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NEWS ABOUT: Billy Joel

Billy Joel stories: 6 news summaries

 Billy Joel Splits With Third Wife 

She's rumored to be dating someone else

Jun 17, 09 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Billy Joel has split with third wife Katie Lee, 27, seen lately in the arms of an Israeli fashion designer—at parties the 60-year-old Joel prefers to skip, pals tell the New York Daily News. “It was really that age difference that caught up with them,” a friend... More »

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entertainment • gossip • singer • Billy Joel • Katie Lee Joel • Yigal Azrouel • celebrity breakup

(Newser) - This must be the week for reports of legendary singers' marriage trouble. A day after BruceSpringsteen is accused of infidelity, Billy Joel is in the spotlight. The National Enquirer has set gossip blogs buzzing with word that the singer's 27-year-old wife has struck up a suspicious relationship with Israeli fashion... More »

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adultery • Bruce Springsteen • singer • Billy Joel • Katie Lee Joel • Yigal Azrouel

OPINION

What Makes Joel the
Worst Singer Ever?

Contempt, phoniness drives 'really bad art'

Jan 24, 09 3:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Billy Joel serves up his own brand of schlock-rock, but why is it so uniquely bad? Critic Ron Rosenbaum easily pans the piano man—"anodyne, sappy, superficial, derivative, fraudulently rebellious"—but what he hates most is the “unearned contempt" in Joel's tunes. It's usually for “the... More »

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music • art • pop music • Billy Joel

Cleveland Rocks, But NY Rocks More

Struggling Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to open annex in Soho

Aug 14, 08 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cleveland lobbied to be the home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to bring tourists to town, but a dip in visitors has led the museum's worried organizers to turn to New York for help. Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined singer Billy Joel yesterday to announce the opening of... More »

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New York City • Cleveland • tourism • Michael Bloomberg • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame • Soho • Billy Joel

 Joel Movin'
 Out of Shea 

Piano Man will play the last shows at iconic venue that first hosted the Beatles

Jul 8, 08 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - His idols set a pop-cultural milestone by playing a concert there in 1965, and now Billy Joel will be the last musician to rock Shea Stadium, reports the New York Sun. Since the Beatles turned to sports venues to fit their legions of screaming fans, the home of the Mets... More »

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rock and roll • concert • Bruce Springsteen • Beatles • The Police • Shea Stadium • Queens, New York • Billy Joel

Madonna Joins Rock Hall

Mellencamp, Cohen inducted as well

Mar 11, 08 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - With a wink and a nod, Madonna became a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer last night, along with John Mellencamp and Leonard Cohen, Billboard reports. Madonna got top billing, with Justin Timberlake giving her an innuendo-laden induction speech, and Iggy and the Stooges performing punked-up covers of “Burning... More »

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New York City • John Mellencamp • Justin Timberlake • Madonna • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame • Leonard Cohen • Billy Joel • Dave Clark Five

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