Billy Joel

Watch Axl Rose Join Billy Joel At Final Madison Square Garden Show

Billy Joel’s Madison Square Garden residency concluded on 25 July, 2024 with a special appearance from Axl Rose of Guns ‘n Roses.

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Jerry Seinfeld and Sting Join Billy Joel For 100th Madison Square Garden Show

by Paul Cashmere

Jerry Seinfeld and Sting joined Billy Joel for Billy’s 100th Madison Square Garden show to pay tribute to Joel as he nears his residency at the iconic New York venue.

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Brilliant Comedic Mind Richard Lewis Passes Away Aged 76

by Paul Cashmere

Richard Lewis, one of the brilliant minds of comedy, has passed away at age 76.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Billy Joel, comedy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David, Richard Lewis, USA

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Billy Joel’s AI Video for ‘Turn The Lights Back On’ – Creepy or Innovative?

by Paul Cashmere

The video for Billy Joel’s new song ‘Turn The Lights Back On’ is equally parts innovative and creepy. The video, directed Warren Fu and the song’s co-writer Freddy Wexler is an idea of Wexler’s.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Billy Joel, contemporary, Freddy Wexler, pop, Turn The Lights Back On

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Billy Joel Reveals His Dream Supergroup To Howard Stern

by Paul Cashmere

Howard Stern has enticed Billy Joel’s dream supergroup out of Billy.

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Billy Joel Premieres ‘Turn The Lights Back On’

by Paul Cashmere

‘Turn The Lights Back On’, the first new music from Billy since 2007, has premiered.

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Billy Joel To Perform at the Grammy Awards

by Music-News.com

Billy Joel will perform at the 2024 Grammy Awards. Billy Joel – who made his Grammy stage debut in 1988 when he sang ‘New York State Of Mind’ – will take to the stage for the for the 66th annual Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy has announced.

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Billy Joel To Release First Single Since 2007 ‘Turn the Lights Back On’

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Joel will release rare new music this Friday. ‘Turn The Lights Back On’ will be Billy’s first new music since 2007 when he released two song, ‘All My Life’ and ‘Christmas In Fallujah’.

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Elvis Costello Joins Billy Joel To Pump It Up At Madison Square Garden

by Paul Cashmere

Elvis Costello was a surprise special guest at the Billy Joel concert at Madison Square Garden in New York this week when he joined Billy for two songs, his own ‘Pump It Up’ and Billy’s ‘Allentown’.

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Billy Joel Sets A Date For His Final Madison Square Garden Residency

by Music-News.com

Billy Joel has announced his final Madison Square Garden residency show.

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Billy Joel Gets A Street Named After Him On Long Island

by Paul Cashmere

The town of Oyster Bay on Long Island, New York has renamed a stretch of road Billy Joel Way.

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Stevie Nicks ADOTG at Rochford Winery on Saturday 18 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Stevie Nicks Announces 2023 2024 Dates Including More With Billy Joel

by Paul Cashmere

Stevie Nicks has expanded her current U.S. tour into 2024 including more dates with Billy Joel.

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Billy Joel Approves Of Fall Out Boy’s ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ Update

by Music-News.com

Billy Joel has given his blessing to Fall Out Boy for their cover of ‘We Didn’t Start A Fire’.

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Fall Out Boy Update Billy Joel’s ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ from 1993 to Now

by Paul Cashmere

Fall Out Boy has created a long list of events to update Billy Joel’s 1989 hit ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’.

Tagged as: 20s, Billy Joel, Fall Out Boy, punk, rock 80s, USA, We Didn't Start The Fire

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Stevie Nicks Drags Billy Joel’s Heart Around

by Paul Cashmere

Who was that masked man joining Stevie Nicks for ‘Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around’ in Philadelphia on the weekend, Kemosabe? Halfway through the song, he reveals himself … and it was Billy Joel.

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Billy Joel To End Madison Square Garden Residency

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Joel will bring his Madison Square Garden residency to an end in July 2024.

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Billy Joel Pays Tribute To Gordon Lightfoot With Sundown Performance At Madison Square Garden

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Joel has paid tribute to Canadian singer songwriter Gordon Lightfoot by performing Gordon’s 1974 classic ‘Sundown’ at his Madison Square Garden concert on Friday night in New York.

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Billy Joel Performs Gordon Lightfoot’s ‘If You Could Read My Mind’

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Joel has shared a home recording performance of the Gordon Lightfoot classic ‘If You Could Read My Mind’ as a tribute to the late Canadian singer.

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Billy Joel Show Bumped Because of Ice Hockey Match

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Joel has had to postpone his Madison Square Garden concert on April 22 because of some Ice Hockey match.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Billy Gibbons, Billy Joel, Madison Square Garden, New York, New York Rangers, pop, rock, USA, ZZ Top

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Stevie Nicks Pays Tribute To Christine McVie At LA Show

by Paul Cashmere

Stevie Nicks has performed an emotional tribute to her Fleetwood Mac partner Christine McVie, performing her classic ‘Landslide’ for Christine at her Los Angeles show with Billy Joel.

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Mark Rivera Publishes His Book ‘Sideman: In Pursuit of the Next Gig’

by Paul Cashmere

Mark Rivera is the name behind the names. For decades he has been Ringo’s Starr and the All Starr Band’s music director as well as Billy Joel’s saxophone player.

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Stevie Nicks Announces 14 Date US Tour

by Music-News.com

Stevie Nicks has announced a 14-date solo North America tour.

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Billy Joel Told To Rest After Contracting Viral Infection

by Music-News.com

Billy Joel has postponed his final Madison Square Garden concert of the year, after being placed on “vocal rest due to a viral infection”.

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Billy Joel Cancels His Madison Square Garden Final Show of 2022

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Joel is out of action. His last show of the year for Madison Square Garden has been postponed until June 2023.

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Billy Joel Transforms the MCG Into The Melbourne Concert Ground #REVIEW

by Paul Cashmere

There were no crickets at the MCG this week. Just thunderous applause. Billy Joel opened his one-off Melbourne show with a message for his fans. “The bad news is I haven’t put out anything new since 1993, so basically you’re gonna hear the same shit you heard last time. The good news is I haven’t put out anything new since 1993, so basically you’re gonna hear the same shit you heard last time.”

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Always Live, Auckland, Billy Joel, Frontier Touring, MCG, Melbourne, Melbourne Cricket Ground, pop, rock, Sydney, USA

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Billy Joel Plays His First New Zealand Show in 14 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Joel played his Auckland, New Zealand show on Saturday night ahead of his one-off Australian show in Melbourne this coming weekend.

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Billy Joel at Rod Laver Arena Melbourne 2008 photo by Ros O'Gorman

Billy Joel Slips Into Sydney This Week For A Harbour Cruise

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Joel was spotted enjoying some “me time” in Sydney on Tuesday after arriving in Australia ahead of his Auckland and Melbourne shows.

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Billy Joel Has Played His Last US Show Before First NZ and Australian Shows

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Joel played his last show on US soil before heading down under for the two shows in Auckland and Melbourne in December.

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Mark Rivera of the Billy Joel Band Blown Away With New Live At Yankee Stadium Movie Edition

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Joel’s 1990 Live At Yankee Stadium will screen in cinema’s around the world on 5 and 9 October. Long-time Billy Joel band member Mark Rivera was blown away when he saw the new finished version.

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Olivia Rodrigo Joins Billy Joel On Stage In New York

by Paul Cashmere

Popstar Olivia Rodrigo joined Billy Joel at his Madison Square Garden show in New York this week to perform one of her songs and one of his.

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Garfunkel and Garfunkel Recorded Time After Time In The Same Studio As Cyndi Lauper

Art Garfunkel and Art Garfunkel Jr discovered they were in the same studio Cyndi Lauper recorded ‘Time After Time’ in when they were about to start recording their version of the Cyndi classic.

November 12, 2024

Check Out Pet Shop Boys Covering David Bowie’s ‘All The Young Dudes’

Pet Shop Boys have released a brand new cover of David Bowie’s ‘All The Young Dudes’.

November 10, 2024

Gypsy Lee Wins Over Kate Ceberano and Jon Stevens Fans On The Superstars Live Tour

On 20 March 2024 Gypsy Lee performed her very first show for mainly family and friends at the Espy Basement in Melbourne. I was impressed.

November 4, 2024

Voice of Baceprot photo by Winston Robinson

Voice of Baceprot Play One of the Most Powerful Shows of All Time for Melbourne

Melbourne has hosted some intimate early shows for artists who went on to major things. There was Radiohead at the Palace in 1994, The White Stripes at the Corner Hotel in 2000, Coldplay at The Prince of Wales in 2001 and Taylor Swift at Billboard in 2009. I have a feeling we’ll look back to 26 October 2024 when Voice of Baceprot (V.o.B.) played at Croxton Park Hotel in Melbourne and it will be one of those shows.

October 28, 2024

Garfunkel & Garfunkel Premiere Second Song ‘Blue Moon’

Garfunkel & Garfunkel, the father and son duo for Art Garfunkel and his son Art Garfunkel Jr, have premiered a second song from the upcoming album ‘Father and Son’.

October 21, 2024