Billy Joel is an American musicain, composer and songwriter whose popular hit songs are We Didn't Start the Fire, Piano man, Honesty and more. Billy Joel is also nicknamed the 'Piano Man' after his majot hit song, Piano Man in 1973. He was in the limelight beofre becasue of his concert postponed.
Meanwhile, COVID-19 has spread as the new Omicron variant continue to harm the lifestyle of people. Many musicans have also postponed or cancelled their concerts and shows sue to the new variant. The 72 year old Billy Joel was scheduled to have concert on Jan 14, 2022 at the Garden after it was postponed from May 2, 2020 first. However, his show has been postponed for the second time as notified by the singer himslef via his twitter.
The singer tweeted about the postponement, and wrote,
“Nothing is more important to me than the safety and well-being of my band, crew, and the fans; so due to unfortunate COVID-related circumstances, we made the decision to reschedule the January 14th concert at MSG.” - Billy Joel
— Billy Joel (@billyjoel) January 5, 2022
More info: https://t.co/SxwUzj99EF pic.twitter.com/VYHKly5kny
Furthermore, the announcemet also stated that his resecheduled concert on 14 January 2022, and also state that,
"If you cannot commit to the rescheduled show date, you can request a refund anytime over the next 30 days, beginning today. If refund is not requested during the alloted time, tickets will automatically be transferred to the rescheduled show date. To obtain a refund for tickets purchased through Ticketmaster, visit your ticketmaster account page. For refunds on tickets purchased through the MSG Box Office, call the MSG Guest Relations department at 212-465-6225. For tickets purchased from third-party, ticket holders must go to their point of purchase to determine refund availability."
Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Joel, 72 had returned to the Madison Square Garden on Novemeber 5 and had his last show there in December 20.
Wikipedia Details, Cars, Garrage, & Passion
American Singer Billy Joel was born to his parents Howard Joel and Rosalind Nayman in the bornx, New York City on May 4, 1949. Billy is presently 73 years old as of 2022 and stands at the height of 1.66 m tall. Moreover, while talking about his passion, Billy has had a passion for bikes and cars. He has also opened his bike collection, 20th century Cycles in Oyster Bay, Long Island. He has also been involved in three car accidents and a bke smash. His bike collection includes Triumph Tiger, Jaguar Mark II, Citroen 2CV, Harley Davidon XL CR, Audi Fox, Moto Guzzi V7, VW Beetle and more.
Billy Joel has also made headlines after getting in a car accident in 2003. He had suffered minor head injuries when he got in car accident in New York driving his 2002 Mercedes Benz on Route 114 in Sag Harbor. He had lost control of his car and slammed the tree .
He had lost control of his car in the past too in East Hampton and hit a fire well and post. the singer faced minor lacerations and bruises and refused medical attention. Just after a week he was checked into a substance abuse rehab center in New Canaan Connecticut.
Billy Joel's Married Life & Wives
American Singer Billy Joel was married for 4 tiems. He was first married to Elizabeth Weber in the year 1973, but he separated with his ex-wife Elizabeth in the year 1982. He split with his first wife after nince years of marriage life. Then he married for a second to his ex-wife Christie Brinkley in 1985. After again in nine years he divorced with his second wife and separated with each other.
Again, after ten years of divroce with second wife, he married for the third time with his ex-wife Katie Lee in 2004. The ex-couple married spent for almost five years and after five years of marriage life, they decided to separate and finalized thier divorce in the year 2009.
Currently, Billy was married to his present wife Alexis Roderick in 2015 and have bee living together till 2022.The couple wedding ceremony takes place at Long Island, New York, United States.
They started dating since 2009 and been together of 13 years as of July 4 but married for seven years. In thier seven years of marriage life, the couple is blessed with two kids, Della Rose Joel, and Remy Anne Joel.
Billy Joel's Net Worth/Tour
The American singer, Billy joel has an estimated net worth of $225 million according to Celebrity Net Worth. He is also ranked #53rd on the list of Celebrity 100 2019 by Forbes. He has a record of selling more than 220,000 tickets in 2018 alone for his Madison Square Garden show.
Billy Joel was born as William Martin Joel and is now best known for his career as an American pianist, singer and song writer and composer too. His starting point was when he was in the musical group, the Echoes which was later called The Lost Souls.
Billy Joel is considered one of the most successful musical artist and biggest entertainers in the world. He has won many Grammy Awards for his songs and album, Glass Houses. He was also presented with prestigious Grammy Legend Award in 1990 and received the Recording Industry Association of America Diamond Award for his album 'Greatest Hits Volume I and Volume II that sold more than 11.5 million copies.
His music style covers various genres like romantic ballads, hard-rock element and jazz combined with pop and soul. His song, Piano Man is considered one of the best song of his and it helped him rise to where he is today.
His schedule is packed from months now as he has tours from Jan 28 to Sep 23. His tour dates are listed below:
Jan 28 Hard Rock Live - hollywood
Feb 12 Madison Square Garden
Feb 26 Allegiant Stadium
Mar 12 Camping World Stadium
Mar 24 Madison Square Garden
Apr 8 Madison Sqaure Garden
Apr 23 Bank of America Stadium
May 14 Madison Square Garden
Jun 10 Madsion Sqaure Garden
Jun 25 Notre Dame Stadium
Jul 9 Cameirca Park
Jul 20 Madison Square Garden
Aug 11 PNC Park
Aug 24 Madison Square Garden
Sep 23 Minute Maid Park