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When Freddy Wexler was a kid growing up in New York City in the Nineties, there was no artist he loved more than Billy Joel. The 37-year-old singer-producer — who has has written songs for everyone from Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande to Kanye West and Celine Dion — used to sit in his bedroom, put on The Stranger, Turnstiles, or River of Dreams, and dream. “I would imagine it was me performing,” Wexler tells Rolling Stone via Zoom from his house in L.A. “I wanted to be Billy Joel.” But despite all his songwriting…

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Billy Joel sent shockwaves through his fan community earlier this month by announcing plans to release a new single, “Turn the Lights Back On,” on Feb. 1. He hasn’t put out new material of any sort since 2007’s “Christmas in Fallujah,” and River of Dreams was his last album of original pop songs way back in 1993. Joel is performing on Feb. 4 at the Grammys, where he’s likely to debut the song live, but there’s still much we don’t know. What inspired him to release a new song after all this time? How did he team up…

The musician, who will release his first pop single in almost 20 years just days before, last performed at the award show alongside Tony Bennett in 2002 For the first time in 22 years, Billy Joel will be taking the stage at the Grammy Awards. The musician has been added to the growing lineup of performers for the 66th Grammy Awards, which will take place on Feb. 4 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Joel will release “Turn The Lights Back On” three days before the ceremony, his first official…

Billy Joel is set to return with his first new solo single since 2007 – and only his second since 1993.Turn the Lights Back On will be released on 1 February, appearing on streaming services and as a 7-in vinyl record. It is co-written by Joel and its producer Freddy Wexler, a mainstream pop figure with credits on tracks by artists such as Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez. Two other co-writers include British pop mainstay Wayne Hector, the man behind numerous No 1 singles for Westlife, JLS and more.Joel had…

Even before The Last of Us became one of HBO’s biggest hits in recent memory, fans of the source material all wondered the same thing: would a potential second season follow the plot of the game? It seems like an obvious question with an obvious answer... unless you know the story’s spoiler-y, inciting event. Once you do, things get much less clear—and the show’s star claims it’s still unclear.Thanks, Last of Us. Thanks a Lot. | The Last of Us Episode 7 ReviewPedro Pascal, who plays Joel on The Last of Us, is currently at…

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Billy Joel had a special guest on deck last night at Madison Square Garden. Midway through the piano man’s performance, he called Elvis Costello onstage to perform Costello’s 1978 tune “Pump It Up” along with his own song “Allentown.” Costello sang the lively “Pump It Up” while Joel played piano, and the pair joined vocals to duet on “Allentown,” off Joel’s 1982 album The Nylon Curtain. Definitely had not bingo-carded Billy Joel bringing Elvis Costello onstage at MSG tonight to sing Pump It Up while Billy…