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Long Island's Oyster Bay may soon have a road named after the Piano Man
There might be a road named after Billy Joel, now that the 'Billy Joel Boulevard' bill has passed the New York State Senate.
As Newsday reports, a bill in the State Legislature to name a part of state Route 107 in the Long Island town Oyster Bay after Billy Joel passed in the Senate last week.
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The bill, which was sponsored by state Senator Jack Martins and Assemblyman Michael Montesano, proposes that the “stretch of South Broadway from East John Street to West Old Country Road” will be called ‘Billy Joel Boulevard'.
You'll be driving through 'Billy Joel Boulevard' soon!
Posted by Billy Joel on Tuesday, 2 June 2015
Joel, who is from Long Island himself, owns an Oyster Bay-based motorcycle shop called 20th Century Cycles. He also references Oyster Bay in his 1974 song ‘The Ballad of Billy the Kid’.
Watch Billy Joel performing 'The Ballad of Billy the Kid':
Billy Joel is playing the following shows. For tickets and information, click here.
June 6 - Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach - Virginia Beach, VA
June 11/14 - Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival - Manchester, TN
June 20 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
July 1 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
July 16 - Fenway Park - Boston, MA
July 25 - M&T Bank Stadium - Baltimore, MD
August 4 - Nassau Coliseum - Uniondale, NY
August 13 - Citizens Bank Park - Philadelphia, PA
August 20 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
August 27 - Wrigley Field - Chicago, IL
September 5 - AT&T Park - San Francisco, CA
September 16 - Pepsi Center Denver - Denver, CO
September 25 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
October 21 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
November 6 - Toyota Center – TX - Houston, TX
November 19 - Madison Square Garden New York, NY
December 5 - Time Warner Cable Arena - Charlotte, NC
December 17 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
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