Billy Joel has apparently been waiting for someone to come along and update his 1989 single “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” In an interview with BBC Radio 2’s Zoe Ball following his headlining performance in Hyde Park last weekend, Joel praised Fall Out Boy for their recent take on the …
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Long before Live Nation, Clear Channel, Ticketmaster, Stubhub, service fees, gold-circle seats, and anything that even resembles the live music industry as we know it today, there was Ron Delsener. The 87-year-old concert promoter has been booking shows in New York City going all the way back to the summer …
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One week after kicking off their So Much (for) Stardust tour at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, Fall Out Boy have shared an updated version of “We Didn’t Start The Fire.” The Billy Joel original covers world history from 1949 to 1989, and Fall Out Boy’s new take continues the story from …
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Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their …
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Billy Joel will play the final show of his Madison Square Garden residency in July 2024, over a decade after he kicked off the historic monthly concert series. The final gig will also mark his 150th career show at the New York City arena. “Billy Joel’s franchise run has made …
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Billy Joel paid tribute to the late Gordon Lightfoot by performing the Canadian songwriting legend’s “Sundown” Friday at the Piano Man’s monthly visit to Madison Square Garden. “You might know him from the hit records he had,” Joel told the audience before launching into a minute-long rendition of the 1974 …
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Billy Joel dug deep into his catalog Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden and played “Los Angelenos” for the first time since 1981. “We never do this song,” he told the crowd. “We haven’t done this since the Eighties I think. We’ll give it a shot.” Here’s a fan-shot video …
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Stevie Nicks and Billy Joel kicked off their much-anticipated co-headlining tour Friday night at Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium, and while both artists delivered their own concerts’ worth of music, they each appeared for a song during the other’s set. Early in Nicks’ set, Joel shuffled onstage to contribute the Tom Petty …
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Rolling Stone‘s interview series King for a Day features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and singers who had the difficult job of fronting major rock bands after the departure of an iconic vocalist. Some of them stayed in their bands for years, while others lasted just a few …
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