There are singers that no matter how many years go by, voices do not go out of style and that would be the case of Billy Joel, a musician so important in the industry that it is necessary to share whenever possible, and it has been recently reported that he would be back with new music and it would be in pop and the truth is that we are very excited.
Billy Joel is back in music after a decade of absence and it will be pop.
Billy Joel is a reference in music, so knowing that he wants to continue in the music business has thrilled all his fans who have already shared their excitement through social networks.
After a 17-year recording hiatus, Billy Joel will return on February 1 with the release of “Turn The Lights Back On”. The song is a “classic Billy Joel-style track that embodies the hallmarks of his signature sound and marks the beginning of the next chapter in his story,” according to a press release. “Have I waited too long…to turn the lights back on?” he asks in the lyrics.
“I’ve got good news. I’ve got bad news. I’ll give you the bad news first. We don’t have anything new to play for you. The good news is you don’t have to sit and listen to something you have no idea what it is,” reports Billboard
“Although we do have something we’ve been working on that you might hear at some point.”
Billy Joel has stopped writing songs, but continues to do live performances. His Madison Square Garden performance will wrap up on July 25. This year he is also expected to share the stage with Stevie Nicks and Sting, two other elite artists.
“I couldn’t be as good as I wanted to be. I was always trying to feel like there was a real progression in my work, and in the end I realized I was only going to be X good. So I knew I was going to beat myself up for not being better. So I stopped. And that’s it.”
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