In 2025, Billy Joel revealed that he’d been identified with a mind dysfunction known as Regular Strain Hydrocephalus (NPH), and could be canceling all of his upcoming tour dates in consequence. Possibly, then, it’s a great omen for 2026 that on Friday, January 2nd, Joel stunned audiences at Florida’s Wellington Amphitheater by becoming a member of Billy Joel cowl band Turnstiles on stage for a two-song set.
Turnstiles was enjoying as a part of a thirtieth anniversary celebration for the Village of Wellington, which is near the place Joel owns property in Florida. Joel took the stage with the assistance of a cane, the Palm Seaside Publish studies, joking that “I wasn’t planning on working tonight.” He then carried out “We Didn’t Begin the Hearth” and “Large Shot” with the band, whereas his daughters Della and Remy danced on stage.
Regardless of it requiring a step again from performing, Joel mentioned final summer time that his NPH prognosis “sounds loads worse than what I’m feeling,” including that whereas not a lot is thought about his situation, “I’m doing my greatest to work with it and to get well from it.”
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Previous to Friday, Joel’s final dwell efficiency was in February 2025, although he remained within the public eye because of the epic-length HBO documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes, which revealed a bunch of his secrets and techniques.
