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Billy Joel says his daughter, Alexa Ray Joel is "going to be fine" after suffering a drug overdose.

On Tuesday this week, The Piano Man was a different experience. I brought my mom.

"Over a hundred years of show biz experience on one stage." This is the way a friend of mine decided to crack wise about my purchase of tickets to see Billy Joel and Elton John.

NAAS businessman John Forde has transmuted into the piano man - for one night at least.

Share + Nov 8, 2009 11:24 pm US/Central Reporting Angela Davis STILLWATER, Minn.

Growing up, Saturday mornings were for playing music and doing chores. The former made the latter bearable.

This week, the glitterati were drinking it all off . Disgraced former governor Eliot Spitzer stopped in for a drink at The Four Seasons Hotel bar, while chef Todd English, a recent runaway groom, took to the bottle at the recently opened Gansevoort 69 .

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honors music's most treasured acts, but this time it was the hall's turn to be feted, as Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder and more celebrated the hall's 25th birthday with a concert that included all-star collaborations, spellbinding guitars, plenty of high notes - and even tears.

The "Glee" playlist is getting bigger and bigger. A recent Billboard article reveals that Billy "The Piano Man" Joel, who's a fan of the show, has encouraged the creators to use songs from his catalog.

Monday, October 5, 2009 08:35 AM The Piano Man Douglas Bell I acknowledge that the following is piling on of the worst sort.

Every year since 1976, Project Censored has spotlighted the 25 most significant news stories that were largely ignored or misrepresented by the mainstream press.

The concept of "fair trade" for music has been bandied about in Portland for a couple years, but the movement is now starting discussions with clubs in hopes of setting a fair wage for all performing musicians, whether they be union or non-union workers.

Caption: Billy Joel and girlfriend Deborah Dampiere Opening Night of the Metropolitan Opera at the Lincoln Center Opera House - Arrivals New York City, USA .... JOEL PLANS AUTOBIOGRAPHY BILLY JOEL is to lay bare his biggest secrets in a new tell-all book - he is writing his autobiography.

For such an affable guy, Charlie Salas-Humara sure gets off on alienating people.

Another touch of yesteryear will fade away tonight as Antonio Castillo de la Gala plays his swan song at The Hotel Bel-Air's Champagne Bar , where the 63-year old has tickled the ivories for five nights a week for over twelve years.

Frankenmuth senior Justin Bannister performs on the piano Sept. 20 at CoCo Joe's Beach House, 4855 E. Blue Grass Road.

The Pride of Douglas Eagle Band is celebrating its 30th year of entertainment in style.

Caption: Billy Joel and girlfriend Deborah Dampiere Opening Night of the Metropolitan Opera at the Lincoln Center Opera House - Arrivals New York City, USA .... Singer BILLY JOEL proved he's put his marriage heartbreak behind him after stepping out with a new girlfriend in New York on Monday .

His fans call classical virtuoso Murray Perahia "the poet of the piano," but he very nearly became a silent one.

Cameron Dennis boarded a plane earlier this week to fly to Chicago to begin his university studies in piano and engineering at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., just outside of Chicago.