Billy Joel, brain condition
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The 'Piano Man' artist had to cancel his upcoming 2025 concerts due to a concerning diagnosis. Learn all about it here.
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Billy Joel and Elton John haven’t always seen eye to eye. During the newly released second part of HBO’s “Billy Joel: And So It Goes” documentary, Joel revealed how John’s public push for him to enter rehab caused a major rift between the two music superstars.
Billy Joel tells PEOPLE that he is rolling with the punches, months after he was diagnosed with a treatable brain condition. “I know a lot of people are worried about me and my health, but I’m okay,” he says.
Joel, 76, canceled all his upcoming shows in May after he was diagnosed with a brain disorder called normal pressure hydrocephalus.
Billy, 76, revealed in his documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes, which aired its second part on Friday, that he was ‘really hurt’ by comments made by Sir Elton. The duo had been on their Face to Face tour, which they kicked off in 1994,when Sir Elton addressed several cancellations in an interview with Rolling Stone.
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