Billy Joel has a meltdown after his lighting crew makes an error during a concert in Moscow, 1987.

Context: While performing "Sometimes a Fantasy," the audience kept getting attention from spotlights, which angered Joel as he felt it was making it harder to connect with them. The Soviet crowd, raised by decades of Iron Curtain austerity, stopped dancing and froze like deer in headlights when they were lit up, petrified that the security guards would crack down on them. Then the lights would go out again and they'd resume dancing. Lights off, dancing. Lights on, frozen stiff. This went on and on like a game of red light, green light, one-two-three. With each flick of the lights, the perfectionist Joel saw his hard earned. connection fading away.[5] He yelled, "Stop lighting the audience!" He then trashed his instruments, overturning his piano and breaking his mic stand.[5] He later claimed that, "People like their privacy. They go to a concert to get that, to be in the dark and do their own thing."[3]

Billy Joel losing it on stage just proves how much he cares about every detail of his performance.

Billy Joel in 1975, performing "Piano Man" live on the Old Grey Whistle Test. He was 25-26 here, which is pretty unbelievable.

This was at the end of an 11 month world tour, he had sunk his own money in to try and make this Russian tour a success and was effectively responsible for his family who traveled with and a crew of over 100+. The crowd weren’t quite as into his show initially as other places in the world as he was used to. On top of all of that, it was being broadcast to the world and there was a distinct pressure in being the first to engage in a full blown stadium tour across 3 cities in the country.

Billy Joel needs to chill!

Billy Joel with Brian Johnson performing "You Shook Me All Night Long" Live at Madison Square Garden, 2014.

26-year-old Billy Joel performing "Piano Man" (from Tonight - Connecticut 1976).

Stay off drugs kids.

“Beautiful Day” U2 An iconic song released in 2000 as part of the album ‘All That You Can’t Leave Behind.’ The song speaks to themes of resilience, appreciation of life’s simple moments, and the world's beauty, even when things aren’t good.