Concerts on YouTube

CONCERTS & OTHER LIVE PERFORMANCES
on YOUTUBE

Billy's 1984 concert at London's Wembley Arena, which was broadcast on UK television, can be viewed in its entirety on YouTube, which is a treat for US fans who did not get to see it at the time.

Concerts and Other Live Performances on YouTube
Visit the One Final Serenade YouTube Channel for video albums, audio, live concerts, playlists and more, organized by various topics and chronologically.

Video Concerts and Live Appearances
These are videos of Billy Joel concerts and other live performances on YouTube:

1972-1975

Billy Joel on The Session (Illinois) (from Southern Illinois University) (February 1972) (5-song playlist) (thanks to JoelFan for posting) (Update: Video was removed from YouTube)
Billy Joel on Don Kirschner's Rock Concert (1974): Piano Man
Billy Joel on Don Kirschner's Rock Concert (1974): Captain Jack
Billy Joel on Don Kirschner's Rock Concert (1974): Somewhere Along The Line
Billy Joel on The Midnight Special: Travelin' Prayer (October 10, 1975)
Billy Joel on The Midnight Special: The Ballad of Billy The Kid (October 10, 1975)
Billy Joel on The Old Grey Whistle Test: Piano Man (1975) (with moustache) (DailyMotion)
Billy Joel on The Old Grey Whistle Test: Piano Man and Travelin' Prayer (1975) (with moustache) (YouTube)

1976-1979

Billy Joel on the Mike Douglas Show (August 9, 1976) (3 songs), and brief interview here (before NYSOM)
Concert Live at the Capitol Theater (NJ) (October 2, 1976) (about 50 minutes, incomplete)
Concert Billy Joel Tonight (Connecticut) (December 1976)
Billy Joel on Saturday Night Live (Feb. 18, 1978) ("Only The Good Die Young" and "Just The Way You Are") (Vimeo)
Concert Live on the Old Grey Whistle Test (UK) (March 1978) (mini-concert, televised)
Concert Live at the Beat Club (Musikladen) (Germany) (March 1978) (YouTube playlist) (mini-concert, televised)
Live at the Karl Max Theater (Havana, Cuba) (1979) (Havana Jam '79), not available, but see this.
Concert Live in Houston (Nov. 25, 1979)

1980-1985

Concert Live at Madison Square Garden (1980) (audience shot) (quality not good, but the only video from the Glass Houses tour that is out there)
Live at Volunteer Jam VII: Great Balls of Fire with The Charlie Daniels Band (Nashville) (Jan. 17, 1981)
Billy Joel on Saturday Night Live (1981) ("Miami 2017" and "She's Got A Way") (Update: These videos were removed from YouTube)
Concert Live from Long Island (Dec. 29, 1982) (playlist) or Japanese televised version (still working)
Concert Live from Wembley Arena (June 1984)
Live at Farm Aid ("Only The Good Die Young" and "Summer, Highland Falls") (1985)

1986-1994

Billy Joel on Late Night with David Letterman: A Matter of Trust (1986)
Concert Live in Philadelphia (October 1986)
Concert Live in Russia (1987) (YouTube playlist)
Concert Live in Russia (1987) (Russian TV concert, as televised)
Billy Joel on The Grammy Awards Show: New York State of Mind with David Sanborn (March 2, 1988)
Billy Joel on Saturday Night Live (1989) ("We Didn't Start The Fire" and "The 'Downeaster' Alexa") (unavailable)
Concert Live in Syracuse (Feb. 2, 1990)
Concert Live in Toronto (Feb. 6, 1990) (audience shot)
Billy Joel on The Grammy Awards Show: We Didn't Start The Fire (1990)
Concert Live at Yankee Stadium (June 1990) (playlist)
Concert Live at Yankee Stadium (June 1990) (pay to view, $3.99)
Live at Ranch Concert (Montauk, NY) (August 30, 1990) (3 songs: The Downeaster Alexa, Whole Lotta Shakin,' and Sea Cruise with Paul Simon)
Billy Joel on The Grammy Living Legends Awards Show: And So It Goes (December 1990)
Concert Live in Tokyo (1991) (720p) (1080p version is no longer on YouTube), and here are a couple songs from the concert, "Only The Good Die Young" and "Piano Man"
Billy Joel on The Late Show with David Letterman: No Man's Land (August 30, 1993)
Billy Joel on Saturday Night Live (1993) ("The River of Dreams" and "All About Soul") (Vimeo)
Concert Live in Philadelphia (Corestates) (Sept. 28, 1993) (Part 1) (audience shot)
Concert Live in Philadelphia (Corestates) (Sept. 28, 1993) (Part 2) (audience shot)
Concert Live in Philadelphia (Spectrum) (Oct. 14, 1993) (Part 1) (audience shot)
Concert Live in Philadelphia (Spectrum) (Oct. 14, 1993) (Part 2) (audience shot)
Billy Joel on The Grammy Award Show: The River of Dreams (1994)
Concert Face to Face: Live in Washington DC (July 4, 1994) (audience shot)
Concert Face to Face: Live in Philadelphia (July 12, 1994) (audience shot)
Concert Live from The River of Dreams (Germany) (1994) (YouTube playlist)

1997-2001

Billy Joel on Late Night with David Letterman: To Make You Feel My Love and Interview (1997)
VH-1 Storytellers (1997) (Part 1 only) (link no longer working) ("No Man's Land")
Concert Live in Philadelphia (CoreStates) (Feb. 18, 1998, Part 1) (audience sh0t)
Concert Live in Philadelphia (CoreStates) (Feb. 18, 1998, Part 2) (audience shot)
Concert Live in Philadelphia (CoreStates) (Feb. 19, 1998, Part 1) (audience sh0t)
Concert Live in Philadelphia (CoreStates) (Feb. 19, 1998, Part 2) (audience shot)
Concert Face to Face in Tokyo (March 31, 1998)
Billy Joel on The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1998)
Concert Live at MSG (1998) (audience shot from 12-28-98)
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (1998) (with Elton John) (one song)
Concert 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert (New York)(2000) (playlist with video of full concert, pro shot, followed by audio playlist of the album) (thanks to Rob Prisament for posting the rare video)
Concert 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert: Only The Good Die Young (pro shot video on Vimeo)
Concert 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert: We Didn't Start The Fire and Scenes from An Italian Restaurant (television)

Piano Grand: A Smithsonian Celebration: Baby Grand (2000) (television, thanks to Violet Pearl for posting)
Piano Grand: A Smithsonian Celebration: Piano Man (2000) (television, thanks to yoo je yun 류제연 for posting)

Billy Joel & Elton John on The Tonight Show: Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road (Feb. 7, 2001)
Billy Joel & Elton John on The Tonight Show: Piano Man (Feb. 7, 2001)
An All-Star Tribute to Brian Wilson (Beach Boys): Don't Worry Baby (March 29, 2001) (aired July 4, 2001)

Concert Live in Las Vegas (2001) (ToyotaFest)
America: Tribute to Heroes (2001) ("New York State of Mind")
The Concert for New York City (2001) ("New York State of Mind" and "Miami 2017")
Master Class concert (2001) (televised on A&E as "Billy Joel: In His Own Words") (thanks to billyjoelforever for posting)

2002-2010

Billy Joel and Tony Bennett on The Grammy Awards Show: New York State of Mind (2002)
Concert Face to Face: Live in Boston (2002) (audience shot)
Concert Face to Face: Live in Albany (April 2003) (audience shot)
Kennedy Center Honors Ceremony for Elton John (Billy sings a medley of Elton John songs) (2004)

Billy Joel on The Today Show: Keepin' The Faith (2005)
Billy Joel on The Today Show: She's Right On Time (2005)
Billy Joel on The Conan O'Brien Show: Vienna (2005)
Billy Joel on The Conan O'Brien Show: Everybody Loves You Now (2005)
Concert Live at MSG (April 24, 2006) (12 Gardens) (audience shot)
Live at MSG performing "Big Shot" (2006) (12 Gardens) (pro shot?)
Concert Live in Tokyo (2006)
Concert Live in Rome (2006)
Concert Live at Shea Stadium (2008) (YouTube playlist)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary (2009) (Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel) ("New York State of Mind")

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary (2009) (Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel) ("Born to Run")

2012-present

Live at the Roxy (Los Angeles, not NY) (Nov. 15, 2012) (unplugged) (thanks to Mikeyk3000 and others for posting)
Concert 12.12.12 Concert for Sandy Relief (2012)
12.12.12 Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)
12.12.12 Movin' Out
12.12.12 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
12.12.12 You May Be Right
12.12.12 Only The Good Die Young
12.12.12 River of Dreams
Live at the STONE Music Festival (Sydney, Australia) (April 21, 2013)
Highlights from STONE Music Festival (fan shot)

Concert JazzFest Live in New Orleans (JazzFest) (April 27, 2013) (audience shot)
JazzFest: Miami 2017
JazzFest: Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
JazzFest: Root Beer Rag
JazzFest: Big Man On Mulberry Street
JazzFest: My Life
JazzFest: The Downeaster Alexa
Kennedy Center Honors Ceremony (Dec. 8, 2013, aired Dec. 29, 2013)
Concert Live in Phoenix (2014) (audience shot)
Concert Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song - Ceremony and Concert (2014) (YouTube playlist). You can see the complete concert at PBS, click here.
Concert Live at Bonnaroo (June 14, 2015) (complete Billy Joel set)
Live at Bonnaroo (June 14, 2015) (3 song playlist) (thanks to WarioJoel for posting videos)
Concert Last Show at Nassau Coliseum, Part 1 (August 4, 2015) (audience shot)
Concert Last Show at Nassau Coliseum, Part 2 (August 4, 2015) (audience shot)
New Yorker Festival (Oct. 4, 2015) (YouTube playlist) Billy did another Q&A at The New Yorker Festival on October 4, 2015. Journalist Nick Paumgarten hosted and asked questions, as did the audience. This playlist is comprised of fan videos.
Live on The Tonight Show (Jan. 6, 2016) singing "Beast of Burden" with Jimmy Fallon
Live on The Tonight Show (Jan. 6, 2016) singing "The Longest Time" with Jimmy Fallon and others (during break)
Live on The Tonight Show (Jan. 6, 2016) singing "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" (deleted)
Live at Madison Square Garden - "Start Me Up" with Jimmy Fallon (Jan. 2016)
Live on the Harry Connick Show (Sept. 2o17) singing "Don't Ask Me Why"
Live on the Harry Connick Show (Sept. 2o17) singing "Vienna"
Live on Jimmy Kimmel (Oct. 2017) singing "Miami 2017"

Audio Concerts and Live Appearances
And there are some concerts on YouTube that are audio only. Here is a list of some of these concerts. I have not posted all of them, there are too many, but focused on the earlier ones. The YouTube channel, The Billy Joel Concert Archive has may audio recordings of Billy's live performances.

Live at Ultrasonic Studios (Hempstead) (Nov. 9, 1971)
Live at the Boarding House (San Francisco) (Jan. 22, 1972)
Mar Y Sol Festival (Puerto Rico) April 2, 1972)
Live on WMMR (Philadelphia) (April 15, 1972 radio concert) (playlist)
Live at Lafayette Music Hall (Nashville) (May 7, 1974) (playlist) (no longer works)
Live at the Orpheum Theater (Boston) (May 14, 1974)
Live at Carnegie Hall (New York) (May 20, 1974) (no longer works)
Live at Ebbets Field (Denver) (May 1974)

Live at Sydney Opera House (Australia) (May 19, 1976) (no longer works)
Live at the Bottom Line (New York) (June 10, 1976) (YouTube playlist)
Live in Miami (Gusman Hall?) (October 29, 1976) (no longer works)
Live at CW Post (New York) (May 6, 1977) (YouTube playlist)
Live at Carnegie Hall (New York) (June 3, 1977) (Full concert and YouTube playlist)
Live at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island (New York) (June 5, 1977) (YouTube playlist)
Live at Gusman Hall (Florida) (Oct. 31, 1977)
Live in St. Louis (St. Louis) Nov. 13, 1977? ) (partial)
Live at Sonesta (Amsterdam) March 4, 1978) (great quality)
Live at the Karl Max Theater (Havana, Cuba) (1979) (Havana Jam '79) (unavailable)

Live at Wembley (March 30, 1980) (audience recording) by The Billy Joel Concert Archive
Live in Sydney (Feb. 9, 1981) (some speed/quality issues, but Glass Houses tour!)
Live in Providence (1984) (part 1) (thanks to Reggie I for posting this and other concerts)
Live in Providence (1984) (part 2) (thanks to Reggie I for posting this and other concerts)
Live at MSG (June 27, 1984) (playlist of five songs)

Live in Russia (first night) (1987)
Kohuept (Leningrad and Moscow) (1987) (playlist of the album by #BillyJoel, but with some substitutions)
Live at Wembley (London) (May 26, 1990) (radio broadcast)
Face to Face with Elton John, Live at Veterans Stadium (1994)
Live from Frankfurt, Germany (1994) (partial)

2000 Years: The Millennium Concert (New York)(2000) (video, followed by audio playlist of the album)
Face to Face with Elton John: Live in New Orleans (2001)

Live at MSG (Feb. 2, 2006)
12 Gardens Live (2006) (YouTube playlist of the album by #BillyJoel)
Live in Mexico (Dec. 12, 2007)
Live in Tokyo (2008) (playlist)
Face to Face in Minneapolis (2009) (fan recording; not complete)

Live in Dublin, Ireland (2013)
Live at Madison Square Garden (Feb. 2, 2016) (audio, fan recording)

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