’s longtime guitarist and vocalist Mike DelGuidice sang lead on the monitor, relagting Joel to the background considerably.
Listening to Joel carry out “Entire Lotta Love” isn’t a rarity (actually, he additionally carried out it at his earlier New Yr’s Eve celebration on the identical venue), and it seamlessly slot in amongst the remainder of the set, which additionally featured renditions of The Rolling Stones’ “Begin Me Up”, and Derek and the Dominos’ “Layla”, which was used to fill time forward of the midnight countdown.
The present additionally wrapped up a giant 12 months for Joel, who not solely concluded his record-breaking ten-year Madison Sq. Backyard residency (incomes $266.7 million from 1.9 million ticket gross sales to 104 reveals), but additionally launched “Flip the Lights Again On” – his first new lyrical single in practically 20 years.
