Billy Joel To Be Supported By Tina Arena At Exclusive Aussie Show

As if Billy Joel’s one-night-only Australian show wasn’t exciting enough already, Australian legend Tina Arena has been added to the bill.

Arena will open proceedings for Joel’s history-making performance at the MCG on Saturday 10 December.

“I grew up listening to Billy Joel,” Arena noted. “His songbook is a big part of the soundtrack of my life so I really look forward to being a part of this extraordinary, once-in-a-lifetime event. You don’t want to miss this show.”

The concert is presented by Frontier Touring in partnership with ALWAYS LIVE, a state-wide celebration and initiative that supports contemporary live music by the Victorian Government.

When it was announced last week, Joel said: “I’m happy to announce that I’m finally coming to Australia to do one exclusive show at the Melbourne Cricket Ground as part of ALWAYS LIVE.

"It’s been a really long time since I’ve been there, I’m really looking forward to coming and I’m bringing the whole family and we’re going to enjoy it. I’ll see you there."

Joel is one of the most popular and respected artists in history, having sold over 150 million records, scoring six Grammy wins and 23 nominations. He's the sixth best-selling recording artist of all time and the third best-selling solo artist.

He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 1999. He received both The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song and the once-in-a-century ASCAP Centennial Award in 2014. In 2018, the Library of Congress chose Piano Man for preservation in the National Recording Registry for its historic significance.

Meanwhile, Arena is one of the best-selling artists in Australian history, having sold over 10 million records across her multi-decade career, winning several ARIAs and being inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2015.

Tickets to Joel's first performance in Melbourne in over 14 years will go on sale on Monday 4 July (10am AEST) via frontiertouring.com/billyjoel.

Frontier Members can access the Frontier Pre-sale, which starts Thursday 30 June (11am AEST).