CBS were showing a recording of his 100th straight MSG concert. As the 74-year-old built up to Piano Man's final verse, many regions' broadcasts cut away to local news.
Billy Joel fans were left furious with CBS after their broadcast of the legend's 100th consecutive Madison Square Garden concert was cut short to make way for local news.
In many regions, the broadcast - recorded on March 28 - cut away to CBS' local news services, as Joel built up to the final verse of Piano Man They said on X: 'CBS has been promoting the Billy Joel concert special every two minutes for WEEKS. So what better way to air it than to preempt it for a half hour and then cut him off MID-PIANO MAN? C'mon guys...
'WTF CBS you can’t cut out in the middle of Piano Man for a promo for the 11pm news. A horrible end to what was a great production for the Billy Joel concert. Horrible horrible job...The 74-year-old was in the middle of his best-known song when the transition was made 'You couldn’t produce a worse product than CBS just did on the Billy Joel special. Way too many commercials, didn’t play some of his best songs, went extremely out of order in his set list, and then cuts away to the local news in the middle of Piano Man?!? A total flop by CBS...
Joel's record-extending 100th MSG concert was also streamed on Paramount+, whose viewers were seemingly not affected by the issue.
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