Billy Joel [ tickets ]'s July 16 and 18 concerts an New York's Shea Stadium were billed as the final concerts ever to be held at the longtime home to the New York Mets.

In the run-up to the historic "Last Play at Shea" dates, Joel told the press that he was honored to be booked for the gigs, adding that he had been inspired to play music after seeing The Beatles perform at the stadium in 1965.

Joel's long set was full of his own hits, but he made a point of paying homage to The Beatles and fellow veterans of Shea Stadium, The Who.

Set List:
1. The Star-Spangled Banner
2. Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)
3. Prelude/Angry Young Man
4. My Life
5. The Entertainer
6. Summer, Highland Falls
7. Zanzibar
8. Allentown
9. The Ballad of Billy The Kid
10. New York State of Mind (With Tony Bennett)
11. Root Beer Rag
12. Goodnight Saigon
13. Don't Ask Me Why
14. Keeping The Faith
15. The Downeaster Alexa
16. This Night
17. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
18. Under The Boardwalk
19. An Innocent Man
20. Shameless (With Garth Brooks)
21. She's Always A Woman
22. Captain Jack
23. Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
24. The River of Dreams
25. A Hard Day's Night
26. Walk This Way (Steven Tyler)
27. We Didn't Start The Fire
28. It's Still Rock and Roll To Me
29. My Generation (Roger Daltrey)
30. You May Be Right
31. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
32. Only The Good Die Young

LiveDaily's photographer Peter Keeling was on hand and took these shots of the action on stage.