Shocking moment ‘frail’ music legend Billy Joel falls live on stage after throwing mic into crowd

Concertgoers were left worried for the legendary musician after he lost his footing and took a nasty tumble on stage.

He is a music legend with a career spanning generations. And at the age of 75 he is still famous for putting his all into his celebrated live performances.

But to gasps from the huge crowd, piano man Billy Joel took a painful looking tumble during a concert at the Mohegan Sun resort in Connecticut.

Emerging online, a video of the Uptown Girl singer can be seen as he takes the nasty fall on stage.

Toppling over in front of a crowd after throwing his microphone, Billy’s fall left onlookers worried for the singer.

The call came as he crooned his hit “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me”.

As he sang, Billy lost his footing and fell on his back before his band rushed to help him.

After regaining his balance, Billy soon got back into the groove and continued his performance like the pro he is.

Singing another song for fans, Billy seemed in good spirits after his fall.

Billy Joel lost his footing and took a nasty tumble onstage at his Connecticut concert. Picture: X

One fan who attended the show said he looked frail and was even “hobbling”.

A concertgoer said: “He looked frail hobbling across the stage.

“At one point, he was using the microphone stand as a cane.

“I was really very concerned about him throughout the concert.

“Before he fell, I said to my friend ‘he’s going to fall’ and then he did.

“The venue gasped when he hit the floor.

“He definitely looked thrown off but somehow he managed to finish the show with a final song.

“When I was younger, I was a massive fan of Billy Joel, so this is very concerning.”

The music legend left fans worried as he landed on the stage floor. Picture: X

But despite onlookers being worried for Billy when he took a topple, he’s still on his a-game when performing.

On February 22, one fan took to X after attending one of Billy’s shows.

“I’ve been to a lot of concerts in the past few years playing catch up on my favourite performers but Billy Joel blew it out of the box today at Mohegan Sun, which is an amazing venue,” they said.

The following day, another concertgoer took to X to share their thoughts, writing: “Took a quick trip to MoheganSun to see the great @billyjoel yesterday!

Fans say Billy Joel, performing here in November in Las Vegas, looked “frail” during his recent gig. Picture: Ethan Miller/Getty Images

“Fantastic show! He’s always been one of my favourites! He can still hit those high notes and work the stage!”

The Piano Man is currently in the midst of performing a string of stadium tour dates across the globe.

Beginning on March 29 in Detroit, Billy will wrap up his stint in the US in November.

On his tour, he will also visit the UK and perform in Scotland and Liverpool.

He will have some very special guests brought out at his shows such as Sting, Stevie Nicks and Rod Stewart, as per reports.

This article originally appeared in The Sun and was reproduced with permission

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