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Billy Joel to perform first-ever concert at Camden Yards in July 2019

Posted at 10:58 AM, Jan 10, 2019
and last updated 2019-01-11 06:51:06-05

BALTIMORE — Billy Joel will perform the first ever concert in Camden Yards when he takes the stage Friday, July 26, 2019, the Orioles and Joel announced Thursday.

Public sale of tickets for the show begins Friday, Jan. 18, at 10 a.m.

The Orioles have partnered with Live Nation to produce the event. A portion of proceeds will support music and arts education programs in “in Maryland and across the Orioles’ regional territory,” through the Orioles Charitable Foundation, according to a statement on Joel’s website.

“As an entertainment company bringing world class sports, music, and other diverse events to the live venues we manage and to our multimedia television, digital, and radio platforms, there is no greater opportunity than to bring a true music legend in Billy Joel to the ballpark and into our community,” said John Angelos, Orioles Executive Vice President. “Billy Joel and Oriole Park at Camden Yards are leaders across the entertainment world in selling tickets, driving tourism, and creating one-of-a-kind memories, and the Orioles are thrilled to make Camden Yards home to an iconic artist who generations of Americans have grown up with and who is still setting records today.”