Billy Joel: The Latest

Billy Joel: The Latest

12 Gardens Live - In Stores and Online June 13th! Pre-order Billy Joel's incredible 12 Gardens Live right now at SonyMusicStore.com and get a free bonus gift with your order! This extraordinary double-CD release from Billy Joel was recorded live at Madison Square Garden during his recent record-breaking TWELVE sold-out shows in New York City and features amazing live versions of greatest hits and fan favorites! Billy Joel Live in London Trip Giveaway ATTENTION NEWSDAY SUBSCRIBERS - Win a trip for 2 to see Billy Joel "Live in London" in celebration of the CD release of Billy Joel "12 Gardens - Live". Plus, 5 additional qualifiers will win an entire Billy Joel CD catalog, including "12 Gardens - Live." Limit of one entry per person, per household, and per e-mail account. Cd in stores and online Tuesday, June 13. Enter now! Billy Joel Videos Now Available on iTunes Visit the iTunes Music Store now to download all your favorite Billy Joel videos including Piano Man (live), Uptown Girl, Honesty and many more! FIRST DATES ANNOUNCED FOR BILLY JOEL SOLO TOUR Pop music icon Billy Joel will launch his first solo major concert tour in nearly seven years beginning with concerts in Florida in January 2006. A handful of additional dates have also been announced, with tickets going on sale as early as this month (itinerary follows). A full Billy Joel national tour itinerary is TBA. The new Billy Joel tour dates... Read full press release here... MY LIVES, THE ULTIMATE CAREER-SPANNING BILLY JOEL COLLECTION MY LIVES BOXSET In Stores Now! Get 10% off your entire order when you purchase Billy Joel's My Lives (boxset) and use the coupon code "MYLIVES" at checkout! Order online now! Billy Joel fans have been waiting for the ultimate collection. The wait is now over! For the first time ever, experience the complete career of Billy Joel through this behind-the-scenes journey, from the 60's through to his Classical work, as he reveals some of his most intimate musical moments in this unprecedented box set. 4 CDs, over 5 hours of PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED tracks including demos,live versions, alternate takes, covers and much, much more.Also included is a completely unreleased DVD, live from Frankfurt: "A Voyage On The River of Dreams - Live From The River of Dreams Tour" featuring Billy Joel performing his biggest hits of all time. The deluxe booklet features in-depth liner notes from Anthony DeCurtis, track-by-track annotations of the unreleased material and photos and memorabilia from Billy's own archives. Every track was chosen by Billy...from his early days with the Hassels, his metal moments with Attila and so much more. This is the ULTIMATE must-have for any Billy Joel fan. Read full press release here... BILLY JOEL LAUNCHES MUSIC EDUCATION INITIATIVE The Billy Joel Endowment Fund To Provide Seed Money, Scholarships & Endowments To A Variety Of East Coast Colleges, Universities & Music Schools As part of his long-term commitment to music education, Billy Joel has recently launched an ongoing initiative to provide gifts of seed money, musical scholarships, and endowments to a variety of East Coast colleges, universities, and music schools. Awards, scholarships and endowments granted by the Billy Joel Endowment Fund will be announced at the discretion of the individual institutions. Read full press release here... Goodnight My Angel: A Lullabye Billy Joel has signed a major publishing contract with Scholastic to create two books for children. The first book, Goodnight My Angel: A Lullabye is a picture book based on Joel's hit song written for his daughter, and will hit stores in mid September. Joel's second book will be based on his classic song "New York State of Mind" and is tentatively scheduled for release in fall 2005. A track on Joel's highly acclaimed "River of Dreams" album which was released in 1993, "Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel)" was hailed by Billboard as "…a humanistic hymn of the highest order; a natural stroke of inspirational songwriting." The review goes on to say, "two million plays from now it will still create a universal hush, first note to last." Billy Joel wrote "Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel)" for his daughter Alexa when she was seven and he was in the process of a divorce. Goodnight My Angel: A Lullabye is a heartwarming lovesong from parent to child. Billy Joel's words will assure readers young and old that the love between a parent and child lasts forever. Classic paintings by acclaimed artist Yvonne Gilbert illustrate the relationship between a father and daughter and the profound ways that small moments - like tucking a child into bed - affirm parents' devotion to their children. Billy Joel invited 12 children with cancer from the Long Island Cancer Alliance to spend an afternoon cruising around Long Island Sound aboard Billy's boat, the Redhead. (source: NY Daily News) Billy Joel Wins a Tony! Billy Joel and Stuart Malina won the Best Orchestrations trophy for Movin' Out at the 57th Annual Tony Awards. Billy Joel opened the awards show by playing "New York State of Mind" in Times Square. What the press is saying about "Movin' Out": "Billy Joel's music shines" - NY Post "Classic rock on Broadway never sounded so good" - Time Magazine ". ..may surprise even Joel's most ardent fans" -- USA Today "It's Billy Joel's music that shines as the brightest star of "Movin' Out...like watching a favorite book turned into a movie." - New York Post Movin' Out Movin' Out is a new musical conceived, choreographed, and directed by Twyla Tharp. It is based on the songs and music of Billy Joel. Find out more about Movin' Out. The Movin' Out Original Cast Recording is in stores now! Time Magazine reviews "Fantasies & Delusions" "Billy Joel's latest CD collection is a collection of 10 pretty solo-piano miniatures with such earnest titles as "Invention in C Minor" and "Fantasy (Film Noir)" ..these pieces are modest in scale, as well as unabashedly romantic, and pianist Richard Joo plays them as if they were spun gold.." 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