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Billy Joel to play Shea farewell

Billy Joel is set to be "The Last Play at Shea," the final concert at the historic stadium, on July 16.

"This is the hat trick," Joel said Thursday at a news conference at Shea Stadium's Diamond Club. Joel played Yankee Stadium and Giants Stadium in 1991 and will be the only artist to ever perform at all three New York-area ballparks, something that even Shea veterans, the Rolling Stones,...

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