Longtime Billy Joel Drummer Liberty DeVitto Talks Mending Fences With the Piano Man

You only turn 94 once, so Tony Bennett's famous friends celebrated in style on Monday (Aug. 3), with sketches, songs and tributes from Bono, Stevie Wonder, Queen Latifah, Billy Joel and more. Bono's abstract sketch of the ageless pop wonder came complete with the promise that "the best is yet to come" and a signature that incorporated a raised glass of bubbly.

Billie Eilish’s future is bright. And her latest single “My Future” is heading for a lofty debut in the U.K.

Jeff Vasishta Though there are small, increasing signs of the good life — a handful of blue-chip Manhattan galleries have opened outposts to show and sell work to quarantined collectors — the coronavirus pandemic has clearly changed the Hamptons’ summer social scene.Nonetheless, the prestigious neighborhood remains a historic and well-known summertime playground for the world’s globetrotting rich and famous.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorEros International and STX Corp. have formally closed their merger and said the combined firm plans a listing on the New York Stock Exchange in September.The combined entity, which blends the film and TV operations of large-scale indie STX with the production and streaming assets of India-based Eros, will trade under the symbol ESXI.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerIn yet another sign that political activism has become a permanent part of the sports landscape, the New York Liberty and Seattle Storm of the WNBA walked off the court Saturday during the league’s opening game national anthem.Both teams then held a 26-second moment of silence for Breonna Taylor, the Louisville, KY woman who was killed at her home by police during a botched drug raid.

straight to your inboxDavid Silva has hailed “incredible” Pep Guardiola’s work ethic as he enters the final phase of his Manchester City career.The Blues midfielder is expected to play his final Premier League game against Norwich on Sunday, bringing an end to ten years in which he has gathered 11 club trophies.And six of those pieces of silverware have come in his four seasons under Guardiola, who he credits with establishing City as a dominant force in the English game.Silva also won league

Along with sourdough starter and “Tiger King”, another thing that’s become popularized in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic has been at-home haircuts.

Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz has revealed what happened when the band finally split in 1991.Speaking in his new biopic Remain In Love, the sticksman documented the band’s final meeting and said frontman David Byrne was so exasperated that the other members kept their cool when he announced their split, that he yelled: “You should be calling me an asshole.”It’s believed that Byrne had been telling the other members for years that he wanted the band to break up, but they ignored him for

Billy Joel gave an impromptu show in Long Island, New York. The 71-year-old entertainer, commonly known as the «Piano Man,» was filmed playing a discarded piano that was left on a sidewalk.

(CNN)You may be right, Billy Joel, it may be crazy to have tossed out that piano.Video of the superstar musician playing a discarded piano on a sidewalk on Long Island, New York, has been making the rounds.A rep for Joel confirmed to CNN it indeed is the Piano Manin the video, but did not offer comment.The 71-year-old performer was captured on what appears to be a cell phone camera, playing a Ragtime-type tune onthe piano out near the street.He's seen wearing a motorcycle helmet and, according

Normally, people have to pay hundreds of dollars to see Billy Joel play in New York City. However, residents of Huntington, Long Island, were treated to a performance by the living legend for free last month.

Newsday reports.Cellphone video sneakily taken of Joel shows the 71-year-old, five-time Grammy winner casually performing a complicated song — identified by fans as Shelton Brooks’ 1917 ragtime roll “Darktown Strutters’ Ball” — in a helmet with a backpack last month.“Not bad!” the music titan and writer of “Uptown Girl” exclaimed in the viral clip posted June 26 on YouTube. “The action is good.

Billy Joel is proving why he’s known as the Piano Man.

Piano men gotta piano, right? In a world gone mad, there are a few things you can count on, and Billy Joel tickling the ivories is definitely one of them. In a viral video shot last month, Joel, 71, is seen stopping to play a tune on a sidewalk keyboard in Huntington, Long Island, zipping of an impromptu version of Shelton Brooks' 1917 ragtime roll "Darktown Strutters' Ball."