Watch Billy Joel Honor Tony Bennett At Madison Square Garden
A line from “I Left My Heart In San Francisco” was performed in tribute to the late singer.
By Andy Kahn Jul 25, 2023 • 6:57 am PDT
Billy Joel’s monthly residency at Madison Square Garden continued in New York City on Monday night. The concert saw Joel pay tribute to renowned singer Tony Bennett, who died last week at the age of 96.
Joel dedicated a performance of “New York State Of Mind” to Bennett, who was born in New York City in 1926. The song originally appeared on Joel’s 1976 album Turnstiles. Bennett recorded a version of “New York State Of Mind” with Joel for the former’s 2001 album Playin’ With My Friends: Bennett Sings The Blues. The recording was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
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During Monday’s performance of “New York State Of Mind,” saxophonist Mark Rivera’s solo spurred Joel to play a line from Bennett’s signature song, “I Left My Heart In San Francisco.” Watch audience-shot video of Joel’s tribute to Bennett below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7z8Z4ktTucLoading tour dates
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Setlist
- Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)
- My Life
- The Entertainer
- Just the Way You Are
- Zanzibar
- An Innocent Man
- The Longest Time
- The Downeaster "Alexa"
- A Room of Our Own
- Vienna
- Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
- New York State of Mind
- Don't Ask Me Why
- Allentown
- Sometimes a Fantasy
- Only the Good Die Young
- The River of Dreams
- Nessun dorma
- Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
- Piano Man
- We Didn't Start the Fire
- Uptown Girl
- It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
- Big Shot
- You May Be Right
