Billy Joel lowers, at least temporarily, the stages. A brain problem to cancel the rest of the dates of his tour, which took him in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, as he has announced himself in a statement in his social networks. As he explained, he suffers a ailment called hydrocephalus with normal pressure.
“This condition has been aggravated by recent concert performances, which has caused hearing, vision and balance problems,”. “Following your doctor’s instructions, Billy is undergoing specific physiotherapy and has been advised to refrain from acting during this recovery period.” In addition, the statement affirms that the singer is “grateful for the excellent care she is receiving, and is prioritizing her health.” “He appreciates the support of the fans during this time and desired that the day of getting on the stage arrives again,” says the note, with a single phrase of the singer: “I sincerely feel disappointed our audience, thanks for understanding.”
Joel had scheduled concerts not only during all 2025, until July 2026. In total there were 19 showswhere he played with some of his usual ones: Rod Steward, Sting and Stevie Nicks, according to the place. This summer played at the Yankees stadium in New York, and had scheduled dates until November, in Detroit. It stopped at Christmas and winter and returned in March to Toronto, Canada, to continue for New York and Utah, a couple of appointments in Edinburgh and Liverpool and end in July in Charlotte, North Carolina. The statement also explains that those who have tickets for concerts will automatically receive the return of money, without having to do anything.
A good part of those appointments were precisely rescheduled because of an previous cancellation of Joel. In January he had to undergo an operation, of which he barely told anything. In addition, on February 22, while sanging his subject It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me In the Mohegan Sun in Montville, Connecticut, appliances. The musician managed to get up and sang one more song, You May Be Rightits usual closure, and then say goodbye.
But in March the Bronx musician announced that he decided to postpone the eight concerts he had pending, although he planned to return to the stage in July. Then, after that incident, he spoke of a “medical problem”, without more development, which forced him to “go through physiotherapy and medical supervision.” “My health must be the first,” he explained.
Hydrocephalus with normal pressure or normotensive hydrocephalus is a rare disease by which an excess cerebro -spinal fluid is concentrated in ventricular cavities, according to the hospital. If the flow of the liquid is blocked in the brain or in the spinal cord, the ventricles can swell and cause pressure in the brain, which can affect nearby tissues and generate problems thinking, walking and speaking. Depending on the moment in which it is diagnosed, it can be treated and relieved or becoming irreversible. It is unknown to what degree of the disease is the singer.
With a long career that extends since the seventies, Billy Joel is an institution in the United States, which is still full of energy and congregating the masses; In fact, last year he gave more than 100 concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York, in a residence attended by more than two million people and raised 260 million dollars, according to data from data from The New York Times. In addition, in February last year he even launched a new song.
His most famous themes are – with his Spanish version, The piano man— y Uptown Girlbut it is also known for New York State of Mind, Big Shot, She’s Always a Woman, Vienna, We Didn’t Start the Fire o Just the Way You Are. Married four times and with three daughters, his personal life has also interested greatly in his country. His career is so charismatic that he will be subject to a directed by Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin and can be seen in HBO. Before, it will be released at the Tribeca Festival on June 4, as a great opening of the New York movie appointment.
