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Billy Joel says playing Fenway Park is a ‘humbling experience’

Billy Joel may be a born and bred New Yorker, but Fenway Park seems to have captured a piece of his heart.

Joel spoke about Boston’s legendary stadium in a Newsday article published this week. The singer-pianist is set to return to Fenway for a sold-out show on Sept. 14.

“I’m a New Yorker and there’s a hatred for New York in Boston, but they’ve taken me as one of their own,” he told the Long Island newspaper. “It’s fantastic. This is going to be our sixth year in a row playing there.