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Sky News AU
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Sky News AU
Billy Joel reveals he is sick of the ‘woke' movement in interview with Bill Maher
American Culture Project Senior Fellow Corey DeAngelis discusses Billy Joel's disregard for what the woke culture thinks of him. 'Nature is healing, I mean this is how it should be,' Mr DeAngelis told Sky News host Rita Panahi. 'Artists should focus on art, politicians should focus on the politics, and look, the American people should listen to what the politicians are saying. 'Hollywood has been a total mess in the United States over the past couple of decades.'
New York Post
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Billy Joel shocks NYC pedicab driver, passengers playing his iconic song
He's got a way about him! Billy Joel surprised a pedicab driver and his passengers who were cruising down the streets of the Big Apple on Monday afternoon. The five-time Grammy Award winner shared the sweet street-side moment he rolled up on the bicycle transportation service, shocking the driver who was blasting Joel's 1976 hit 'New York State of Mind.' Advertisement 5 Billy Joel greets fans from inside an SUV on the streets of NYC in a video posted to Instagram on July 21, 2025. @billyjoel/Instagram The driver wasn't immediately aware he was in the presence of the 76-year-old, telling him 'Next time,' before recognizing the 'Piano Man,' according to the clip posted on Joel's Instagram. 'We're in a New York State of Mind…always,' Joel captioned the post. Advertisement 'Oh, Nice. You see, we are playing you,' the unidentified driver says, reaching his hand out to greet Joel. 'Can I take a picture with you, please?' he asked. The camera turned quickly to Joel as he smiled at the two rear-seated passengers, who were both equally surprised by the singer's appearance. 5 The pedicab driver looks over at Billy Joel's car before recognizing the singer. @billyjoel/Instagram Advertisement A second clip, reshared by Joel, captured the exchange from the outside as the pedicab driver and the two passengers got off the ride and walked up to the black SUV to take selfies with the singer as his song's ending blasted out of the speakers. 'How are you feeling?' one of the passengers asked Joel, referring to his recent brain disorder diagnosis. Joel revealed in May that he was diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus and was forced to cancel his entire slate of shows scheduled for 2025. 5 The pedicab driver reaches out to Joel after recognizing the celebrity inside the car. @billyjoel/Instagram Advertisement The 'Uptown Girl' vocalist shared he is doing well amid his health scare. 'I know a lot of people are worried about me and my health, but I'm okay,' Joel told People in an interview published on July 21. 'What I have is something very few people know about, including me, no matter how much you try to research it.' 'I'm doing my best to work with it and to recover from it,' he said. 5 The pedicab passengers are surprised by Joel's appearance on the street. @billyjoel/Instagram 5 Billy Joel performs at the 66th GRAMMY Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 4, 2024. Getty Images for The Recording Academy Hydrocephalus occurs when cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) builds up in the brain, disrupting cognitive functioning. Joel revealed in May that live performances led to 'problems with hearing, vision, and balance.' Doctors advised him to stop performing while he underwent treatment for the treatable disorder. Advertisement Joel described feeling like he was always on a boat. 'It was scary, but I'm okay,' he told the outlet. 'I just wanted to let people know, don't worry about me being deathly ill or anything.' Joel is currently undergoing 'specific physical therapy' and will be kept off stage during his recovery period, his team said after his diagnosis.
Fox News
16 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Greg Gutfeld: I can't think of 2 people I would rather hear from less
'The Five' discusses actor Jeff Daniels saying he hopes Trump voters lose money and Billy Joel being unbothered by 'woke' people's opinions of him.
Metro
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Billy Joel savagely slates 'half-assed' Beatles album
Billy Joel has slammed one of The Beatles most acclaimed albums (Pictures: Getty) Billy Joel has unexpectedly taken aim at The Beatles, calling one of their albums a 'collection of half-assed songs'. In 1968, five years after the release of their debut album Please Please Me, the Liverpudlian band dropped their self-titled album, which also came to become known as the White Album. The album featured 30 songs, including Blackbird, Helter Skelter and While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Topping record charts in Britain and the United States, the album has since been certified 24× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and labelled by some as one of the greatest albums of all time. However nearly 60 years on, one of the band's contemporaries Billy, 76, has made it clear he is not a fan. The White Album was written when the band – which included John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr – attended a Transcendental Meditation course in Rishikesh, India. The American singer said the band's 1968 The White Album was a 'collection of half-assed songs' (Picture: Angela Weiss/ AFP via Getty Images) The band's line up consisted of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison (Picture: Jeff Hochberg/ Getty Images) Reflecting on the release Billy – best known for his 1973 song Piano Man – didn't mince his words. He suggested the Fab Four were 'too stoned' or 'didn't care anymore' when recording the string of songs. 'I hear it as a collection of half-assed songs they didn't finish writing because they were too stoned, or they didn't care anymore,' he said on Bill Maher's Club Random podcast, which was released this week. 'I think they had fragments and they put them on the album.' Win tickets to see Tom Jones and Sugababes at Camp Bestival worth £1,172 We've teamed up with Camp Bestival Dorset to give one lucky Metro reader and their family the chance to win family weekend tickets, worth up to £1,172! Created by families, for families, Camp Bestival combines all the fun of a fantastic family camping holiday with everything you would expect from a perfect and action-packed festival adventure. Headliners include music legend Sir Tom Jones, pop icons Sugababes, plus a carnival-filled live show from electronic music duo Basement Jaxx. Simply enter your details here to be in with a chance of winning four tickets to this epic experience. You have until midnight on 23 July to enter. Good luck! * Open to GB residents (excluding Northern Ireland) aged 18+. Promotion opens at 18:01 on 16/7/25 and closes at 23:59 on 23/7/25. Entrant must submit their first and last name, email address, date of birth and postcode when prompted via the entry form available on (available here). 1 prize available of a family weekend camping ticket, including two (2) adult tickets and up to four (4) child and/or teen tickets in any combination as chosen by the winner to attend Camp Bestival (Lulworth Castle, Dorset) from 31st July 2025 to 3rd August 2025. Maximum 1 entry per person. Attendance is governed by the Camp Bestival Terms and Conditions. Full T&Cs apply, see here. He went on to suggest that Lennon was 'disassociating at that point'. 'I think Paul was carrying the weight,' he said. The White Album was a critical and commercial success 'Sometimes they were more prolific and sometimes they weren't, and I hear that in some of those things.' During the recording of the album, the only Western instrument available to the band was an acoustic guitar, with the sound also scaled down and the band breaking with their tradition of incorporating several musical styles in one song. Lennon – who was killed in 1980 – once famously quipped that 'the break-up of The Beatles can be heard on that album'. The band split two years later. Meanwhile Sir Paul previously addressed criticism of the album, telling Radio Luxembourg: 'I'm not a great one for that whole, 'Y'know maybe it was too many of that'. What do you mean? It was great, it sold. It's the bloody Beatles White Album, shut up!' Before Billy slated one of The Beatle's most acclaimed releases, earlier this year Sir Paul spoke about his admiration of the singer-songwriter. Billy is best known for his 1973 hit Piano Man (Picture: Michael Putland/ Getty Images) Speaking in the Billy Joel: And So It Goes documentary, he spoke about wishing he had penned Billy's 1997 single Just the Way You Are. 'When I first heard Billy, it was like 'Oh, wait a minute. He's good. Who's this?',' he recalled. 'You know, like you do, your ears prick up. The song that really made me know that that was happening was Just the Way You Are. 'And where I get asked, 'Is there a song that you wish you'd written?'. And I always…that's the one I always say.' Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. Arrow MORE: Sir Tom Jones, 85, cancels gig hours before performance after sad health update Arrow MORE: Oasis reassures cheating fans they are 'safe' after Coldplay kiss-cam saga
Yahoo
a day ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Billy Joel describes symptom of brain condition as "like being on a boat"
Two months after canceling his tour due to a brain condition diagnosis, Billy Joel says the health issue is not fixed, but that he feels good. Joel, 76, revealed in May he had been diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus, a condition when fluid builds up in or around the brain, disrupting brain function. "It's not fixed, it's still being worked on," Joel told Bill Maher on the latest episode of Maher's podcast, "Club Random." The "Piano Man" singer said the condition has affected his balance, a common side effect. "My balance sucks. It's like being on a boat," he said. "It used to be called water on the brain." Joel said "nobody knows," when Maher asked what causes the condition. About half of cases of normal pressure hydrocephalus are idiopathic, or happening for unknown reasons, according to the Cleveland Clinic. "I feel good," Joel said. "They keep referring to what I have as a brain disorder, so it sounds a lot worse than what I'm feeling." Joel also told fans not to worry in an interview with People. "It was scary, but I'm okay," he told the magazine. "I just wanted to let people know, don't worry about me being deathly ill or anything." Normal pressure hydrocephalus is usually treatable, health experts say. It is relatively uncommon, but is more likely to occur in people over the age of 65. Detroit lawnmower gang still going strong after 15 years Speaker Johnson says Epstein files can't be released to public in a careless way How automakers are being affected by Trump's tariffs Solve the daily Crossword
