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Billy Joel debuted his new song at the Grammy Awards on Sunday (04.02.24). The 74-year-old singer returned to the ceremony for the first time in 22 years to perform 'Turn the Lights Back On' - which he released on Thursday (01.02.24) seated at the piano, with his sunglasses on, and backed by his regular touring band and a string section. After he performed the ballad, Celine Dion appeared on stage to present Album of the Year to Taylor Swift for 'Midnights', before Billy was welcomed back to close out the show with his 1980 classic 'You May Be Right', his customary final song on tour. Shortly ...
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Joni Mitchell is to perform at the Grammy Awards for the first time. The 80-year-old singer - who is nominated for Best Folk Album for 'Joni Mitchell at Newport' - will take to the stage at Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena on 4 February, marking the only time she has ever sang at the annual ceremony, despite having been honoured with 10 Grammy awards in the past, including the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002. The 'Both Sides Now' singer suffered a brain aneurysm in 2015 which left her unable to talk or walk for some time but in July 2022, she returned to the stage for her f...
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Billy Joel has joked that "nobody" will buy his recently listed Long Island home, due to its price tag. The 74-year-old singer / songwriter recently put his 26-acre Oyster Bay estate on the market for $49 million and joked he is planning to retire to Florida "like old Jewish guys from Long Island do". Speaking at his concert at the UBS Arena in Elmont, Billy said: "Just because I’m selling that house doesn’t mean I’m leaving Long Island. I still have a house on Long Island. "I’m just gonna spend a little more time in Florida like old Jewish guys from Long Island do.” Although Billy has put the...
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Billy Joel is considered a "cool dad" for taking his kids to see Taylor Swift. The 74-year-old singer has daughters Della, eight, and six-year-old Remy with wife Alexis Roderick was so impressed when he took them to see the 'Anti-Hero' hitmaker in Florida as part of her 'Eras' tour earlier this year that he is likely to take them to the show a second time. He told People: "I got very cool dad points. Oh, she's great. She's really very good. We're going to probably go see her again." At the time, the Grammy Award-winning star - who also has 32-year-old Alexa with model Christie Brinkley - took ...
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Sir Elton John "loved and adored" Tony Bennett. The 76-year-old singer has taken to social media to heap praise on the legendary crooner, who passed away on Friday (21.07.23), aged 96. Alongside a throwback photo of them together, Elton wrote on Instagram: "So sad to hear of Tony’s passing. Without doubt the classiest singer, man, and performer you will ever see. He’s irreplaceable. I loved and adored him. Condolences to Susan, Danny and the family." Elsewhere, Billy Joel has hailed Bennett as a "unique voice" and "one of the nicest human beings" he's ever met. The 74-year-old star wrote on In...
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Billy Joel has paid a glowing tribute to Tony Bennett. The legendary singer died on Friday (21.07.23), aged 96, and 74-year-old star has already taken to social media to acknowledge his influence on the musical landscape. He wrote on Twitter: "Tony Bennett was the one of the most important interpreters of American popular song during the mid to late 20th century. He championed songwriters who might otherwise have remained unknown to many millions of music fans. (sic)" Elsewhere, Keith Urban has described the late crooner as a "class act". He wrote on the micro-blogging platform: "Just heard ab...
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Billy Joel paid tribute to the late Jeff Beck at his New York concert on Friday (13.01.23) night. The 'Uptown Girl' hitmaker remembered the guitarist - who died of meningitis last Tuesday (10.01.23) aged 78 - as "the best" before covering his and Rod Stewart's song 'People Get Ready' from the late guitarist's 1985 album 'Flash'. In video footage from the Madison Square Garden show uploaded to YouTube, Billy sat at his piano and told the crowd: "He was a musician who I always loved. He was the best. "Jeff Beck just passed away... I couldn't let the night go by without doing something by Jeff. "...
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Stevie Nicks and Billy Joel are set to perform a one-off concert that will be the singer’s first return to the stage after the death of her ‘Fleetwood Mac’ bandmate Christine McVie. The 74-year-old and Billy, 73, will perform on October 7 at the M T Bank Stadium. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said in a statement about the upcoming show: “I think it goes without saying that making Baltimore one of a few stops for these two legends speaks volumes about Baltimore being a city people want to visit and solidifies us as an entertainment destination.” Live Nation DC-Baltimore President Kelly Flanigan...
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A Billy Joel biopic is in the works. The movie is titled 'Piano Man' and is being developed by Michael Jai White's Jaigantic Studios with Adam Ripp tapped to write and direct. The flick will follow Billy's early years - that saw him discovered by his first manager Irwin Mazur at the age of 16, his performances with a Long Island cover band in the 1960s and the breakthrough performance in 1972 that captured the attention of legendary record producer Clive Davis. However, Billy's representative says that the singer will not be involved with the movie and that no rights in music, name or likeness...
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Billy Joel says Taylor Swift is "this generation's Beatles". The ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ legend compared the country-turned-pop singer to iconic 'Hey Jude' band as he weighed in on both the 'Shake If Off' star and 'Easy On Me' hitmaker. Adele. Asked for his opinion on current artists, he told USA Today: “Adele is a phenomenal singer, kind of a [Barbra] Streisand throwback. “Taylor [Swift] is also a very talented girl and she’s productive and keeps coming up with great concepts and songs and she’s huge. You have to give her high marks. She knows music and she knows how to write. She’s like t...
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