NEED TO KNOW
- Billy Joel’s motorbike store twentieth Century Cycles will shut in September after the lease expires
- Joel — who opened the store in 2010 — will public sale off his private bikes, which had been beforehand housed within the store, later this 12 months
- The “Vienna” singer revealed his regular stress hydrocephalus (NPH) analysis in Might
Billy Joel is bidding farewell to his motorbike store on Lengthy Island, New York.
In late September, twentieth Century Cycles in Oyster Bay might be closing because the “Piano Man” singer, 76, has chosen to not renew his lease on the property, his rep confirms to ipromiseyoumedia. Joel, who up till just lately housed lots of his private bikes within the store, “might be auctioning the bike assortment later this 12 months as a consequence of Billy’s medical problem,” rep Claire Mercuri says.
Joel revealed his analysis of regular stress hydrocephalus (NPH) in Might. On the time, the assertion famous that the musician’s well being situation was made worse by latest live performance performances, resulting in issues with listening to, imaginative and prescient and stability.
Joel, who grew up in close by Hicksville, opened the store in November 2010. In a Q&A shared to his web site, the singer mentioned he hoped to attract in motorbike aficionados.
“I hoped this might turn into type of a spotlight level for individuals aimlessly using round on the weekends,” he mentioned on the time. “We may match 5 bikes in a single automotive spot. We may match quite a lot of bikes there. It’s not what everyone’s nervous about — the lifestyle-biker-bad-guy… quite a lot of prosperous individuals personal bikes and the demographic is in every single place.”
In a video filmed on the store in 2013, the “Vienna” singer additionally mentioned he opened the shop to showcase his assortment — which he constructed for 30-something years — for the general public at no cost.
“It’s principally selling an aesthetic right here,” he mentioned in a 2013 YouTube video filmed on the store. “I like older type. I just like the automotive type from the ’30s to the ’60s. I needed to gather an entire bunch of these sorts of bikes, put them in a single place and let individuals see what that period of motorcycle appeared like. As a result of it’s beginning to be a misplaced aesthetic.”
In July, the “We Did not Begin the Hearth” singer — who just lately launched his two-part documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes — opened as much as ipromiseyoumedia about his well being.
“I do know lots of people are nervous about me and my well being, however I’m okay,” he mentioned. “What I’ve is one thing only a few individuals learn about, together with me, irrespective of how a lot you attempt to analysis it. I’m doing my greatest to work with it and to get better from it.”