Statement from Billy Joel spokesperson:

“Billy Joel has been battling a viral infection and is forced to postpone his concert at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, June 6th, at the mandate of his doctor. The rescheduled date will be December 20. All tickets for the June 6th concert will be honored on this date. Billy understands that this is an inconvenience for ticketholders and apologizes for re-scheduling on such short notice.”

All tickets purchased for the June 6, 2017 concert will be honored on December 20, 2017. For more information please visit www.thegarden.com. Joel’s Madison Square Garden residency will resume as scheduled on July 5, 2017.

In December 2013, Billy Joel became the first-ever music franchise of The World’s Most Famous Arena, joining the ranks of The Garden’s other original franchises – the New York Knicks, Rangers and Liberty. Since January 2014, Joel has played one show per month at The Garden as part of the Time Warner Cable Concert Series. This hugely successful residency has led to 41 sold out shows through May 25. Joel currently holds both of The Garden’s concert-related performance records – for “Longest Run of Any Artist” and for “Most Number of Performances By Any Artist,” both of which he continues to break each month during his residency.