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Rock & Roll Hall of Famer to Hold Concert at Rogers Centre; First Toronto Show in 10 Years

The big show will be on March 15, 2025!

Brady Farkas

Billy Joel performs You May Be Right\" during the 66th Annual Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024.
Billy Joel performs You May Be Right\" during the 66th Annual Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. / Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY
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After finishing in last place in the American League East this past season, Toronto Blue Jays fans are already looking forward to the 2025 season.

However, just before Opening Day next year, fans have something else to look forward to at Rogers Centre: A Billy Joel concert.

That's right. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will be performing at Rogers Centre on March 15, and it will be his first concert in Toronto in the last decade.

The Blue Jays put out a post on "X," indicating that tickets go on sale on October 25, which is next Friday.

In addition to Joel, Rogers Centre will also host a series of Taylor Swift shows in November of 2024 and Metallica in April of 2025. While everyone would certainly rather see more baseball at Rogers Centre, you can't beat this offseason lineup.

Joel was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame back in 1999.

From Joel's website:

Billy Joel has had 33 Top 40 hits and 23 Grammy nominations since signing his first solo recording contract in 1972. In 1990, he was presented with a Grammy Legend Award. Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992, Joel was presented with the Johnny Mercer Award, the organization’s highest honor, in 2001. In 1999 he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and has received the Recording Industry Association of America Diamond Award, presented for albums that have sold over 10 million copies.

The Blue Jays first game at Rogers Centre next season will be on March 27 against the Baltimore Orioles.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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