Billy Joel has been the first international artist to play at Auckland's Eden Park since the pandemic.

More than 35,000 fans flooded in for his first New Zealand stadium show in 25 years.

Eden Park CEO Nick Sautner says after the last few years of COVID disruption, it's exactly what people needed.

"All we've had is glowing feedback, it was an event like no other at our national stadium. And as you can imagine, the casual and full-time team is just extremely proud of delivering our first ever international concert."

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