Where's My Teeth? : Billy Joel Splits from Wife Katie Lee – Are You Really Surprised?
June 21, 2009 – If there ever was a mismatched pair, physically and intellectually, it was Billy Joel and his young wife Katie Lee. Now comes word of the inevitable, the couple are splitting up.

Their Oprah interview a few years ago was impossible to watch in a “Stepford Wives” creepy kind of way. Billy’s young little prize made Mary Hart’s perkiness seem positively dull. Here was Billy Joel, a music superstar, who had a reputation for telling it like it is, he never suffered fools and he was married to someone more annoying than Celine Dion on a good day. What gives? To make things worse in front of millions of viewers Katie tried to make us believe that she never knew who Billy Joel was or heard any of his songs before they met. Either way she came off like an idiot with that statement. Was she culturally inept? Remember Joel has the 6th biggest selling album of all time, or was Katie just out-right lying and digging for gold and fame. The latter is the theme of most of the internet chat rooms today. It is reported however that the couple had set up a pre-nuptial agreement.

The whole thing has been a mess from the start, Joel is 60 and Katie Lee is only 27. What was a gorgeous young thing like that doing with a guy who looked like a Buick? More

Liberty DeVitto Files Lawsuit Against Billy Joel
May 26, 2009 – In the seventies there were a handful of unknown heroes behind drum kits. I’m not talking the guys who got their props like Keith Moon or John Bonham but unsung heroes who never became household names. Guys like Nigel Olson who helped shape most of Elton John’s biggest hits or the late Jeff Porcaro of Toto who is still regarded as on of the best session drummers of all time.

Liberty DeVitto is another “Behind the Scenes” drummer who, never got his due and it turns out maybe he never got his money either.

DeVitto is suing his old boss, Billy Joel. This was the guy playing drums on every Billy Joel hit from 1975 to 2005. Were talking from “Turnstiles” until “Storm Front” and of course he toured with Joel after the albums stopped.

The drummer claims that Joel hasn’t paid him royalties in years and has filed a lawsuit in Manhattan's state Supreme Court demanding Joel to pay up. DeVitto’s lawyers didn’t specify how much money was owed but that could be determined after an audit of Joel’s sales. More

Billy Joel Itching to Tour Again With Elton John
Oct. 29, 2008 – Billy Joel had this great idea for special shows, ‘Master Classes’ a few years ago. He would talk as much as sing. The concert series which are widely available via bootlegs had Joel answering any question the audience threw at him. He did his first Master Class show in years last night at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square. At the charity event he talked about the differences between Beethoven and Mozart, did impressions of Robert Plant, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and even Chris Rock. He also said that he and Elton John would soon tour again. The duos famous ‘Face to Face” tours were hugely successful. Imagine both on one stage plus the pair performing each others songs. We saw them in Vancouver years ago – amazing.

Billy Joel confirms rumours he'll tour with Elton John again. Though the pair has not toured together since 2002, Joel says the live spectacle will come back in 2009. No specific dates have been released. – by John Beaudin

Billy Joel Working with Marc Anthony?
June 3, 2008 - My first thought was, "What the hell is Billy Joel Thinking?” Word comes out today that fabulous Piano Man is working on some tunes with, of all people, Marc Anthony. Isn't he the guy the looks like he's been dead for 3 days? No, seriously he looks like he hasn’t eaten a good meal in months. He may look gaunt but he's sure been a busy bee - the Spanish singer is actually working on 3 albums to be released simultaneously at the end of the year. The projects are a new tropical album, a Spanish ballad album and an English-language pop album, that's the one with Joel. It will also feature Babyface. Maybe Anthony will get opportunities to eat on his “Together” tour starting on July 26 in Los Angeles. - By John Beaudin

Don't Hold Your Breath for a New Billy Joel Pop Record
May 2, 2007 - Billy Joel says "All My Life" his first single in 14 years was just meant as a gift to his third wife, culinary journalist Katie Lee Joel. The American Songbook-flavoured tune has sparked rumours of a full-fledged comeback for the piano man, "I'm not ruling out the possibility of writing songs again," Joel explained to Billboard magazine. "I suppose if I had the motivation to write a song, I'm not gonna stop myself from doing it. I just haven't felt the compulsion to write songs in pop form. I guess these days I just think of myself as a composer." Joel who had 33 Top 40 hits and released his last album "River of Dreams" in 1993 will wrap up his current tour next week (May 9th) in St. Paul, Minn. "Look," Joe says, "I still love rock'n'roll. I still love pop music. I haven't divorced myself from the material I wrote before. That's why I'm out here on the road playing this stuff. I still believe in it." - Kari Graham

Grammy Hall of Fame Honors Billy Joel. Beatles, Joni Mitchell
January 16, 2004 - The Grammys plan to honor some very well known names this year for their Hall of Fame. The Beatles, The Everly Brothers(left), Joni Mitchell and Billy Joel are just a few names mentioned for qualitative or historical significance in music history. Thirty three songs will be inducted into the Hall of Fame this year including "Let It Be" by The Beatles, "All I Have To Do Is Dream" by the Everly Brothers, "The Sounds of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel, "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon, "Just The Way You Are" by Billy Joel and "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen. The albums to be honored include Joni Mitchell's "Court and Spark," Led Zeppelin's self-titled album and "Saturday Night Fever" featuring the Bee Gees. The album or songs in question must be at least twenty five years old to be in the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Billy Joel Wins a Tony Award
June 10, 2003 - He's not usually associated with Broadway but he won a Tony Award on Sunday. Billy Joel along with Stuart Malina won a Tony for their orchestrations for "Movin' Out." The shows choreographer Twyla Tharp also won a trophy. The Musical "Moving Out" is based on different songs from Joel's career. Big hair was also big on Broadway, the musical "Hairspray" based on the John Walters film won eight Tony's. Take Me Out,'' Richard Greenberg's drama about a gay baseball player received the best play honor and Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey into Night" was named best revival. Two well known names in film won the top acting honors, Brian Dennehy and Vanessa Redgrave.

Billy Joel "I'm an Alcohol Abuser"
May 26, 2003 - According to Piano Man Billy Joel trouble via the bottle comes in two forms alcoholics, and then there are "alcohol abusers." He says he's the latter and told N-B-C's "Dateline" if the demons get him, he'll go on a bender. Joel knew he had a major problem when he crashed his car into a tree in New York last year so he checked himself into rehab a few days later. He calls his behavior before rehab stupid and is happy to be healthy again.