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	'''''2000 Years: The Millennium Concert''''' is a two disc set and the third live album by Billy Joel, released in 2000. {{see\|2000 in music}}		'''''2000 Years: The Millennium Concert''''' is a two disc set and the third live album by Billy Joel, released in 2000. {{see\|2000 in music}}

	The album was recorded on New Year's Eve 1999 at ] in ], though some alterations were made before its release: some songs are not the same version featured in the original concert (like "Big Shot"){{Citation needed\|date=June 2009}}, others were edited in studio (some YouTube videos of "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant" show Billy singing offkey, while he ~~signs~~ perfectly on the album). ''2000 Years: The Millennium Concert'' also marked the first time several songs had to be transposed to lower keys to accommodate Joel's deepening voice ("I Go To Extremes", "I've Loved These Days", "Goodnight Saigon" and "Only The Good Die Young" are in the key of ] vs. ]).		The album was recorded on New Year's Eve 1999 at ] in ], though some alterations were made before its release: some songs are not the same version featured in the original concert (like "Big Shot"){{Citation needed\|date=June 2009}}, others were edited in studio (some YouTube videos of "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant" show Billy singing offkey, while he sings perfectly on the album). ''2000 Years: The Millennium Concert'' also marked the first time several songs had to be transposed to lower keys to accommodate Joel's deepening voice ("I Go To Extremes", "I've Loved These Days", "Goodnight Saigon" and "Only The Good Die Young" are in the key of ] vs. ]).

	Some versions of the album that were released out of the United States are basically a compilation of moments from the concert{{Citation needed\|date=June 2009}} with two bonus tracks: "This Is The Time" (live from the concert) and "Just The Way You Are" (live from the concert (Japan release Only)).		Some versions of the album that were released out of the United States are basically a compilation of moments from the concert{{Citation needed\|date=June 2009}} with two bonus tracks: "This Is The Time" (live from the concert) and "Just The Way You Are" (live from the concert (Japan release Only)).

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2000 Years: The Millennium Concert is a two disc set and the third live album by Billy Joel, released in 2000.

Further information: 2000 in music

The album was recorded on New Year's Eve 1999 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, though some alterations were made before its release: some songs are not the same version featured in the original concert (like "Big Shot"), others were edited in studio (some YouTube videos of "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant" show Billy singing offkey, while he sings perfectly on the album). 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert also marked the first time several songs had to be transposed to lower keys to accommodate Joel's deepening voice ("I Go To Extremes", "I've Loved These Days", "Goodnight Saigon" and "Only The Good Die Young" are in the key of B♭ vs. C).

Some versions of the album that were released out of the United States are basically a compilation of moments from the concert with two bonus tracks: "This Is The Time" (live from the concert) and "Just The Way You Are" (live from the concert (Japan release Only)).

Track listing

Disc 1

"Beethoven's Ninth Symphony" (Beethoven) – 1:43
"Big Shot" (Joel) – 4:55
"Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" (Joel) – 5:23
"Summer, Highland Falls" (Joel) – 5:29
"The Ballad of Billy the Kid" (Joel) – 6:52
"Don't Ask Me Why" (Joel) – 4:49
"New York State of Mind" (Joel) – 8:29
"I've Loved These Days" (Joel) – 4:30
"My Life" (Joel) – 5:47
"Allentown" (Joel) – 4:48
"Prelude/Angry Young Man" (Joel) – 5:23
"Only the Good Die Young" (Joel) – 3:49

Disc 2

"I Go to Extremes" (Joel) – 5:01
"Goodnight Saigon" (Joel) – 7:28
"We Didn't Start the Fire" (Joel) – 5:21
"Big Man on Mulberry Street" (Joel) – 5:29
"2000 Years" (Joel) – 6:02
"Auld Lang Syne" (Burns/Traditional) – 1:44
"The River of Dreams" (Joel) – 5:54
"Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" (Joel) – 8:05
"Dance to the Music" (Stewart) – 3:17
"Honky Tonk Women" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) – 3:17
"It's Still Rock & Roll to Me" (Joel) – 4:08
"You May Be Right" (Joel) – 6:07
"This Night" (Beethoven/Joel) – 4:49

v t e Billy Joel
Studio albums	Cold Spring Harbor Piano Man Streetlife Serenade Turnstiles The Stranger 52nd Street Glass Houses The Nylon Curtain An Innocent Man The Bridge Storm Front River of Dreams Fantasies & Delusions
Live albums	Songs in the Attic Kontsert 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert 12 Gardens Live Live at Shea Stadium: The Concert
Compilations	Greatest Hits – Volume I & Volume II Souvenir: The Ultimate Collection Greatest Hits Volume III The Complete Hits Collection: 1973–1997 The Ultimate Collection The Essential Billy Joel Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel My Lives The Hits
Singles	"She's Got a Way" / "Everybody Loves You Now" "Piano Man" / "You're My Home" "Worse Comes to Worst" "Travelin' Prayer" "The Ballad of Billy the Kid" "The Entertainer" "I've Loved These Days" / "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" "Just the Way You Are" / "Vienna" "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" "Only the Good Die Young" "She's Always a Woman" "The Stranger" "My Life" "Big Shot" "Honesty" "Until the Night" "All for Leyna" "You May Be Right" "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" "Don't Ask Me Why" "Sometimes a Fantasy" "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" (Live) "She's Got a Way" (Live) "Pressure" "Allentown" "Goodnight Saigon" "Tell Her About It" "Uptown Girl" "An Innocent Man" "The Longest Time" "Leave a Tender Moment Alone" "This Night" "Keeping the Faith" "You're Only Human (Second Wind)" "The Night Is Still Young" "Modern Woman" "A Matter of Trust" "This Is the Time" "Baby Grand" "Back in the U.S.S.R." (Live) "We Didn't Start the Fire" References "Leningrad" "I Go to Extremes" "The Downeaster 'Alexa'" "That's Not Her Style" "And So It Goes" "Shameless" "All Shook Up" "The River of Dreams" "No Man's Land" "All About Soul" "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)" "To Make You Feel My Love" "All My Life" "Christmas in Fallujah" "Turn the Lights Back On"
Other songs	"Captain Jack" "Tomorrow Is Today" "Los Angelenos" "Root Beer Rag" "New York State of Mind" "Prelude/Angry Young Man" "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" "Zanzibar" "Laura" "Scandinavian Skies" "Big Man on Mulberry Street"
Tours	The Nylon Curtain Tour An Innocent Man Tour The Bridge Tour Storm Front Tour River of Dreams Tour Face to Face Tours 1994 1995 1998 2001 2002 2003 2009 2010 Billy Joel in Concert
Films	Oliver & Company The Last Play at Shea
See also	Discography Movin' Out Billy Joel Band The Hassles Attila Alexa Ray Joel Christie Brinkley Katie Lee "Movin' Out" (Glee episode)
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	'''''2000 Years: The Millennium Concert''''' is a two disc set and the third live album by Billy Joel, released in 2000. {{see\|2000 in music}}		'''''2000 Years: The Millennium Concert''''' is a two disc set and the third live album by Billy Joel, released in 2000. {{see\|2000 in music}}

	The album was recorded on New Year's Eve 1999 at ] in ], though some alterations were made before its release: some songs are not the same version featured in the original concert (like "Big Shot"){{Citation needed\|date=June 2009}}, others were edited in studio (some YouTube videos of "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant" show Billy singing offkey, while he ~~signs~~ perfectly on the album). ''2000 Years: The Millennium Concert'' also marked the first time several songs had to be transposed to lower keys to accommodate Joel's deepening voice ("I Go To Extremes", "I've Loved These Days", "Goodnight Saigon" and "Only The Good Die Young" are in the key of ] vs. ]).		The album was recorded on New Year's Eve 1999 at ] in ], though some alterations were made before its release: some songs are not the same version featured in the original concert (like "Big Shot"){{Citation needed\|date=June 2009}}, others were edited in studio (some YouTube videos of "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant" show Billy singing offkey, while he sings perfectly on the album). ''2000 Years: The Millennium Concert'' also marked the first time several songs had to be transposed to lower keys to accommodate Joel's deepening voice ("I Go To Extremes", "I've Loved These Days", "Goodnight Saigon" and "Only The Good Die Young" are in the key of ] vs. ]).

	Some versions of the album that were released out of the United States are basically a compilation of moments from the concert{{Citation needed\|date=June 2009}} with two bonus tracks: "This Is The Time" (live from the concert) and "Just The Way You Are" (live from the concert (Japan release Only)).		Some versions of the album that were released out of the United States are basically a compilation of moments from the concert{{Citation needed\|date=June 2009}} with two bonus tracks: "This Is The Time" (live from the concert) and "Just The Way You Are" (live from the concert (Japan release Only)).