Shea Stadium for the Last Play

unknownphotography

Billy Joel recently played the last concert ever at Shea Stadium before it gets knocked down... Shea stadium has a history of hosting huge concerts since the Beatles in 1965. Guest performances included Tony Bennet, Garth Brooks, Steven Tyler, Roger Daltry, and Paul McCartney. I had good seats left of the stage, 18 rows back, on the field. I was able to bring in my canon 30D with 70-200 f2.8 IS lens and get some really cool shots.

Tony Bennet singing New York State of Mind


Steven Tyler rocking out to Walk this Way


Garth Brooks "SHameless"


The stage set up


Billy doing his thing


Paul McCartney... "I Saw Her Standing There"


Paul McCartney and Billy Joel "Let it Be" the last song to be played at Shea Stadium

swintonphoto

Wow, that would have been a great concert! Nice shots!

slpollett

Yep, I would have loved to have been at that concert myself--especially if I'd had seats as good as yours were. Nice shots, but I would have enjoyed them more if the watermark didn't cover the faces.

RayLarson

How did you get the camera in?

unknownphotography

Sorry about the watermark, i just try to protect the pictures. They let cameras in as long as its not video eqipment.

I will never forget Paul at the end singing "Let it Be"

ian408

How does it feel to have a bit of history?

dadwtwins

those are some great shots especially considering the historic significance