Billy Joel, Hong Kong, 2008-11-12

Leslie Cheung over 16 years ago

The piano man, Billy Joel, played his first ever Hong Kong concert last Wednesday (November 12) at AsiaWorld-Arena. The show started at 20:30 with "Angry Young Men". The new 007 film seems to have caught his attention, and he played the James Bond main theme twice throughout the show. His energy did not run dry quickly and he often pretended to kung fu fighting with the audience and the other bandmates.

Mid-way through the main set, he asked the audience if they knew American Idol and introduced that a roadie will sing the next song. "You can vote him off stage if you want," he said. Billy Joel picked up his electric guitar and led the band into a cover of AC/DC hit, "Highway To Hell", sung by roadie Chainsaw.

The setlist of the night:

Angry Young Men
My Life
Honestly
Zanzibar
New York State Of Mind
Allentown
I Got To Extremes
Pressure
Just The Way You Are
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
An Innocent Man
Keeping The Faith
She's Always A Woman
Don't Ask Me Why
The River Of Dreams
Highway To Hell {AC/DC cover sung by roadie Chainsaw}
We Didn't Start The Fire
Big Shot
It's Still Rock And Roll To Me
You May Be Right

[encore]
Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
Only The Good Die Young
Piano Man

Photos by SonyBMG