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Peter Kay Steals Joel's Thunder...

Legendary Uptown Girl singer Billy Joel attracted an amazing 47,000 punters to his Croke Park gig on Saturday but Peter Kay had them in fits before he even walked on stage...


PETER KAY & BILLY JOEL @ CROKE PARK

It's one of the oldest rules in ShowBiz and something a veteran performer like Billy Joel should be well aware of: never have a support act that's gonna upstage the main show!


PETER KAY @ CROKE PARK

But then again, perhaps Billy didn't expect an overweight Northern English comedian with a hand-held tape recorder any real threat?


PETER KAY @ CROKE PARK

Well the comic in question was the genius creator of the hit show Phoenix Nights, Peter Kay, and managed to have Mr. Joel's capacity crowd rolling in the aisles with nothing more than a dry commentary over some songs he had recorded on his personal stereo!


BILLY JOEL @ CROKE PARK

Such was the response from the crowd Billy went out on the main stage to thank Peter personally and must have been thinking in the back of his mind: "How am I gonna follow that?"


BILLY JOEL @ CROKE PARK

But with legions of loyal fans eager to sing along to his greatest hits the US singer hardly had a mountain to climb on a warm Saturday evening in Dublin...


BILLY JOEL @ CROKE PARK

Par for the course the aging rocker delivered in style his tried-and-tested routine although some fans did suggest he could have played more of his better known tracks.


BILLY JOEL @ CROKE PARK

Meanwhile, across town the sight of Peter Stringfellow's neon sign still aglow after the club went into liquidation some weeks ago was a sad reminder of what could have been - the lights are on but there's no lap dancers at home!


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