Billy Joel News

Billy Joel selling homes in posh Hamptons for $35M

Aug 19, 2009 2:00 pm PDT

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Billy Joel is selling a pair of adjacent homes in the Hamptons for $35 million after a split from third wife Katie Lee Joel. The bigger of the two homes once belonged to the late "Jaws" actor, Roy Scheider. Joe...

Billy Joel ill, postpones 2nd upstate NY show

Jul 25, 2009 7:00 pm PDT

Billy Joel and Elton John have postponed a second upstate New York concert on their top-grossing tour after Joel fell ill with flu-like symptoms. The Times Union Center in Albany says in a release the pair have decided to delay Monday's s...

Billy Joel, Katie Lee Call It Splits

Jun 17, 2009 2:00 pm PDT

Like his song says, Billy Joel is movin' out...or at least movin' on. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer confirmed today that he and wife Katie Lee have split. "After nearly five years of marriage, Billy and Katie have decided t...

Q&A: Turning 60, Billy Joel is "happy and contented"

May 8, 2009 12:00 pm PDT

It's April in Manhattan but winter is lingering, a fact Billy Joel notices as he looks out the window of his West Village townhouse. Joel is mildly surprised. "Oh, my God, it's snowing, look at this." Yet not much surprises Joel ...

Billy Joel edges out Elton John in double-header

Mar 31, 2009 1:00 pm PDT

On the surface, it always has seemed like a natural pairing: two of the rock era's most successful acts -- piano-based or otherwise -- dispensing hit after hit after hit. But look a little deeper and the contrasts between Elton John a...