Billy Joel: Last News

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Wille Geist hopes to turn his gift for gab into a present for NBC News. The longtime NBC News anchor, who has for the past nine years led the Sunday broadcast of “Today,” will in January hold forth at a ticketed event that aims to monetize in a different way the in-depth “Sunday Sit-Down” interviews he conducts every weekend.

Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks are about to make their MetLife Stadium debut.No, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers aren’t playing for the Jets and Giants. Rather, they just announced they’re co-headlining at the Meadowlands’ famed 82,500-seat venue on Friday, Aug.

Billy Joel has teased a previously unheard song named ‘Every Time’ on John Mayer’s new radio show – listen below.The ‘Piano Man’ singer appeared on the pilot episode of Mayer’s new SiriusXM show How’s Life on Thursday (November 28), when the host asked him if he had any parts of an unfinished song he would be comfortable sharing with listeners.Describing it as a “spare part”, Joel revealed that there was indeed an idea he had been toying with for “years and years and years and years”. He said he “had always told myself I was going to do something with this, something’s going to happen with this.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Welcome back, Sting +2 … or, in the parlance of the current tour, “Sting 3.0.” Power trios are a thing, and roughly four decades after he was last officially a regular, ongoing member of one, Sting has come back around to seeing the glory of the maxim that triads are rad. (Sorry, we actually just coined that.) Sting is joined on this year-long-plus outing (which began in September and has dates booked through October 2025) by his guitarist of the last 35 years, Dominic Miller, and a not-nearly-so-longstanding drummer, Chris Maas.

NME’s latest star of The Cover, Nemahsis, has compiled an exclusive playlist to accompany the story’s launch – check it out below.The Palestinian-Canadian artist is on this week’s (November 11) edition of The Cover, a renewal of NME’s commitment to supporting emerging talent across the globe on a weekly basis. Every week, a rising artist will feature on The Cover – you can read the profile of Nemahsis here, written by Zoya Raza-Sheikh and featuring photography by Norman Wong.The Cover is accompanied by an exclusive playlist curated by Nemahsis. She has chosen tracks by the likes of Imogen Heap, Sigur Rós, Panic! At The Disco, Billy Joel, Lorde and Mk.gee, among others, for a playlist titled ‘A Motion Sickness You Can’t Hurl Off’.

Dr Punam Krishan has declared her love for her Strictly Come Dancing co-star as they gave each other 'reassurance' over their next appearance in the famous ballroom.

Gorka Marquez has said he's 'sorry not sorry' to his celebrity dance partner Dr Punam Krishan as he pulled a sneaky trick during their Strictly Come Dancing training.

Former Strictly Come Dancing star Ola Jordan has 'confirmed' the an upcoming exit from the show as she also named who will 'go all the way' in the BBC One dance contest this year.

Gorka Marquez was left asking Dr Punam Krishan if she was 'ok' as they were seen in training for their next Strictly Come Dancing performance.

Gorka Marquez has said he and Dr Punam Krishan are 'doing their best' in Strictly Come Dancing after fans jumped to their defence over the weekend.

Strictly Come Dancing fans have been left confused over Vito Coppola and Sarah Hadland's score this week.

The Strictly Come Dancing judges have sparked a 'favourism' row among viewers as they rushed to speak out on Dr Punam and Gorka Marquez's latest scores.

Vito Coppola has left Strictly Come Dancing viewers with questions as they complained about his and Sarah Hadland's scores this week. The duo were back in the ballroom on Saturday night (October 19) for their latest performance.

Strictly Come Dancing fans issued a 'breaking news' announcement as they spotted a link between Jamie Borthwick and Sarah Hadland's latest routines.

Strictly Come Dancing fans were left distracted as they claim they spotted a 'ghost' in the live studio audience. As ever, viewers' eyes were just as much on who was sitting on the sidelines as to what was happening on the dance floor on Saturday night (October 19).

Shrinking Season 2 returns viewers to the world of the beloved Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Center and the life of one Jimmy Laird (Jason Segel) and his colleagues Paul Rhoades (Harrison Ford) and Gaby Evans (Jessica Williams). All three characters employ music both in their practices and in their personal daily lives. Jimmy’s daughter Alice (Lukita Maxwell) also has a very specific taste in music.

Billy Joel was joined by Axl Rose on stage for a rendition of the song ‘Live And Let Die’ during the former’s show in Los Angeles.While performing at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on Saturday (October 12), the ‘Piano Man’ hitmaker surprised the Californian audience with the Guns N’ Roses frontman. The two performed a cover of the Wings classic.Guns N’ Roses released their rendition of the 1973 James Bond theme – for the film of the same name, penned by Paul and Linda McCartney – as the second single from their 1991 LP ‘Use Your Illusion I’.

Billy Joel has reunited with his pals Axl Rose and John Mayer at a recent concert in Los Angeles – watch footage of the guest performances below.While performing at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on Saturday (October 12), the Piano Man surprised the Californian audience with two special guests: John Mayer and Guns N’ Roses’ Axl Rose.Mayer was brought out as the first guest of the night, joining Joel for a rendition of ‘This Is The Time’. It is only the second time that the pair have performed this song together; the first time being in 2008.Watch fan-shoot footage of Billy Joel and John Mayer performing ‘This Is The Time’ below.Later on in the show, Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose joined Billy Joel onstage to perform a cover of Wings’ ‘Live and Let Die’.

Vampire Weekend have performed a cover of Billy Joel‘s ‘Scenes From An Italian Restaurant’ while at Madison Square Garden – check out fan-shot footage of the performance below.This past weekend (October 5), Vampire Weekend played the first of their two dates at the iconic New York venue, where they paid homage to Billy Joel, who in July wrapped up his history residency at Madison Square Garden that spanned 150 shows.While Vampire Weekend have played a selection of covers during their encore set during their ongoing tour, the band made sure to differentiate the Joel honouring from their other covers, playing it during their main set.Watch fan-shot footage of Vampire Weekend performing ‘Scenes From An Italian Restaurant’ below.The two MSG concerts come after the band played a surprise pop-up show outside a bar on the streets of New York on October 3.Vampire weekend will complete their run of US shows with seven more dates in Wilmington, Raleigh, Nashville, Atlanta, Asheville, St. Augustine and Austin.

Elvis Costello has announced a new boxset and has shared a cover of country classic ‘Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line’ – check it out below.The song was written by Jimmy Bryant and recorded by Waylon Jennings in 1968, reaching Number Two on the US Hot Country Songs chart. It has subsequently been covered by artists including Linda Ronstadt and Hank Williams Jr, and now Costello has released his own version.The recording was captured live at the Royal Albert Hall in London when Costello played a six-date residency at the venue in early 1987.

Associated Press), caused the likes of Alabama’s South Star Festival and some sets of Kentucky’s Louder than Life Festival to be cut to due the inclement weather.Concerts such as Billy Joel and Sting‘s scheduled gigs in Missouri as well as Hootie and the Blowfish and Quarters of Change’s Florida shows were also cancelled and postponed.Speaking about the cancellation of the second day of the South Star Festival in a statement (as per IQ Mag), festival promoters C3 have said: “Following an inspection by festival organisers along with city officials, it has been determined that the grounds are no longer safe to welcome you back today.”For South Star fans who joined us yesterday, we thank you for welcoming us and enjoying some amazing music. pic.twitter.com/odKX8DjHyH— South Star Music Festival (@southstarfest) September 29, 2024It continued: “In coordination with the City of Huntsville, we have made the difficult decision to cancel today’s festival… safety is paramount, and we do not take this decision lightly.”The second day of the fest was set to take place yesterday (September 29) at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Alabama and was supposed to see the likes of Blink-182, Beck, Sublime, Goo Goo Dolls, Jimmy Eat World, Big Boi and more perform.Promoter Danny Wimmer Presents shared a similar statement regarding the cancellation of the second day of Louder Than Life in Kentucky.