CBS simply introduced that the community will rebroadcast Billy Joel: The a centesimal – Reside at Madison Sq. Backyard particular in its entirety this Friday, April 19, after Sunday’s presentation lower out in some elements of the nation because the singer was in the midst of his signature hit “Piano Man.”
“A community programming timing error ended final night time’s Billy Joel particular roughly two minutes early within the Jap and Central Time Zones,” CBS stated in an announcement. “We apologize to Mr. Joel, his followers, our affiliated stations, and our viewers whose viewing expertise was interrupted over the last tune.
“Because of the overwhelming demand from his legion of followers,” the assertion continues, “Billy Joel: The a centesimal – Reside at Madison Sq. Backyard shall be rebroadcast in its entirety on CBS on April nineteenth at 9:00PM ET/PT.”
Sunday’s broadcast of the particular in Jap and Central zones lower away to native information at 11 p.m. shortly earlier than the tune’s last “la la la de de das.” The tip got here one thing like: “And the piano, it appears like a carnival/And the microphone smells like a beer/They usually sit on the…”
Billy Joel: The a centesimal – Reside at Madison Sq. Backyard particular had began a half-hour late Sunday night as a result of 2024 Masters Event protection working extra time.
Followers expressed their outrage on social media. “You couldn’t produce a worse product than CBS simply did on the Billy Joel particular,” tweeted one. “Manner too many commercials, didn’t play a few of his greatest songs, went extraordinarily out of order in his set checklist, after which cuts away to the native information in the midst of Piano Man?!? A complete flop by CBS.”
Wrote one other, “@CBS You simply may to re-schedule Billy Joel’s live performance that your associates lower quick to go to native late night time information. We followers usually are not pleased. And there are a whole lot of TV, and many others viewing choices apart from you….It is advisable convey him again.”
And one other: “Are you kidding me? I recorded it for 3 hours as a result of I knew it was working late. They critically lower to the information??? That’s horrible.”
Barstool Sports activities, which shared a clip of the truncated tune, wrote, “How do you chop a Billy Joel Live performance within the Center of Piano Man?!”
The live performance was taped March 28 at Madison Sq. Backyard to mark the a centesimal present in his long-running (and last) residency at his hometown venue.
Along with the CBS rebroadcast, the live performance particular is out there – in full – on Paramount+.
And within the unlikely case you’ll be able to’t recall: “…bar and put bread in my jar/And say, “Man, what are you doin’ right here?”