NEW YORK _ Billy Joel's 70th birthday party at Madison Square Garden Thursday night was packed with surprises _ for him and for the capacity crowd.
"This is kinda a weird night," Joel said after the crowd cheered wildly for him for spending his birthday at his concert. "What else am I gonna do?"
Daughter Alexa Ray Joel joined him on "New York State of Mind" and then led the crowd, along with 3-year-old sister Della Rose and Joel's wife, Alexis, in a chorus of "Happy Birthday." Peter Frampton stopped in to deliver a fiery version of "Show Me the Way" with Joel and the band, complete with a talkbox solo. Frampton then gave Joel a talkbox of his own, before launching into "Baby, I Love Your Way."
