Billy Joel to perform at Grammy Awards for first time in 22 years
nme.comBilly Joel has announced that he will be performing at the Grammy Awards, marking his first time playing the ceremony in 22 years.The ‘Piano Man’ singer will be joining the likes of Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo, Travis Scott, Burna Boy, and Luke Combs as 2024 Grammy performers.
This year’s ceremony is due to take place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, February 4. It will mark Joel’s return to the ceremony’s stage since 2002 when he performed with the late Tony Bennett.Joel’s performance will occur three days after the release of ‘Turn The Lights Back On’, his first solo song since 2007 and second since 1993.
The track set for release on February 1 via Columbia. It will be available on all streaming platforms as well as a limited-edition 7” vinyl.
You can pre-save/pre-order it here.A post shared by Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@recordingacademy)Joel began teasing new music, which would be his first new material in 17 years, last month; the singer launched an official TikTok account to share footage of him talking about new music on stage.In the TikTok, he said: “I have good news, I have bad news, I’ll give you the bad news first.
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