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CBS faced backlash from Billy Joel fans as they abruptly ended the broadcast of his 100th consecutive Madison Square Garden concert to air local news. Viewers were particularly upset as the interruption occurred during Joel's performance of his famous song, Piano Man. The channel had already delayed the broadcast due to coverage of Scottie Scheffler's Masters win. Some viewers in eastern and central time zones also missed the end of the concert. @awefulannouncing criticized CBS for not allowing Joel to finish his iconic hit.

Billy Joel fans were left furious with CBS after their broadcast of the legend's 100th consecutive Madison Square Garden concert was cut short to make way for local news . To make matters worse, the 74-year-old was in the middle of his best-known song, Piano Man , when the transition was made.

The channel had understandably been giving their broadcast of the special performance the big build-up, but had already had to start showing it late after coverage of Scottie Scheffler's Masters win overran. While seemingly not the case in all locations, viewers in eastern and central time zones also missed some of the end of the gig as Joel was about to go into the final verse of his iconic hit, according to X account @awefulannouncing. They coined Joel's lyrics to say: 'Evidently, CBS was no longer in the mood for a melody

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