Billy Joel Joined by Wife and Kids Backstage as He Celebrates 70th Birthday at Madison Square Garden
To commend his 70th birthday celebration on Thursday, the long-lasting performer performed to a soldout swarm — the 64th time he's done as such — at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Surprisingly to be a critical night for Joel, as he was respected by family and companions, both close and far, to ring in his achievement birthday at the renowned setting he's been playing a month to month residency at since January 2014.
Prior to commencing his presentation, Joel got in some gathering time behind the stage as he was joined by spouse Alexis Roderick and their little girls Della Rose, 3, and Remy Anne, 1.
In a cute photograph, the group of four all had enormous grins on their appearances, as Della praised her father's huge day in a gathering cap that read "Upbeat Birthday Billy!" with inflatables on it — similar caps that were additionally passed out to the night's group.
Subsequent to making that big appearance, a source near Joel tells PEOPLE the "Simply the Way You Are" vocalist was shocked with video messages from various individual artists, including Pink, Garth Brooks, Brian Johnson from AC/DC and Sir Paul McCartney.
Notwithstanding the sweet messages, the source says Joel had two well-known faces go along with him in front of an audience for two exhibitions: his grown-up girl Alexa Ray, 33, and little Della.
"Alexa Ray Joel performed 'New York State of Mind' and they brought Della Rose in front of an audience to perform 'Glad Birthday,'" the source says.
It wouldn't be the first occasion when that Joel has been united in front of an audience with his two little girls.
The unbelievable vocalist as of late brought his young ladies onto the Madison Square Garden arrange in December to have them perform — Alexa singing a two part harmony of the occasion exemplary "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," with her father while Della sang with him on her main tune of his: "Don't Ask Me Why."
"We like to roll the family in [at Christmas]," Joel kidded in the video of his little girl's exhibition posted online subsequently.
Following his girls' appearance on Thursday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo appeared in front of an audience with his little girl Cara, 24, to wish the long-term vocalist and Long Island local a "Glad Birthday."
Artist Peter Frampton additionally later seemed to play with Joel, which he uncovered would happen before in the day on Twitter.
"Soundcheck this evening at MSG with @billyjoel. So regarded to be approached to play at his 70th birthday celebration appear. Upbeat Birthday Billy!!! What's more, thank you," Frampton, 69, composed, nearby a photograph of a couple practicing their presentation.
One individual who was unfit to go to Joel's birthday celebrations on Thursday was his ex Christie Brinkley, who made a point to send her affection from a remote place through a sweet shoutout on Instagram.
"Sending Happy Birthday Wishes to Billy," she subtitled a photograph of the artist and Alexa performing together.
"Keep in mind when we used to do the recordings PRETENDING to be old? Well regardless we can't do that look very well lol! !" Brinkley, 65, tongue in cheek composed. "Shake that Garden Tonight And I'll do my best here on Broadway at @chicagomusical"
"@alexarayjoel Sing the hellfire out of that birthday tune ! #billys70th 📸 @myrnasuarezphoto," the model included.
Alexa likewise had a similar photograph to her Instagram hours sooner and sent sweet birthday wishes to her dad in front of their exhibition.
Addressing Rolling Stone as of late in front of his achievement birthday, Joel uncovered how turning 70 accompanied a great deal of musings.
"From one viewpoint, I'm glad to be alive," Joel as of late told the outlet. "Then again, I don't have the foggiest idea the amount of a gathering I merit only for making it to 70. That is to say, it's a work night — you can't have birthday cake, you can't do any of that stuff."
"This is a Peter Pan kinda work," he included. "You begin, and you're youthful, and you're rockin' and rollin', and that is your main event for your entire life. You become a little nearsighted about how old you really are. I see pictures of myself at the Garden as of late, and I go, 'That don't look right.' I got old, I lost my hair. I was never an early showing symbol in the first place, and there I am in front of an audience as yet doing likewise work I was doing when I was 16."
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