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Billy Joel Show all of his concerts in the next four months. He had to undergo an operation because of an “illness”. This requires physiotherapy and the supervision of a doctor.
“I regret that I have to move my concerts. But my health has priority, ”says Billy Joel in a explanation in which he points out that he is expected to be completely recovered ‘. “I look forward to standing on stage again. And to share the joy of live music with our great fans. Thank you for your understanding. “
He will continue his concert series on July 5th in the Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh. The postponed shows in Toronto, Detroit, Syracuse, Milwaukee, Charlotte, Salt Lake City, Edinburgh, Liverpool and Charlotte will take place either later or 2026. New appointments have been announced for almost all.
Billy Joel stumbled
Joel’s last show took place on February 22nd in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. It was a standard concert. He mixed big hits like “Only the Good Die Young”, “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” and “Big Shot” with deeper pieces such as “Zanzibar”, “Sometimes A Fantasy” and “Vienna”. Towards the end of “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me”, he stumbled briefly after he had thrown his microphone stand on a roadie. But he quickly recovered and ended the show.
At the beginning of last year, Joel released “Turn the Lights Back On”. His first own song since “Christmas in Fallujah” from 2007. He was written and produced by Freddy Wexler. A long-time Joel fan who worked with all of Justin Bieber to Ariana Grande to Celine Dion, Kanye West and Selena Gomez.
“It is a great honor for me”, Wexler said that Rolling Stone. “”I know that over the years he has been addressed by many people to work with them. But he didn’t want to. I think he did it partly for me. I think he thought: “I really like this song. I can help finish it. ” He said to me: “I have already said these words. It feels like a song that I would have written myself. “
“So we just play the old shit”
“Turn the Lights Back On” was first performed live at the Grammys 2024. Joel played it at his own shows in the next few months before taking it out of the program last June. Despite the lack of new material, Joel continues to appear as a headliner in stadiums across North America and Europe.
“I went on stage and said: ‘I have nothing new for you, so let’s just play the old shit’,” Joel told the R 2019Olling Stone. “And the audience says: ‘Yes!’ I then sit in the stadium and look at 30,000, 40,000, 50,000 people. And think: ‘What the hell are they all doing here? Why now? ‘ I guess, in a way I am an anachronism. There are not many of my variety anymore. That makes me a rarity, which gives me a certain value. “
Billy Joel catch -up dates
- November 15, 2025 – Detroit, Mi @ Ford Field
- March 14, 2026 – Toronto, On @ Rogers Center
- April 10, 2026 – Syracuse, NY @ JMA Wireless Dome
- May 22, 2026 – Salt Lake City, ut @ rice eccles stadium
- June 6, 2026 Edinburgh, South Carolina @ Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium
- June 20, 2026 – Liverpool, United Kingdom @ Anfield Stadium
- July 3, 2026 – Charlotte, North Carolina @ Charlotte Bank of America Stadium
- Date to set – Milwaukee, Wisconsin @ American Family Field