Billy Joel diagnosed with brain disorder, cancels gigs

Time of India

24-05-2025

Billy Joel
, the arena-filling Everyman singer-songwriter, has cancelled all of his upcoming concerts, including a large-scale tour scheduled for this year and next, because of a brain disorder known as normal pressure hydrocephalus, he announced in a statement on Friday.
"This condition has been exacerbated by recent concert performances, leading to problems with hearing, vision and balance," said the statement, which was posted to the singer's social media accounts. "Under his doctor's instructions, Billy is undergoing specific physical therapy and has been advised to refrain from performing during this recovery period."
Normal pressure hydrocephalus, or N.P.H., consists of a buildup of spinal fluid in the brain, which causes pressure on nerves that control various parts of the body.
A mainstream music mainstay since the early 1970s, Joel is best known for songs like "Piano Man," "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant," "She's Always a Woman" and "Big Shot" - just a sampling of the crowd-pleasing singalongs in his catalog, which included 43 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
Although last year he released his first new pop song in nearly two decades, "Turn the Lights Back On," Joel has been better known as a mainstay of the live music landscape.
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He completed a decade-long residency - more than 100 shows - at Madison Square Garden in July, with overall attendance nearing two million people and a gross of more than $260 million. "The demand never stopped," Joel's agent, Dennis Arfa, told NYT last year, explaining how the end of the residency only meant bigger things for Joel in the twilight of his career.
"What's really happened in the last 10 years is Billy has evolved into a stadium artist," Arfa added. "It's a different euphoria when you're older." Joel's scheduled dates, with appearances by Rod Stewart, Sting and Stevie Nicks, included football and baseball stadiums in US, Canada and Britain. Refunds for customers would be automatic, his statement said.
In March, Joel postponed eight upcoming concerts, citing a medical condition.