Billy Joel suffered a nasty fall on stage when he toppled over in front of a crowd after throwing his microphone. 

The singer, 75, was performing a gig at the Mohegan Sun resort in Stamford, Connecticut on Saturday when he lost his footing.

Billy was performing his song It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me whe he stumbled backwards and fell on his back, prompting gasps from the audience.

The musician was helped up by his band managed to carry on with the rest of the show and sang one more song for his fans. 

One attendee said: ‘He looked frail hobbling across the stage. At one point, he was using the microphone stand as a cane. 

‘I was really very concerned about him throughout the concert.’   

Billy Joel suffered a nasty fall on stage when he toppled over in front of a crowd after throwing his microphone

The singer, 75, was performing a gig at the Mohegan Sun resort in Stamford, Connecticut on Saturday when he lost his footing

Billy’s illustrious career as a musician began back in the mid-1960, which led to the release of debut studio album, Cold Spring Harbor (1971).

But it failed to gain any real traction until after the success of his follow-up, Piano Man (1973), that peaked at number 25 on the US Billboard H๏τ 100 and number four on the Adult Contemporary singles chart.

Now an established name on the musical landscape, Joel became a million seller with the release of Streetlife Serenade (1974), but his commercial breakout making him a bonafide star came with the release of The Stranger (1977), which featured the hit singles Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song), Just The Way You Are, She’s Always a Woman, The Stranger, and Only The Good Die Young.

Plus, songs like Scenes From An Italian Restaurant and Vienna have become staples of his career and are frequently performed in his live shows over the years.

The Stranger album, which was the first Joel’s to be produced by Phil Ramone, went on to spend six weeks at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, en route to selling more than 10 million copies worldwide.

Maintaining his momentum, Joel dropped 52nd Street (1978) the following year, and it would end making his fist number one album of his career, with the support of such hit singles as My Life, Big SH๏τ, Until The Night and Honesty.

After 12 studio albums between 1971 and 1993, most of which have now gone platinum several times over, Joel announced his retirement from writing and recording the traditional pop/rock genre.

Billy was performing his song It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me whe he stumbled backwards and fell on his back, prompting gasps from the audience

The musician was helped up by his band managed to carry on with the rest of the show and sang one more song for his fans

With over 160 million records sold worldwide, Billy Joel is one of the world’s best-selling musical artists, and the fourth-best-selling solo artist in the United States

He would go on to release a 13th album – Fantasies & Delusions (2001) – that features classical compositions from Joel, a first for him during his career.

Ultimately, Joel broke his word with the release of the single Turn The Lights Back On, his first new pop song in years (and only his second pop song in more than two decades).

With over 160 million records sold worldwide, Billy Joel is one of the world’s best-selling musical artists, and the fourth-best-selling solo artist in the United States.