River of Dreams Tour

The River of Dreams Tour was a 1993–1995 concert tour by singer-songwriter Billy Joel. This tour was the first tour by Joel in two and a half years.

Background
After spending a year and a half on tour following the release of Storm Front, Joel took a year off before recording the follow-up album River of Dreams.

Shortly before the tour started, Joel and his wife Christie Brinkley separated, and eventually filed for divorce, which was finalized in August 1994.

After performing on the Late Show with David Letterman (Joel was the first musical guest on the show), the tour kicked off in Portland, Maine, on September 10, 1993, and ended in Tokyo, Japan, on January 24, 1995.

During July and August 1994, Joel teamed up with fellow piano player Elton John on the first ever Face to Face tour in which Joel and John played 21 shows (all in stadiums) across the United States. In March and April 1995, after the River of Dreams Tour's conclusion, Joel joined John for 12 more shows across the United States, including one in Canada.

Setlist
This setlist is from the September 17, 1993 show at Boston Garden. It does not represent all the dates throughout the tour.


 * 1) "A Matter of Trust"
 * 2) "No Man's Land"
 * 3) "Pressure"
 * 4) "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)"
 * 5) "The River of Dreams"
 * 6) "Prelude/Angry Young Man"
 * 7) "Allentown"
 * 8) "All About Soul"
 * 9) "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant"
 * 10) "My Life"
 * 11) "I Go to Extremes"
 * 12) "An Innocent Man"
 * 13) "The Downeaster "Alexa""
 * 14) "Shameless"
 * 15) "Shades of Grey"
 * 16) "Goodnight Saigon"
 * 17) "We Didn't Start the Fire"
 * 18) "You May Be Right"
 * 19) "Only the Good Die Young"
 * 20) "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)"
 * 21) "Big Shot"
 * 22) "Piano Man"

Personnel

 * Billy Joel – lead vocals, piano, keyboards, harmonica
 * Mark Rivera – saxophone, flute, clarinet, vocals, percussion, keyboards, rhythm guitar
 * Tommy Byrnes – lead guitar, vocals
 * Tom "T-Bone" Wolk – bass guitar, accordion, vocals
 * David Rosenthal – keyboards
 * Crystal Taliefero – percussion, saxophone, guitar.
 * Liberty DeVitto – drums, percussion