Alexa Ray Joel (Live Music)

I finally found some of Alexa's new music.

The recording quality isn't the best, but it is from a recent live performance.

She has a really good sound! I'm looking forward to her releasing an album.

If you want to download the song, you can right click the links below and choose 'Save Target As'. Choose where you would like to store it and it will be there for you to upload to your IPod or MP3 player.

Alexa Ray Joel - Jaded
Alexa Ray Joel - Sapphire Night
Alexa Ray Joel - Resistance
Alexa Ray Joel - Make Me Your Own
Alexa Ray Joel - Far Away
Alexa Ray Joel - Revolution Song

Alexa recently released a small clip from the songs Jaded and Revolution Song on her Myspace account. Check it out...

JOEL CREDITS MOVIN' OUT FOR HELPING RECOVERY

Singer/songwriter BILLY JOEL credits his work on the Broadway musical MOVIN' OUT with helping him recover from alcohol addiction last year (05).

The UPTOWN GIRL hitmaker, who spent time in the Betty Ford Centre in California to conquer his habit, was also dealing with the stress of taking legal action against his former manager and ex-brother-in-law FRANK WEBER over accounting irregularities.

Joel is bemused by the media hype surrounding his treatment, insisting addiction is inevitable for most musicians. He says, "I don't know why there was so much fuss about me going into rehab, I was like, 'Well, doesn't everybody?' "The lawsuit was a pain in the a**, that's true, but I've done really well for myself so nobody needs to worry about me. "But it's amazing how nobody in the music industry gets away clean. "It's like prizefighting - you get a shot at the title, but ultimately you always get your a** kicked and then you turn around and all the money's gone."

29/03/2006 17:30

Billly Joel's back on the road after longest time

Tucson, Arizona Published: 03.30.2006

Billy Joel's first major solo concert tour in nearly seven years had a record-breaking start in January. The rock 'n' roll star played 11 sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden in a single run, which topped Bruce Springsteen's pervious 10-show record.

Joel is back on the road to support the November release of "My Lives." The four-CD/one-DVD box set of demos, rarities, soundtrack contributions and hit songs paints a musical portrait of Joel as a songwriter and a musician as well as a star. The box set shows the evolution of the artist whose hits "Piano Man," "We Didn't Start the Fire," "Uptown Girl," "The Longest Time," "Just the Way You Are" and countless others turned him into a five-time Grammy-winning rock legend with 100 million records sold.

Joel takes the stage again at 8 p.m. Monday at the US Airways Center (formerly America West Arena), 201 E. Jefferson St., Phoenix. Tickets are $39.50 or $75 through Ticketmaster, www.ticketmaster.com or 321-1000.

Joel has us feeling all right

Joel has us feeling all right
By Sarah Rodman
Wednesday, March 29, 2006

It’s not easy for a child to follow in a parent’s footsteps, especially when that parent is a superstar. So Alexa Ray Joel deserves a lot of credit for the manner in which she is choosing to navigate waters so thoroughly explored by her dad, Billy, the legendary ‘‘piano man.”

Instead of using her father’s name to land engagements in the white-hot spotlight of glitzy venues, Joel is paying her dues the old-fashioned way: playing weeknight gigs at small bars and clubs where her voice competes with that of patrons clustered around a television tuned to the Cartoon Network.

Which is exactly what she was doing Monday night when she slipped into Great Scott to perform in front of a sparse but mostly attentive crowd that responded supportively to 50 minutes of sparkling pop supplied by the singer, songwriter and pianist and her tight three-piece band.

There was a curious lack of boomer looky-loos in the group of 50 or so in front of the stage, which probably suited 20-year-old Joel just fine. (For the record, neither her father nor her mother, Christie Brinkley, were on hand.) However, when she does get around to releasing music, Dad’s fans should be pleased; Alexa Ray writes the kind of ear-catching songs that should appeal to all ages.

Betraying just a bit of shyness, Joel, who has Dad’s coloring and eyes with the model cheekbones of her mom, bantered a bit about her songs, making it clear that she writes them herself.

Slow-burn opener ‘‘Revolution Song” revealed a strong voice with a bluesy-soulful undercurrent and just a touch of a country lilt.

Other bright spots included the swaggering rocker ‘‘Make Me Your Own,” the dramatic Fiona Apple-esque ‘‘Resistance” and the destined-to-be-a-single ‘‘Jaded,” a crisp little pop zinger with bouncy piano lines.

Not surprisingly, Joel’s keyboard work and song structures were impeccable, conjuring everyone from Carole King to Joe Jackson to Chopin. She also displayed a knack for the elusive skill of writing a bridge or what is sometimes known as the middle eight. Her lyrics offered typical undergraduate observations about what a messy world we live in, wanting bad boys who hurt you and being in love with love.

At this early stage, Joel’s decision to go into the family business seems savvy. The girl’s got the goods to be a big shot. Dad can feel justifiably proud.

Alexa Ray Joel puts her genes to good use

By Joan Anderman, Globe Staff March 29, 2006

It was an excellent sign: the sight of Alexa Ray Joel in her pigtails and fishnets checking out the opening band between smooches with her bass-player boyfriend.

The 20-year-old daughter of pop star Billy Joel and supermodel Christie Brinkley looked like a real girl, a nice girl, albeit a girl who in so many ways, for both better and worse, drew the daddy card in the genetic lottery. Diminutive in stature, pronounced in facial features, and a natural singer of songs (miraculously, given that Kelly Osbourne is the rule and Bonnie Raitt the exception when it comes to musical celebrity offspring), Joel is tiptoeing into the family business.

Armed with no album, no team of handlers, and none of the fanfare that characteristically accompanies a rock-royalty debut, Joel brought a three-piece band and 10 songs, all but one original, to Great Scott on Monday. And while there were hardly enough patrons in the club to log a couple of dozen hits on her MySpace page, Joel, seated at her Yamaha electric piano, plowed valiantly through her 50-minute set of sturdy pop-rock tunes and contemplative singer-songwriter fare. There's nothing remotely indie or trendy about Joel. As a songwriter she's clearly absorbed the classics -- Carole King, Elton John, Billy Joel. As a singer she's quite frankly a powerhouse -- a nimble, soulful vocalist with genuine personality and a wonderfully original feel for phrasing.

As a performer, well, she's green. Joel announced each song with a stiff ''This next one is called . . ." A couple of them -- ''Far Away," most notable for its pedestrian chord changes and journal-entry lyrics, and a '50s-inflected toe-tapper that she should give to her father -- will surely be the source of a cringe in later years. But Joel's gifts are obvious despite her inexperience, and so is her intelligence. How clever to be honing her craft in small, sparsely filled rooms, for the curious few, away from the media glare. And how refreshingly novel.

Joan Anderman can be reached at anderman@globe.com.

Billy and Christie's Kid Shows Off Good Genes

Alexa Ray Joel performed her second show last night at The Cutting Room, and she garnered a sold-out room that included an eclectic group of well-known faces. Her mom, Christie Brinkley, came with best friend Jill Rappaport of the "Today" show. Cyndi Lauper, just back from promoting her hit album, "The Body Acoustic," brought her manager Lisa Barbaris and some friends.

Yours truly sat with up-and-coming singer Jessica Domain, wedged in between Christie and music veteran Jeff Schock. That’s when someone asked, “Isn’t that Gilbert Gottfried?” And of course, it was. To make things stranger, at the show preceding Alexa’s, the legendary actress Celeste Holm not only appeared, but sang from the stage.

Alexa Ray is 20, and she has her father’s DNA written into her fingers. She is already a pro on keyboards, and has a keen sense of melody. Her voice was distorted by an iffy sound system. But when she hit bluesier songs, all self-written, Alexa was channeling not so much Billy as a young Carole King circa 1970. Lots of record industry types shoved their way into the crowded room last night, all hoping to find a new star. The good news is, she’s here. She just needs a little time to perfect her craft in front of a less anxious and supportive audience.

Piano Man + Uptown Girl = Alexa Ray Joel!

Piano Man + Uptown Girl = Alexa Ray Joel!
Piano Girl debuts at the Cutting Room, in front of proud parents.
By Lori Fradkin

Last week, Alexa Ray Joel, on-leave NYU student and daughter of Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley, made her New York City musical debut at the Cutting Room before a standing-room-only crowd that included both parents, her piano teacher, her publicist (whom she shares with Billy), and her voice coach.

Alexa sang, played piano (backed by a three-man band), and chatted with the audience. (Sample banter: “My mom said, ‘That song is so good. It’s by Ray Charles, right?’ I said, ‘Uh, no, Mom, it’s by me.’ ”)

Brinkley sat close to the stage, bobbed to the beats, and waved her table votive like a lighter at the end, while the more subdued Piano Man kept a low profile in the back.

“I’m the luckiest mom in the world,” Brinkley gushed. “She literally came out singing. She would pop out these songs when she was 3, and I would say to Billy, ‘You should record that.’ ”

The proud papa always knew his daughter had talent. “She’s pretty much doing this on her own. She had perfect pitch as a baby,” he said. “I guess it’s genetic.”

Alexa Ray Joel Concert Dates

Alexa Ray Joel (Live Music)

03/16/2006 08:00 PM - Maxwell's
1039 Washington St, Hoboken, NJ 07030 - $7 www.maxwellsnj.com Tickets available at Ticketweb.com

03/21/2006 08:00 PM - Tin Angel
20 S Second Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 - $10 www.tinangel.com Tickets available at www.Ticketweb.com Ages: 21+

03/22/2006 07:00 PM - Toad's
300 York St, New Haven, CT 06511 - $10 www.toadsplace.com Tickets available at www.etix.com All Ages

03/24/2006 08:00 PM - Stone Pony
913 Ocean Ave, Asbury Park, NJ 07712 - $10 Adv, $12 DOSAlexa: 9pm De Sol: 10pm Ages: 18+ Tickets available through Ticketmaster

03/27/2006 08:00 PM - Great Scott
1222 Commonwealth Ave., Allston, MA 02134 - $10Ages: 18+

03/28/2006 08:00 PM - The Hi Hat
Davol Square, Providence, RI 02901 - Free

03/30/2006 08:00 PM - Maxwell's
1039 Washington St., Hoboken, NJ 07030 - $7 www.maxwellsnj.com Tickets available at Ticketweb.com.

04/02/2006 01:00 PM - Immaculata University
Back Campus Quad, Immaculata, PA 19345 - $10 w/ Student ID, $15 Public

04/03/2006 07:00 PM - House of Blues
308 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44114 - $11 adv, $13 dos with JOSH KELLEY All Ages Tickets available through Ticketmaster

04/05/2006 07:30 PM - The Music Mill
3720 East 82nd Street, Indianapolis, IN 46240 - $10 adv, $12 doswith JOSH KELLEY Ages: 21+ Tickets available through Ticketmaster

04/06/2006 07:30 PM - Rex Theater
1602 E Carson St, Pittsburgh, PA 15203 - $12 adv, $15 doswith JOSH KELLEY All Ages Tickets available through Ticketmaster

04/11/2006 8:30 PM - Tin Angel
20 S Second Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 - $10 http://www.tinangel.com/ Tickets available at www.Ticketweb.com Ages: 21+

04/12/2006 08:00 PM - Shippensburg University
Memorial Auditorium, 1871 Old Main Dr, Shippensburg, PA 17257 - FreeEvent is free and open to the public.

04/23/2006 06:00 PM - SUNY Oneonta
Charles W. Hunt Union, Oneonta, NY 13820 - $3 Public, Free for students w/ Teddy Geiger All Ages

04/28/2006 07:00 PM - Niagara University
Under the Taps/ Gllagher Center, Niagara University, NY 14109 - $5 public, Free to students All Ages

04/29/2006 12:00 PM - Lebanon Valley College
, Annville, PA 17003 - Free (EVENT IS CLOSED TO SCHOOL COMMUNITY ONLY.)

06/03/2006 08:00 PM - Taste of Syracuse Festival
Clinton Square, Syracuse, NY 13219 - Free

Piano Man’s daughter (Alexa Ray) tries hand at playing

Piano Man’s daughter tries hand at playing
By Sarah Rodman
Friday, March 24, 2006

Billy Joel’s daughter, Alexa Ray, has decided to enter the family business.

The 20-year-old has put her studies at New York University on hold to embark on a career as a singer-songwriter. Monday, Joel brings her nascent musical offerings and a three-piece band to Great Scott.

Joel - whose name was immortalized in her dad’s ballad ‘‘The Downeaster ‘Alexa’ ” - has yet to release a recording or sign with a label, but reports from recent shows indicate that the apple may not have fallen too far from the tree.

In a review of a December performance at the Cutting Room in Manhattan - attended by both her dad and mom, Christie Brinkley - a reporter likened her style to ‘‘Carole King circa 1970.” In a more extensive write-up last week, the Hartford Courant said, ‘‘Joel is an unquestionably skilled singer, songwriter and piano player” and complimented the range of her 12-song set, saying she went from ‘‘Mariah Carey highs” to ‘‘the bluesy, laid-back Norah Jones thing.”

Joel acknowledges the Jones comparison as well as those to Fiona Apple on her MySpace page (www.myspace.com/alexarayjoel). She describes her sound as ‘‘pop/rock soul.”

According to her profile, Joel has been writing songs and studying piano since childhood. She credits a summer program at Berklee College of Music with helping her shed inhibitions about performance.Alexa Ray Joel plays Monday at Great Scott, Allston. Tickets are $10. Call 617-566-9014.

Billy Joel Rocks the Carrier Dome Tomorrow Night

Billy Joel Rocks the Carrier Dome Tomorrow Night
News Channel 9 Syracuse - Mar 24 6:49 AMIf you’re planning to see Billy Joel at the Carrier Dome tomorrow night, we’ve got some parking advice for you.

If you’re planning to see Billy Joel at the Carrier Dome tomorrow night,
we’ve got some parking advice for you.

The staff at the Dome says the parking areas close to the Dome are
limited, and will likely fill up fast.

So you are better off using the University Garage on Adams Street, or
the Skytop and Manley lots.

Parking is $10 per car, and shuttle busses start running at 6 PM.

With 38,000 people coming to the show, Dome management says it could
take more than an hour to get from your car to your seat.

They suggest arriving no later than 6:30 PM, because the show will
begin promptly at 8:00 PM.
Have fun!

Joel Rubbishes Busty Claims

Joel Rubbishes Busty Claims
ContactMusic - Mar 23 7:46 PMLATEST: Singer BILLY JOEL has rubbished reports that a dancer from his American musical MOVIN' OUT was fired because her breasts grew too large.

LATEST: Singer BILLY JOEL has rubbished reports that a dancer from his American musical MOVIN' OUT was fired because her breasts grew too large. ALICE ALYSE has launched a $100 million (GBP58.8 million) lawsuit claiming she was sacked from the show last month (FEB06) because her breasts became too big for her costume. The PIANO MAN star, whose music is featured in show, has weighed in on the allegations, even though he is not named in the lawsuit. Joel tells the New York Daily News, "Under no circumstances would I ever have fired anyone for having breasts that were too large..."

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Dancer Alice Alyse told the New York Post she was making $130,000 in the
touring company of "Movin' Out,'" which features the music of Billy Joel and
choreography of Tyla Tharp. But, after suffering two injuries during the course
of the production, her breasts grew.

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"Those (expletive) boobs are huge ... We hired you at a C and now you're a
D,'" she quoted the stage manager as saying. "He was irrational."

Alexa Ray Joel on the web

Alexa Ray Joel (Live Music)
While searching for Billy Joel information over the web, I came across Alexa's Myspace music page. I recently heard Billy during an interview say that she composes her own music and sounds really good. I'm looking forward to hearing her music as well...

Some of Alexa's Influences are:

Billy Joel (of course), Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, Brian Wilson, Bob Dylan, Billie Holiday, Rufus Wainright, The Beatles, Ray Charles, Hall and Oates, David Bowie, Frederick Chopin! Aretha Franklin, The Police, Leonard Cohen, India Arie, Claude Debussy, Alanis Morisette, Nirvana, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Ludwig Von Beethoven, Carole King, Fiona Apple, Marvin Gaye, Johnny Cash, Dave Brubeck, Simon and Garfunkel, Elvis Costello, Green Day, Elton John, YES, Sarah Vaughn, The Dixie Chicks!!, Norah Jones, Erykah Badu, Al Green

I'm still searching for some music, when I find some I'll let you all know. Alexa Ray Joel Alexa Ray Joel Alexa Ray Joel Alexa Ray Joel Alexa Ray Joel Alexa Ray Joel

Dancer Alice Alyse sues after firing from Broadway's Movin' Out

Dancer Alice Alyse sues after firing from Broadway's Movin' Out
Macleans, Canada
Alice Alyse says in the lawsuit that she was repeatedly humiliated and intimidated in front of other cast members by the show's stage manager about an increase ...
Musical sued over 'breast jibe' BBC News
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A dancer who said she was harassed for having large breasts and a toe injury has sued owners and managers of a Billy Joel musical for $100m (£57.2m).

Alice Alyse said she was humiliated over her increased breast size, which meant her costume needed altering, and was accused of faking a toe injury.

Alyse added she was wrongly fired from the US show Movin' Out
in February. Staff were unavailable for comment.

Joel, who wrote the music and lyrics, was not named in the case.

Alyse said her right big toe was seriously injured when she fell during a performance in Los Angeles on 23 September 2004.

She said managers falsely told her fellow cast members that she was "faking her injury and had lied" about the need to take time off to let it heal.

Several of the show's owners and managers are named in the case, including choreographer, Twyla Tharp.

Movin' Out originally ran on Broadway between 2002 and 2005 and clocked up more than 1300 performances.

The show subsequently went on tour across America and is due to tour Japan this summer.

The musical will also be launched in the UK at the Apollo Victoria Theatre in London on 28 March.

Former Fame Academy contestant and Eurovision hopeful James Fox is
taking the lead role. The show features Joel hits Uptown Girl and We Didn't
Start The Fire.

It tells the story of a group of friends torn apart when
the men have to go to war in Vietnam. It received two Tony awards in 2003 -
Tharp won best choreography and Joel won best orchestrations alongside Stuart
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Additional Billy Joel Tickets Now Available

Additional Billy Joel Tickets Now Available

Billy Joel will perform in the Carrier Dome on Saturday, March 25.

A limited number of tickets have become available for the the Billy Joel concert in the Carrier Dome on Saturday, March 25 at 8 p.m. The tickets are available at the Carrier Dome Box Office (Gate B) or at ticketmaster.com.
Tickets are $39.50 each, the same price tickets cost in 1998 when Billy Joel last played the Dome solo. Joel has performed at the Carrier Dome numerous times, including Feb. 2 and 3,1990; Nov. 12 and 13,1993; Dec. 11, 1998; and a shared bill with Elton John on May 5, 2001.

Billy Joel and Fans, Drinking In The Nostalgia at Verizon Center

Billy Joel and Fans, Drinking In The Nostalgia at Verizon Center
Washington Post - United States
Billy Joel has been more of a punch line than a pop star in recent years, getting his name in late-night monologues by driving a car into a wall in 2002 and a ...

HSO to feature concerto by Billy Joel, Joel's bouncy bill of goods

ON THE AISLE
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
... Quick -- how many Grammys has Billy Joel won? When did he release his first solo album? When was he inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? ...

HSO to feature concerto by Billy Joel
Patriot-News - Harrisburg,PA,USA
Stuart Malina will renew his acquaintance with the music of Billy Joel during the 2006-07 Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra season, but this time it will be on the ...

Joel's bouncy bill of goods
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... catalog. Yet in the end, Billy Joel offered a false bill of goods to those on hand for his Thursday performance at the Verizon Center. ...

Additional Billy Joel Tickets Now Available, Movin' Out Rolls Into Chicago, June 28-July 9

Additional Billy Joel Tickets Now Available
SUAthletics.com - Syracuse,NY,USA
A limited number of tickets have become available for the the Billy Joel concert in the Carrier Dome on Saturday, March 25 at 8 pm The tickets are available at ...

Movin' Out Rolls Into Chicago, June 28-July 9
Broadway World - Monsey,NY,USA
Movin' Out, the Tony Award-winning new musical conceived, choreographed and directed by Twyla Tharp and based on 24 classic songs by Billy Joel, will return to ...

Billy Joel: A Great Show

Billy Joel: A Great Show
Manufacturers' Blog - Washington,DC,USA
The blogger-in-chief was out too late with the nice people from Verizon at the Billy Joel show in Washington last night at the Verizon Center (formerly MCI ...

Piano Man rocks Hartford

Pianist Jim Witter to present musical celebration of '70s
Smoky Mountain Sentinel - Hayesville,NC,USA
... Fine and Performing Arts Center will continue when Canadian recording artist Jim Witter presents "The Piano Men," featuring the music of Billy Joel and Elton ...

Piano Man rocks Hartford
St. John's University The Torch - NY,USA
by CASEY TOLFREE. HARTFORD– Want to be a part of history? Just head to a Billy Joel concert at a nearby venue and it will be history in the making. ...

Billy Joel to Collaborate with Pink?

Pink sticks it to Bush
Brisbane Courier Mail - Queensland, Australia
... And while her list of musical collaborators grows, there is still one man Pink can't convince to jump on her bandwagon – Billy Joel. ...

And while her list of musical collaborators grows, there is still one man
Pink can't convince to jump on her bandwagon – Billy Joel.

"He said, 'I don't do pop music any more' and I said 'But you're so good
at it!' "

So great is her respect for the piano man, Pink even walked down the aisle to
Joel's She's Always a Woman when she married long-time boyfriend, motocross rider Carey Hart in Costa Rica in January.

"I always thought Billy Joel wrote that song for me, then I realised he
didn't know who I was. And I probably wasn't even born when he wrote it," she
laughs.

Billy Plays the Center

Joel Plays Center;
Hartford Courant - United States
Yes, Billy Joel was in the building Friday night, at the Hartford Civic Center for the first in a series of concerts that includes March 23, March 28 and April ...

Billy Joel can still fill the house

Billy Joel can still fill the house
The Republican - Springfield,MA,USA
HARTFORD - Eight songs into his sellout performance at the Hartford Civic Center Friday night, Billy Joel sang a stirring version of his 1974 radio fave "The ...

HARTFORD - Eight songs into his sellout performance at the Hartford Civic Center Friday night, Billy Joel sang a stirring version of his 1974 radio fave "The Entertainer," complete with words worth pondering all these years later: "I know the game, you'll forget my name/and I won't be here in another year/if I don't stay on the charts."

Man, was he wrong.

Joel's been away from the charts for a long, long time now but he need not worry about anyone forgetting about him. He hasn't even released a new studio album since "River of Dreams," in 1993, he's 56 years old and he's supposedly stopped writing pop songs completely, focusing instead on classical composing.

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Billy Joel Reels Off Hits With Rocker's Energy

Billy Joel Reels Off Hits With Rocker's Energy
Hartford Courant - United States
... But still, even the relatively obscure songs seemed familiar when Joel performed the first of four shows Friday at the Hartford Civic Center. ...

March 11, 2006
By ERIC R. DANTON, Courant Rock Critic

Someday, scientists decoding human DNA are going to find the Billy Joel strand.

You know it's there. It has to be. His songs are so culturally prominent, so catchy and singable, that it doesn't seem at all far-fetched that they would have altered our genetic makeup so that every person in this country knows all the words to at least two of his songs. OK, maybe that's a little far-fetched.

But still, even the relatively obscure songs seemed familiar when Joel performed the first of four shows Friday at the Hartford Civic Center. The lesser-known numbers, such as "Zanzibar" and "Everybody Loves You Now," were naturally crowded out by the hits during his 28-song, 2 ½-hour show, but at least a handful of people in the capacity crowd were standing and swaying or singing along during every single number.

It's no surprise that Joel knows how to pace a show: You start slow and build. Even so, the sheer number of well-known songs he was able to backload into his set list was staggering. "Sometimes a Fantasy" led into "Pressure," which gave way to "Goodnight Saigon" (complete with helicopter sound effects and rotor-mimicking strobe lights). Next it was "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)," then "She's Always a Woman," followed by "Keeping the Faith." There aren't many artists who can reel off hits that way, and even fewer who can perform them with the energy and enthusiasm of a rock 'n' roll convert so many years after they converted.

Joel played piano to start, jabbing rapid-fire at the keys as he and his band opened the show with "Angry Young Man." Later, he switched to electric guitar for a few songs, including "Matter of Trust," a frenetic version of "We Didn't Start the Fire" and what he
described as a "religious song" - a cover of AC/DC's "Highway to Hell," sung by
a roadie named Chainsaw. Really.

His '70s songs worked best live - they've held up better than some of his later material. But he made sure to include a variety of songs from across his career, including a stirring version of the blue-collar sea ballad "Downeaster Alexa" and the slightly acerbic "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me." Joel also displayed a sense of humor, especially about his well-documented difficulty driving cars of late. After thanking fans
early on for paying to see him, he quipped, "I need the money. You wouldn't believe how much I pay for car insurance."

Joel played 25 songs during the regular set, and then returned for a three-song encore: the rocker "Only the Good Die Young," his slice-of-life operetta "Scenes from an Italian
Restaurant" and, of course, "Piano Man."



For a complete set list, go to www.ctnow.com/music.

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Billy Joel Cellphone Camera Videos

I recently caught a link to a site that publishes cell phone videos.

The site is called YouTube. Clicking that link takes you to the pages of billy joel cell phone videos from his recent concerts.

If I were to rate quality in one word, it would be HORRIBLE!

But if you've ever been to a Billy Joel concert, you can get the feeling of being there from these shots. I don't know how legal these videos are, or for how long they will be available is unknown.

Check them out if you get the chance.

$5.9 million new home for Billy Joel

$5.9 million new home for Billy Joel

$5.9 million new home for Billy Joel - People News. people.monstersandcritics.com/article_1093932.php/ $5.9_million_new_home_for_Billy_Joel – Billy Joel has splashed out on a $5.9million home in New York. The sprawling townhouse - in the city's West Village area - features a plush full-floor bedroom suite and a pool. The home, which was sold by sculptor Seward Johnson, is the latest addition to Joel's property empire. The star already owns homes in the Hamptons, TriBeCa, Centre Island and Miami Beach. Last year, it was revealed the singer once drank furniture polish to try to kill himself. In 'Billy Joel: The Life & Times of an Angry Young Man', author Hank Bordowitz quoted the singer as saying: 'I drank furniture polish... It looked tastier than bleach.' Before he drank it, Joel reportedly wrote a suicide note that eventually became the lyrics to 'Tomorrow Is Today'. Bordowitz detailed how Joel's friend, drummer Jon Small, discovered the star - who has had a well documented battle with alcoholism - passed out in his closet and rushed him to hospital. Joel - who was once married to supermodel Christie Brinkley - was moved to a psychiatric ward and put on suicide watch. He later begged his manager to get him out, pleading: 'These people are really crazy.'

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Legendary Piano Man finds inner harmony

Legendary Piano Man finds inner harmony
Centre Daily Times - Centre County,PA,USA
NEW YORK -- Billy Joel's rewritten his own theme song. The piano will still sound like a carnival, but the microphone won't smell like a beer. ...

By Rebecca Louie, The New York Times

NEW YORK -- Billy Joel's rewritten his own theme song. The
piano will still sound like a carnival, but the microphone won't smell like a
beer. New York's beloved balladeer, who spent a month at the Betty Ford Center
for alcohol abuse last year, was bone dry when he kicked off the first of a
record-breaking 11 shows at Madison Square Garden on Monday night.

"I'm just not drinking," said the Piano Man -- who had
struggled with a love of bottles of red and bottles of white. "I don't know if I
will never have a glass of wine again for the rest of my life, but right now I
am not taking any chances.
"There was a time in my life when I was drinking
too much, and so I have stopped," Joel said. "It's an interesting concept. 'Just
don't drink.' Hmm! I never thought of that!"Though he's suffered hard knocks in
the past few years (including three car crashes that he says were booze-free),
the affable Joel isn't too hard on himself. "I was homeless when I was younger
and I was suicidal when I was 21," said Joel, who also spent two weeks in rehab
in 2002. "Anything that has happened after that is like water off a duck's
back."

In fact, he's mixing up strong confessional cocktails with a
twist of wit.

"Now, (people) ask me about sobriety," the 56-year old said,
"and I am like, God! Don't make me the poster boy for AA. I don't really know
about total sobriety -- I know a hell of a lot about drinking!

"Ultimately, I am surprised that people made just a big deal
about it. I mean I'm in rock 'n' roll. Going to rehab for people like me is like
getting your teeth cleaned."

Joel -- who's touring to promote his four-CD retrospective
boxed set "My Lives" -- has cleaned up in ticket sales in New York. He added an
11th Garden performance (and broke Bruce Springsteen's 10-show record) after the
first 10 quickly sold out. He's glad his tour is concentrated in New York and
the Northeast, allowing him to stay close to his 24-year-old wife, Katie Lee,
whom he wed in 2004.

"I don't like to be away from home a lot," said Joel, who owns
an estate on Centre Island, Long Island and a townhouse near Greenwich Village
(he just sold his six-room Tribeca loft for about $4.5 million). "I really get
homesick a lot at this time in my life."Though Katie Lee accompanies him to many
of his shows, Joel prefers his own digs. There, his professional food-wrangling
spouse whips up healthy treats made with what Joel affectionately dubs "hippie
food." Just four years older than Alexa Ray -- Joel's daughter with ex-wife
Christie Brinkley -- Katie Lee debuted this week as a reality-show host on
Bravo's culinary competition "Top Chef."

And, it's possible the couple may have a bun or two in the oven
soon -- Joel says the duo is planning on having more than one child.

"One kid would be lonely, wouldn't it?" he said.

In fact, these days, with his tour schedule at a minimum, Joel
aspires to domestic labors. "I would be as good a father as I was to Alexa,
maybe even better because I'll be home a lot more. I would kind of like to be a
house dad, actually."

He's already got two Long Island-based businesses set up so he
can be near the family. A nautical nut, Joel has a boat-building operation; his
wares sell for roughly half a million dollars apiece. He also has a
motorcycle-design company that revamps new bikes to look like old
classics.

"I ride my own motorcycles," said Joel, who boasts a collection
of 14. Poking fun at his unfortunate auto antics, he added, "People are like,
'God, the guy is bad enough on cars!' Actually, I have a better track record on
bikes than I do with cars."

With more than 100 million records sold, Joel, who also won a
Tony for the now-touring dance-adaptation of his music "Movin' Out," is still
writing material. He's not looking to record any of his work, however, choosing
to keep the compositions for himself.

"I have been a recording artist for a long time, and I have had
my say," he said. "I suppose I had a lot more ambition and a lot more arrogance
when I was younger to think what I had to say was all that important. Now I'm at
a point where I say, I've shot my mouth off enough. What I have to say is not
all that fascinating. It's time to shut up!"

Howard Live Calendar
Baltimore Sun - United States
... grandchildren, from 11:30 to 5 pm March 19. Choreography is by Twyla Tharp; music by Billy Joel. The cost is $87. 410-313-7279. ...

Paramount new season lineup is a mix of new and old, funny and ...

Paramount new season lineup is a mix of new and old, funny and ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... "Movin' Out," a Billy Joel songbook musical that pleased Paramount audiences in 2004, will be back Feb. 13-18. It is not, however ...

Alexa Rae in Philly...

Alexa Ray Joel (Live Music)

Inqlings Bonds flap could enhance performance of TV show
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... It will be part of the forthcoming Philadelphia Film Festival. Billy Joel is not the only Joel playing Philly this month. His daughter ...

Billy Joel notes

Billy Joel is not the only Joel playing Philly this month. His daughter,
Alexa Ray Joel, who sings and plays piano, will be at Old City's Tin Angel on
March 21 - one night after his show at the Wachovia Center.

And you know how when an entertainer takes the stage, there may be someone
pining backstage? Maybe panting a little? In Joel's case Tuesday night, it was
his black pug, Finoula. (Sabrina, his tan pug, was home.)

Joel broke up the joint with this greeting: "Thanks for buying all the
tickets. I need the money [pause] for my car insurance. Oh, those
premiums."

'Movin' will have crowd grooving
Baltimore Sun - United States
... moved into the Hippodrome Theatre this week, and while it's more of a dance/rock concert than a traditional musical, this Twyla Tharp-Billy Joel hybrid sends a ...

Ticket sales

Chicago Cubs Top Both Yankees and Red Sox in TicketsNow February ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... Sox 3 New York Yankees 4 San Antonio Spurs 5 Miami Heat Top February Concert Ticket Sales 1 Tim McGraw 2 Houston Rodeo 3 Michael Buble 4 Billy Joel 5 Coldplay ...

Keep big government out of my home!
Courier - Middletown,NJ,USA
... oppressive, unaffordable government! Singer Billy Joel's hit musical must've been written for New Jersey: "Movin' Out!". One State lawmaker ...

Movin' Out - News

REVIEW: Movin’ Out at Baltimore’s Hippodrome
Broadway World - Monsey,NY,USA
... If you want a family night out, this is definitely not for you – yes, Billy Joel’s songs are still relatively squeaky clean, but their interpretation ...

TROUPE to do best of Broadway
Bryan College Station Eagle - TX, United States
... One of the newest wrinkles is to take songs from one artist, such as Elvis Presley, Abba or Billy Joel, and weave them into a story," Sterling said. ...

The Beat Fischer's Fab Five
Columbus This Week Newspapers - Columbus Area,OH,USA
... Dixon is a worthy member of the lineage of American pianist-singer-songwriters -- from Billy Joel (afficianados will note the musical similarities between All ...

Dream Concert

In the spotlight: Aubrey Kirchoff
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA
... Dream concert: A three-day concert featuring: Billy Joel, BNL, Nora Jones, Dashboard Confessional, Blink 182, GreenDay, New Found Glory, FatBoy Slim, Coheed ...

Shakespeare in gloves - boxing, of course
Independent - London,England,UK
... attempt to come to terms with the breakdown of the "old order" through boxing, clowning and a persistent rock concert-style reprisal of Billy Joel's "We Didn't ...

Movin' Out - News

PPAC plans 9 major productions in 2006-2007
Providence Journal (subscription) - Providence,RI,USA
... PPAC stage Sept. 19-24, followed by the Billy Joel songfest (with choreography by Twyla Tharp) Movin' Out Nov. 28-Dec. 3. The series ...

Not The Retiring Kind
Hartford Courant - United States
... That's strange.". Billy Joel performs Friday, March 23, March 28 and April 22 at the Hartford Civic Center. Tickets for Friday's 8 pm show are $77 and $41.50. ...

Movin’ mixture of ballet and Long Island
Towerlight - Towson,MD,USA
... Consisting entirely of Billy Joel songs, it’s almost a compilation of his greatest hits with a couple more lesser-known songs thrown in, though I’m sure ...

Movin' Out - News

Broadway Across America-Palm Beach, Florida 2006-7 Season
Broadway World - Monsey,NY,USA
... Five-time Grammy winner Billy Joel and legendary director and choreographer Twyla Tharp have joined forces to create the spectacular new musical Time Magazine ...

Richmond Times-Dispatch
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
... Broadway Under the Stars musical roadshow based on the tunes of pop pianist Billy Joel and featuring choreography by the legendary Twyla Tharp opens at 8 pm ...

Bravo's new chef series turns up the heat in Bay Area

Bravo's new chef series turns up the heat in Bay Area
Inside Bay Area - Oakland,CA,USA
... The series is the brainchild of Katie Lee Joel, wife of Billy Joel and lifelong foodie. "I couldn't think of a better place to set this series," Joel says. ...
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The series is the brainchild of Katie Lee Joel, wife of Billy Joel and
lifelong foodie.

"I couldn't think of a better place to set this series," Joel says. "San
Francisco is a beautiful backdrop and it really is the place you think of when
you think of great food."

Kathryn Rem Column
Springfield State Journal Register - Springfield,IL,USA
... Each episode features two tasks: a kitchen chore and a more involved challenge. Katie Lee Joel, wife of singer Billy Joel, is the show’s host. ...

Pair found their Purpose by accident
Toledo Blade - Toledo,OH,USA
... Davis said he was a painfully shy kid who would shut himself in his room and practice singing along with Billy Joel records. He ...

Katie Lee Joel hosts Bravo's new reality show 'Top Chef'

Reliving the night U2 played Barrymore's
Ottawa Citizen - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
... to take the new band because it would give him a chance to work with a prestigious agency that represented big acts such as Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel. ...

FOOD: Katie Lee Joel hosts Bravo's new reality show 'Top Chef'
Huntington Herald Dispatch - Huntington,WV,USA
... "I couldn't wait to just get home and put on some sweats," said Joel, who is married to music icon Billy Joel, "and I don't care if I ever see another make-up ...

UPC, UGB work to entertain, govern
Kansas State Collegian - Manhattan,KS,USA
... In the 1970s, 200 students worked in UPC and brought Bill Cosby, Jerry Lewis, Bob Hope and Billy Joel to campus during those years. ...

Misc. Billy References

Dan Gross Local actor on B'way, film
Philadelphia Daily News - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... Billy Joel's longtime saxophonist, Mark Rivera, caught Monday's Flyers game in a Wachovia Center club box and watched the team's warm-up from its bench. ...

Roohan gets serious about his music... kinda
Yes! Weekly - Greensboro,NC,USA
Mikey Roohan likes Billy Joel. ... It’s his favorite Billy Joel song. And perhaps he’s just recently come to understand the refrain. ...

Rat Pack, Charity cap Kravis season
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
... Movin' Out, the Billy Joel-Twyla Tharp dance musical and a recent hit at the Broward Center, returns next Jan. 9-14 to the Kravis. ...

Real Estate, Katie Lee Joel's Show

From 30 Crosby Street, Prices Rise
New York Observer - New York,NY,USA
... according to Mr. Isaacson, celebrities like Billy Joel and Kate Hudson have come by to take a look—which is probably the exception that proves the rule.). ...

http://www.sfbg.com/40/23/x_superego.html
San Francisco Bay Guardian - San Francisco,CA,USA
... With kids bopping around in their underwear to Billy Joel mash-ups, Peaches ruling dance floors with her new cut "My Dumps," and every hip DJ, no matter what ...

On 'Top Chef,' immunity is a spice
calendarlive.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... Tom Colicchio, the decorated chef and co-owner of New York's Gramercy Tavern, foodie food expert Gail Simmons, and host Kathie Lee Joel (Billy Joel's wife), who ...

Everything Must Go
Minneapolis City Pages - Minneapolis,MN,USA
... visiting Discount Video. Catherine Deneuve came by in her limo one day. Billy Joel stopped in to pick up 10 Three Stooges movies. ...

Critic's TV picks for Wednesday
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis,MO,USA
... another installment this summer. The host is Katie Lee Joel, who had her own cooking show before marrying music legend Billy Joel.

Charm City Stage Door – 03/07/2006 - Movin' Out

Charm City Stage Door – 03/07/2006
Broadway World - Monsey,NY,USA
... Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp’s award-winning smash, Movin’ Out begins performances tonight through March 19 th at the Hippodrome. ...

Seen On News 13 - Movin' Out

Seen On News 13
Central Florida News 13 - Orlando,FL,USA
... Created by Twyla Tharp, the show follows five friends. Their story told through interpretive dance, mostly ballet and the lyrics of nearly 30 Billy Joel songs. ...