Who was Billy Joel's special guest in last MSG concert? Indiana's Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses

Billy Joel went out with a bang during his final Madison Square Garden residency show Thursday night, and there was an Indiana connection.

Axl Rose ? born in Lafayette, Ind., and lead singer for Guns N' Roses ? joined Joel on stage for a medley of songs.

The duo performed "Live and Let Die" together before belting out AC/DC's "Highway to Hell" for the MSG crowd.

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Watch Billy Joel and Axl Rose sing AC/DC's 'Highway to Hell' at Madison Square Garden concert

Billy Joel MSG setlist: Songs from final Madison Square Garden residency show, Thursday, July 25, 2024

Here's a setlist of songs from Billy Joel's final Madison Square Garden residency show:

• Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)

• Pressure

• The Entertainer

• Zanzibar

• Vienna

• My Life

• Start Me Up

• Innocent Man

• The Downeaster Alexa

• Don’t Ask Me Why

• New York State of Mind

• Allentown

• This Is the Time

• Live and Let Die with Axl Rose

• Highway to Hell (AC/DC) with Axl Rose

• Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)

• Only The Good Die Young

• River Of Dreams/ River Deep–Mountain High

• Nessun dorma

• Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

• Piano Man

• We Didn’t Start the Fire

• Uptown Girl

• It’s Still Rock and Roll To Me

• You May Be Right / Rock and Roll (Led Zeppelin) with Axl Rose

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Was Jimmy Fallon a special guest for Billy Joel's last Madison Square Garden residency show?

Yes, Jimmy Fallon did make an appearance at Billy Joel's final residency show at MSG.

As Joel closed the lovely and affecting “Vienna” – and pointed out his younger brother, who lives there, in the crowd – Jimmy Fallon bounded out with his usual puppy-dog energy to chirp about “witnessing history tonight.”

A blue banner commemorating Joel’s 150^th MSG performance unfurled above the stage while Joel looked on with humble appreciation.

Fallon had barely bounced off stage when Joel’s daughters, Della Rose, 8, and Remy, 6, scampered toward their Girl Dad and climbed atop his piano. As Joel swung into “My Life,” Della Rose hopped down and worked the stage like a natural, leading the crowd in a clap-a-thon and dishing out hand motions to accompany the lyrics (her sister, meanwhile, was completely nonplussed).

“Thank you, Madison Square Garden,” she said directly into the mic before exiting the stage, leading Joel to shake his head, smile and muse, “How you follow THAT?”

Enter Axl Rose.

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Thursday's show marked Joel’s 150th show at MSG and the 104th of his decadelong stint as King of the Garden.

Chris Sims is a digital content producer for Midwest Connect Gannett. Follow him on Twitter: @ChrisFSims.

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