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
http://unknownphotography.smugmug.com/photos/334632006_pP2qL-L-1.jpg

Steven Tyler rocking out to Walk this Way
http://unknownphotography.smugmug.com/photos/334851413_JD3jM-L-1.jpg

Garth Brooks "SHameless"
http://unknownphotography.smugmug.com/photos/334853236_N7ovz-L-1.jpg

The stage set up
http://unknownphotography.smugmug.com/photos/334855406_52WXh-L-1.jpg

Billy doing his thing
http://unknownphotography.smugmug.com/photos/334852909_eBjxs-L-1.jpg

Paul McCartney... "I Saw Her Standing There"
http://unknownphotography.smugmug.com/photos/334635563_v29pM-L-1.jpg

Paul McCartney and Billy Joel "Let it Be" the last song to be played at Shea Stadium
http://unknownphotography.smugmug.com/photos/334632132_KTPy2-L-1.jpg

[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?:dunno

[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:clap