Humble Billy Joel takes train with fans to his own sold out stadium show in Cardiff

Billy Joel was seated s omewhere other than his piano as he prepared for a show.

The Piano Man was seen taking the Great Western Railway (GWR) train to Cardiff , Wales on Friday, August 9. The GWR X, formerly known as Twitter, account shared a photograph of Billy next to a train employee. Billy was seen wearing a black t-shirt and pants with a black hat and sunglasses sitting on top of them, while the worker had his uniform on. Both were smiling.

The account wrote: "It was a pleasure to take the 'Piano Man' @billyjoel Uptown to Cardiff today for his only gig in Europe. Get ready to be rocked Wales!"

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Billy was set to perform a sold-out show at Principality Stadium in Cardiff. This was his only performance in Europe this year. More than 70,000 fans were set to watch the Piano Man live causing road closures around the city.

A GWR spokesperson told BBC that when they arrived at Cardiff, fans got off the train to see Billy behind them. Fans commented on the picture, wishing they took that train and were able to attend his show.

One person wrote: "I wish I was there especially for Piano Man. Have a great time." Another person wrote: "SO wish that I could be there. Had tickets to Wembly Stadium for his joint tour with Elton John and he got laryngitis and Elton John covered his set as well (extremely well despite learning the songs on the day). So never got to see Billy Joel." A third person wrote: "Missed out on tickets to see this fabulous piano man. Cardiff give @ BillyJoel the biggest welcome ever. Croeso I Gymru Billy." A fourth wrote: "Shame he wasn't on our train!"

Billy released new music earlier this year for the first time in 17 years. The last time fans heard a new single from Billy was on Valentine's Day in 2007, when he presented All My Life, to his then wife, Katie Lee. Before the 2007 sing, Billy had not released original pop music since the release of the River of Dreams album in 1993. In 2014, Billy started his long-running residence at Madison Square Garden in New York City.