Billy Joel to make 'historic announcement' next week at Madison Square Garden

Billy Joel has something big up his sleeve, but we'll have to wait until next Tuesday (December 3) to see what it is. The singer has called a press conference at the Madison Square Garden for an "exclusive and historic announcement." The moment, whatever it may be, will be broadcast live on Fuse, MSG Network and BillyJoel.com.

Rolling Stone has some theories as to what might be up:

This past April, he did tell Rolling Stone that he's contemplating complete album shows. "I got tired of doing the greatest hits set," he said. "If I was going to play again in places like New York, I would probably feature entire albums. It would give me a chance to do songs we haven't played. . . We'd do one album and then play some obscurities. I enjoy playing those more than I enjoy playing the hits."

Billy Joel does have 12 pop albums, making the one-show-a-month plan feasible. It would also give him plenty of time to learn all the songs. Fans would travel from all over the world and the shows would be actually historic. It would mean he'd have to play The Bridge and Cold Spring Harbor, two albums he's slagged off in the past, too.

What do you think? Will Billy Joel do something actually historic? Or is this a bloated run-up to a so-so event like a new album?

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