Billy Joel documentary to premiere at this year's Tribeca Festival

The premiere of the two-part HBO documentary on Billy Joel will open this year's 24th annual Tribeca Festival, the organization announced Sunday.

And then there's this added bonus: Joel will turn up at the premiere too, or per Sunday's announcement, the Piano Man will be "joining the celebration in-person." The festival launches June 4.

The film, "Billy Joel: And So It Goes," will air on HBO and stream on Max this summer, most likely in July to coincide with Joel's forthcoming tour that will make area stops at Yankee Stadium (July 18), MetLife Stadium (Aug. 8) and Citi Field (Aug. 21). The June 4 screening will take place at Manhattan's Beacon Theatre. 

In a statement, festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal said, in part: "Paying tribute to the legendary performer who captured the essence of a ‘New York State of Mind’ is a perfect way to kick off this year’s celebration of creativity and inspiration."

In her own statement last month, Susan Lacy, the former showrunner of PBS' "American Masters," who produced "And So It Goes," promised a film that will be "both a revelation and a surprise," adding that Joel had "trusted us with his story, which we have told as honestly as possible, diving into territory which has not been explored before." Of the June 4 screening, she said, "there is no better place for this film to premiere than at the Beacon Theatre, the venue for so many historic musical events for decades, and in the city so important to Billy Joel."

Tribeca Festival, founded after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks by Robert De Niro, Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff to spur downtown revival of the arts and production scene, has since grown to a sprawling gathering that sponsors hundreds of events and screens films in venues across Manhattan. This year's festival will conclude on June 15.

Joel, 75, announced on his website March 11 that he was postponing his current tour for four months following surgery and physical therapy for an unspecified medical condition, and that he expects to make a full recovery. He is still scheduled to play those local summer dates.