Description
The album was recorded during the Soviet leg of Joel’s 1987 The Bridge tour. He was seen as a “nice, safe, first attempt at bringing in an American ‘pop star.'”
During the second of the three concerts performed in Moscow at the Olympic Sports Complex, Joel flipped his electric keyboard, and broke his microphone stand on his grand piano. 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.