Billy Joel took a tumble during his concert last Saturday, February 22, prompting audible gasps from the audience.
The incident happened while Joel, 75, was performing his 1980 single “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me” at Mohegan Sun in Montville, Connecticut. Concertgoers said he was twirling his microphone and lost his balance as he threw it toward the crowd. He fell on his back as his band came to his aid to help him back up.
Joel managed to finish the song and play one more for the crowd before the concert ended. Even so, fans said he didn’t look well throughout the concert.
“Before he fell, I said to my friend ‘he’s going to fall’ and then he did,” a fan told the Daily Mail. “He definitely looked thrown off but somehow he managed to finish the show with a final song.”
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Joel’s fall comes on the heels of him canceling a Florida concert in January for an unspecified “medical procedure.” The concert was later rescheduled for November 2025.
The “Piano Man” singer has not publicly addressed his fall, but he doesn’t appear ready to slow down. In the days since, he has announced more 2025 tour dates, which will take him around North America and the UK with famous guests joining him along the way.
He will also become the first artist to play all three New York City-area stadiums in one summer when he performs at Yankee Stadium, MetLife Stadium and Citi Field in the span of just over a month. Rod Stewart will join him July 18 at Yankee Stadium, along with Stevie Nicks at MetLife Stadium on August 8 and Sting at Citi Field on the 21st.
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“I’m looking forward to playing these iconic stadiums this summer – each holds personal significance to me,” Joel, a Bronx native, told Billboard in a story published Monday, February 24. “There’s nothing like the energy of the crowds in New York, and sharing a stage with my friends, Rod Stewart, Sting and Stevie Nicks, whose music always inspires me, is extremely rewarding.”
Joel’s historic New York run comes after he finished his 10-year-long residency at Madison Square Garden, where he performed one show a month for a decade. Billboard Boxscore reported that Joel made $266.7 million and sold 1.9 million tickets over his 104 total shows.
