Released today (November 4th) on CD, streaming services, and Blu-ray is Billy Joel: Live At Yankee Stadium. The collection contains 22 performances from the “Piano Man's” historic two-day run at “The House That Ruth Built” on June 22nd and 23rd, 1990. All tracks have been remixed from the original multi-tracks and feature 11 completely unreleased performances, including “Uptown Girl,” “Only The Good Die Young,” “Allentown” and more.
The re-edited 1990 concert shot in 16mm color film, now features new music and unseen behind-the-scenes footage.
Billy Joel, who was born in the Bronx, recalled his emotions of actually playing the hallowed stadium back in 1990: “Yeah, Yankee Stadium was a whole jump in the level of things. I don't think we had headlined stadiums before that. But that, I think, was our first major stadium gig. And no one had really played Yankee Stadium. We were, I think, the first major headline act to sell a concert at Yankee Stadium on our own. It was really, really exciting. I mean, this is in 'the House the Ruth built' — there you are, you're playing there! They're comin' to see you — not the Yankees. It was huge. . . just the hugeness of it all was staggering, I remember that.”
