Billy Joel coming to SA

Billy Joel, the piano man, will be bringing his hugely successful world tour to South Africa this October.

Beginning in Johannesburg’s Coca-Cola Dome on the 26th, the tour will see Joel and his eight-piece band (including a four-piece horn section) move on to Cape Town’s Bellville Velodrome on November 1.

A six-time Grammy award winner, Billy Joel has sold in excess of 100 million records worldwide and was the first artist to have five albums past the seven million mark.

Having not performed in SA before, Joel is heading south to perform hits from his massive repertoire, including 'River of Dreams', 'We Didn’t Start the Fire', 'New York State of Mind', 'Just the Way You Are', 'It’s Still Rock n’ Roll To Me', 'Piano Man', 'Tell Her About It' and 'Uptown Girl'.

Joel's tour recently set a world record for selling out New York’s Madison Square Gardens for twelve consecutive nights, beating Bruce Springsteen’s previously held record of 10 nights.

He's being brought to South Africa by BIG Concerts, 94.7 Highveld Stereo and Kfm 94.5.

Tickets go on sale Saturday August 5 at 9am.

Tickets are priced from R250 (excluding booking fees), and are available from Computicket on 083 915 8000, www.computicket.com and all outlets countrywide.

Tour Itinerary
Thursday 26 October: The Coca-Cola Dome, JHB
Wednesday 1 November: The Bellville Velodrome, CT