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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