Tickets For Billy Joel On-Sale On Saturday November 19, 2005 At 10:00 am Billy Joel To Perform At St. Pete Times Forum In Tampa, FL On January 12, 2006

Ultimate Career-Spanning Collection, "My Lives," With Track Selection Curated By Billy Joel, In Stores Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Pop music icon Billy Joel will launch his first solo major concert tour in nearly seven years beginning with concerts in Florida in January 2006. His tour comes to the St. Pete Times Forum January 12 at 8:00pm. Tickets go on-sale Saturday November 19, 2005 at 10:00 am.

The new Billy Joel tour dates mark the first major solo concert performances from the pop superstar since his fabled 1998-99 run, which, over the course of 64 shows, played to 1.1 million fans while grossing $47 million, according to Billboard Boxscore.

Coinciding with Joel's upcoming solo concert tour, Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings is preparing the release of My Lives, a lavish five disc (4 CDs + 1 DVD) box-set chronicling the extraordinary musical evolution of superstar Billy Joel, from his early 60s Long Island bar bands through his biggest hits to his most recent classical compositions. My Lives will be in stores on Tuesday, November 22, 2005.

My Lives is the first Billy Joel collection to explore the entirety of the artist's career through rarely-heard and highly-collectible material. With a track selection overseen by Billy Joel, My Lives provides new and surprising insights into the artist's creative process. A veritable treasure trove for Billy Joel fans, My Lives brings together rare demos and revelatory alternate takes from all phases of the artist's career, high-octane live performances, and Billy's covers of songs by some of his favorite artists including Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Brian Wilson, Leonard Cohen and others.

Billy Joel Concert Dates:
January 10 Jacksonville Veteran's Memorial Arena
January 12 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum
January 19 Boston TD Bank North Garden
January 23 New York Madison Square Garden
March 7 Philadelphia Wachovia Center
April 8 Las Vegas MGM

Tickets: Tickets for this event go on sale Saturday, November 19, 2005 at 10:00 am in the McDONALD'S BOX OFFICE at the St. Pete Times Forum and all Ticketmaster Outlets including Spec's Music and FYE. To order tickets by phone, call Ticketmaster at (813) 287-8844 or (727) 898-2100. For more information please call 813.301.2500 or visit stpetetimesforum.com. Tickets are priced at $76.75 and $41.50. Prices do not include service charges. For dinner reservations at Medallions Restaurant on the night of the event please call (813) 301-6926.