Billy Joel undergoes surgery, posts four months of concerts

Billy Joel will postpone all his concerts in the coming four months due to a recent operation for a “medical condition” that requires physiotherapy and the supervision of a doctor.

“Although I regret postponing shows, my health has to come first,” says Joel in a statement, who notes that he “is expected to make a full recovery.” I am looking forward to coming back on stage and sharing the joy of live music with our great fans. Thank you for your understanding. “

He will resume concerts on July 5 at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh. The deferred shows in Toronto, Detroit, Syracuse, Milwaukee, Charlotte, Salt Lake City, Edinburgh, Liverpool and Charlotte will take place later or in 2026. New dates have been announced for almost all.

Joel’s most recent show took place on February 22 in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. It was a standard performance that has mixed big hits like ‘Only the good Die Young’, ‘scenes from an Italian restaurant’ and ‘Big Shot’ with deeper cuts such as ‘Zanzibar’, ‘Sometimes a fantasy’ and ‘Vienna’. He traveled shortly after throwing his microphone standard to a roadie at the end of “it’s still rock and roll for me”, but he recovered quickly and completed the show.

At the beginning of last year, Joel released ‘Turn the Lights Back On’, his first original song since ‘Christmas in Fallujah’ of 2007. It was co-written and produced by Freddy Wexler, an old Joel fan who worked with everyone, by Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande to Celine, Gomeza Gomeza Gomeza Gomeza Gomeza Gomeza Gomeza Gomeye and Selena.

“It’s such an honor,” said Wexler Rolling stone. “I know he has been approached by many people over the years to work and he didn’t want that. I think he did it in part for me. I think he said: ‘I really like this song. I can help finish it. “He said to me:” I said these words before. This feels like a song that I would have written myself. ” ‘

“Turn the Lights Back On” was performed live for the first time on the 2024 Grammy’s, and Joel played it on his own shows in the coming months before he took the last June out of rotation. Despite the lack of new material, Joel stadiums remains in Northern America and Europe Headline.

“I went on stage and said:” I have nothing new for you, so we’re just going to play the old shit, “said Joel ROlling Stone In 2019. “And the public goes:” Yes! ‘I will sit in the stadium and look out at 30,000, 40,000, 50,000 people, thinking:’ What the hell are they doing here? Why now? “I think I’m an anachronism in a sense. There are not much of me about it. There is a rarity what it gives value. ”

Billy Joel Re -planned 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, SC @ Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium
June 20, 2026 – Liverpool, UK @ Anfield Stadium
July 3, 2026 – Charlotte, NC @ Charlotte Bank of America Stage
Date TBD – Milwaukee, Wi @ American Family Field