The lineup for the 2013 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival has been announced, and two of the most legendary acts in classic rock are slated to perform this year. Fleetwood Mac and Billy Joel will both appear at JazzFest, which takes place over the course of two weekends, April 26-28 and May 2-5.
It's not even Christmas and we're starting to hear about albums that are coming out in time for Valentine's Day. Today (Dec. 3) comes the news that Billy Joel will release 'She's Got A Way: Love Songs' on Jan. 22, 2013.
The wind and rain that arrived with Hurricane Sandy earlier this week are now nothing more than a memory, but the hard work of rebuilding has just begun -- and an impressive array of rock stars are banding together to help.
Two legendary piano players have paid tribute to longtime Elton John bassist Bob Birch, who died at age 56 of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound on Wednesday (Aug. 15). Both John and his frequent touring partner Billy Joel, with whom Birch also performed, offered kind words through statements on their websites.
Billy Joel hasn’t released a studio album of pop music for almost 20 years — but if you love his older songs and don’t already have one of the scores of greatest-hits compilations, you can do a little CD shopping next time you’re waiting for a latte at Starbucks.
The coffee giant has created its own disc called ‘Billy Joel: Opus Collection.’
10 different songs by Billy Joel were performed on ‘American Idol’ tonight (March 21) — one by each of the remaining contestants on the Steven Tyler-judged singing competition.
Wednesday night’s Billy Joel show at the University of Massachusetts was far from his biggest concert ever, but for the audience of about 900 students and staff it was more than entertaining. Joel sang, told stories, gave lessons, did impressions and revealed secrets inside Durgin Hall.
Late last month, Sting joined Lady Gaga onstage in Las Vegas during her iHeartRadio Music Festival set.
On Saturday, Gaga returned the favor, dropping by New York’s Beacon Theatre for a show that marked Sting’s 60th birthday and his 25 years as a solo artist.
But Gaga wasn’t the only star who showed some love for Sting: Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder and Black Eyed Peas main man Will.i.am were among the other big names who came to jam on Sting and Police songs.
When Billy Joel was a young artist entertaining offers from record labels, he ultimately chose Columbia because it was “a company that knows how to build a career.”
On Nov. 8, Columbia/Legacy Recordings will honor that successful career by releasing a limited-edition Joel boxed set and a two-disc version of his 1973 breakthrough album, ‘Piano Man.’
Elton John is giving Billy Joel some tough love in the new issue of Rolling Stone. I hope that he picked up the phone and called Billy before he brought this up to the world.
Now you can be Billy Joel...unfortunately it's not a driving game, because that might be fun. But it is an add on to one of the most popular music games out there. The downloads even include "We Didn't Start The Fire" finally I'll learn the lyrics!
“Billy Joel The Hits: Rock Band Edition” can be purchased for $19
