Billy Joel finished his historic Madison Square Garden residency with surprise appearances from his daughters and Axl Rose

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Monday, 29 July 2024, 10:08AM

Over the weekend, Billy Joel wrapped up his historic decade-long residency at Madison Square Garden, playing his 150th show at the famous New York City venue.

The final show was an emotional evening - and a real family affair. Jimmy Fallon surprised Billy when he appeared on stage with a banner that read 'Most Lifetime Performances By Any Artist' and was accompanied by two of the Piano Man's young daughters.

“You also have a lot of fans here tonight,” Jimmy said from the stage before presenting Della, 8, and Remy, 6, “but you have two really cute fans that want to come over and say, ‘[Congratulations], Daddy.'”

The girls sat with their dad while he sang his 1978 hit, My Life, before Della took to center stage singing and dancing along.

One fan commented on TikTok, “@Billy Joel daughter is main character energy and has the confidence we all need.”

After the song the girls left the stage, but not before Della took to the mic with, “Thank you, Madison Square Garden.”

That wasn't all the surprise performances for the show, later on in the set Billy brought out Axl Rose to help perform a couple songs. Together, he and the Guns N' Roses singer covered Wings' Live and Let Die, which Guns N' Roses famously covered in 1991, and AC/DC's Highway to Hell.

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Billy then played a string of hits, including Piano Man, We Didn't Start the Fire and Uptown Girl, before bringing Axl back out to end the set with You May Be Right.

Watch below.

This article was first published by iHeart.com and is republished here with edits and permission.

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