Billy Joel cancels all concerts after brain disorder diagnosis

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· Posted: May 23, 2025 1:45 PM EDT | Last Updated: May 23

U.S. singer-songwriter and pianist Billy Joel said Friday helium is cancelling each his scheduled concerts — including a halt successful Toronto — aft helium was precocious diagnosed with mean unit hydrocephalus, a encephalon disorder.

The 76-year-old vocalist is undergoing carnal therapy and has been advised to refrain from performing portion helium recovers, according to a connection connected societal media.

"I'm sincerely atrocious to disappoint our audience and convey you for understanding," Joel said.

Joel's information was exacerbated by caller performance performances, starring to problems with hearing, imaginativeness and balance, according to the statement.

The condition, which is much apt successful radical implicit the property of 65, occurs erstwhile fluid builds up wrong the skull and presses connected the brain, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Symptoms, specified arsenic shuffling feet with abbreviated steps arsenic good arsenic representation challenges, lucifer those of dementia and tin sometimes beryllium reversible wrong surgery. 

The tour, which had 17 stops successful the United States, Canada and England, had been owed to commencement successful February, but it was initially rescheduled to July owed to an undisclosed aesculapian condition.

Joel, known for hits similar Piano Man and Uptown Girl, ended his record-breaking monthly Madison Square Garden residency — which had begun successful 2014 — past year.