FOLLOWING sold out tours across the UK and Europe, celebrated singer-songwriter and pianist Elio Pace and his incredible band are heading to Devon next year with the sensational award-winning show The Billy Joel Songbook.

The exciting live show will hit the road throughout the autumn of 2025 and will be kicking off the tour at Torquay’s Princess Theatre ony September 2.

Paying homage to one of the most iconic musicians, singer-songwriters and composers of the 20th century, The Billy Joel Songbook is billed as the greatest love letter ever to the genius that is Billy Joel.

Over the last three years, The Billy Joel Songbook has played more than 50 sold-out venues in the UK and Ireland alone.

Transporting the audience through five decades of hits, Elio and his band will perform more than 30 songs from Joel’s vast catalogue of 82 singles including The Longest Time, She’s Always A Woman, An Innocent Man, Uptown Girl, Tell Her About It, The River of Dreams, We Didn’t Start The Fire and Piano Man.

“I’d love for us to play every single but with so many songs in this great man’s back catalogue we’d need a four-hour show,” said Elio.

“It’s so exciting to be returning with The Billy Joel Songbook though and I promise we’ll get as many as everyone’s favourite songs on the setlist as possible.”

Singer/songwriter, piano-player, producer and arranger, Elio has performed with a wonderful array of stars including Queen guitarist Brian May, Huey Lewis, Glen Campbell, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Lulu, Mike Rutherford, Don McLean, Tom Chaplin, Debbie Reynolds and Martha Reeves to name but a few.

In 2013 and 2014 he was invited to ‘fill Billy Joel’s shoes’, starring in five very special reunion concerts in the USA with Joel’s original 1971-72 touring band. Following on from the huge success of these American shows, Elio embarked upon the debut tour of The Billy Joel Songbook and has continued to sell out theatres ever since.

The late broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan was a huge fan describing Elio as “Only sensational,” and in 2010 he was the musical director for BBC Radio 2’s Weekend Wogan performing as the featured artist on all 35 shows broadcast that year.

Elio added: “We all feel privileged every time we walk on a stage to perform the music of Billy Joel.,” Elio continued.

“His music is timeless, he is a genius composer and, in my opinion, the greatest singer/songwriter of all-time. The fact that so many people want to see us perform this is incredibly humbling.”

Tickets can be booked at https://www.eliopace.com/tours