Billy Joel and Elton John team up again
Billy Joel and Elton John kick off the New Year with more co-headlining shows.
Billy Joel and Elton John kick off the New Year with more co-headlining shows.
The duo is set to resume its ongoing Face to Face tour in late February. Only a handful of dates have been scheduled, and John--who is currently on a European headlining tour of his own--is set to precede the jaunt with a Jan. 18 solo date at Centennial Garden Arena in Bakersfield, Calif.
Joel and John’s most-recent round of co-headlining performances took place in September and October, when the pair played several make-up dates that were originally scheduled for earlier this year; the 10 March and April dates were scrapped so that Joel could tend to some personal issues, which included a stint in rehab.
The piano men’s latest Face to Face tour kicked off in January of this year, and marks the pair’s fifth such outing since 1994. The two limited the 2002 tour to the East Coast, opting to perform numerous consecutive shows in only a handful of cities, including a six-night run in Philadelphia.
John continues to support his 2001 album, “Songs from the West Coast,” which spawned the hit singles “I Want Love” and “This Train Don’t Stop Here Anymore.”
Joel has not released a new pop album since 1993’s “River of Dreams.” Instead, the native New Yorker has focused on classical composing, and last year released “Fantasies & Delusions: Music for Solo Piano.” The album features pianist Richard Joo performing 10 original piano compositions that Joel penned.
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