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If You Can Get 20/24 Of These Lyrics Right, You’re A True Music Fan

Do you really know your favorite songs by heart? ❤️It’s easy to sing along when the music is playing, but what happens when a few key words disappear? In this quiz, you’ll get famous lyrics with blanks to fill in, and it’s up to you to remember what comes next.…

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Traina Thoughts Mailbag: Questions Surround Tony Romo After Being Placed on Leave

CBS announced that J.J. Watt will replace the former Cowboys quarterback in the booth after his drunk-driving arrest.

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Billy Joel’s ex-wife says Chevy Chase ‘wasn’t so nice’ to her at ‘star-studded’ party

Awkward encounter took place at an ‘old-school keg party’ she hosted together with the ‘Vienna’ singer

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“My secretary came into the house and said, ‘Wow, you look like you're under a lot of pressure. I bet you that'd be a good idea for a song.’ And I went, ‘Thank you!’”: The accidental genesis of Billy Joel’s quirkiest single

How a throwaway comment relieved Billy Joel’s writer’s block and yielded one of his most iconic hits of the 80s. We put ourselves under pressure!

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The hit song Billy Joel didn’t want to include on The Stranger

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The Independent UK

Billy Joel reveals hit song was nearly axed from album before Grammy winner stepped in

‘Piano Man’ singer revealed he hadn’t wanted to include the track as it was ‘too mushy’

The Independent UK

“I didn’t even want to put it on the album because I thought it was too mushy. Linda Ronstadt goes, ‘Are you out of your mind? That’s a hit record!’”: Billy Joel on the classic ballad that Paul McCartney wishes he’d written

Plus: the song Joel wrote in memory of John Lennon

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Billy Joel says he quit pop songwriting to avoid 'going insane' after hitting his creative limit

Billy Joel has revealed he walked away from making pop albums because he feared chasing past perfection would “drive [him] crazy.”

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Billy Joel: 'I stopped songwriting to avoid diluting my legacy'

Billy Joel penned the tune River of Dreams in 1993, but then hung up his songwriting cap.

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"I thought, What is this? I don't understand what I'm hearing, but wow!" Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor on the "life-changing" record which blew his teenage mind, and why soft rock legends Barry Manilow and Billy Joel may have influenced his songwriting

Trent Reznor testifies to the mind-expanding wonders of his teenage record collection

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Taylor Swift $1 Billion Residency Rumours: Insider Reveals 'The Real Prize' Behind Travis Kelce Wedding Venue Visit

Taylor Swift is reportedly negotiating a $1 billion concert residency split between Madison Square Garden and the Sphere in Las Vegas, potentially setting a new benchmark in the music industry.

International Business Times UK

Could Taylor Swift's Wedding Venue Become a $1B Concert Residency? Why MSG Is the Favourite

Speculation about a Taylor Swift residency at Madison Square Garden or the Las Vegas Sphere has raised questions regarding ticket demand, fan travel, and the future of live music.

International Business Times UK

OPINION - Why I’m not surprised Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got married at Madison Square Garden

If you’ve ever been to a New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden there’s one piece of small talk you’ll be practically guaranteed to hear: ‘You know the ice rink is right underneath.’ Conversely, if you’re there watching a bruised twenty-something-year-old New York Rangers player be taken off the…

Evening Standard

Google Home Speaker review: modest upgrades, but Gemini is the star

Aside from its design, the Google Home Speaker isn't a huge upgrade over the Nest Audio, and you can get all the same Gemini features on both devices.

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Alicia Keys pays heartfelt tribute to Clive Davis: ‘He changed my life forever’

The Girl On Fire singer, 45, praised Davis for believing in her from the ‘very beginning’ after signing her to his record label when she was 18 years.

The Independent UK

10 songs to memorialize Clive Davis, the larger-than-life music executive

No music executive has ever been so powerful as to become synonymous with the whole of the music industry itself

Evening Standard

Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith pay tribute to Clive Davis

The media executive, and former president of Columbia Records, launched a number of artists’ careers, including Whitney Houston’s.

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Pat McAfee Draws Great Scoop Out of Adam Silver

The NBA commissioner says the league will use AI to help refs with challenges.

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"Billy Joel has not authorized or supported this project in any capacity, and any attempt to move forward without it would be both legally and professionally misguided." Billy Joel is not endorsing proposed biopic Billy & Me

Billy & Me isn't getting an support from Billy

The Independent UK

‘Misguided’: Billy Joel slams upcoming unauthorised biopic

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Billy Joel does not want anything to do with the upcoming movie about him

‘Billy & Me’ will follow the inception of Joel’s career through the eyes of his former manager, Irwin Mazur

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Billy Joel slams 'misguided' biopic plans

Billy Joel has slammed plans to bring his life to the big screen in a new biopic called Billy and Me - branding the project "misguided" and insisting the filmmakers will not be allowed to use any of his music.

The Guardian - AU

Billy Joel condemns upcoming biopic about his early life as ‘legally and professionally misguided’

Singer-songwriter has ‘not authorised or supported’ Billy & Me, which will be based on the story of his first manager Irwin Mazur

Digital Camera World

The Rolling Clones? I’m critical of genAI, but ‘deepfaked’ music video of Jagger and co hits differently

I’m no fan of genAI, but when it’s used to de-age a living artist in an otherwise human video production, I find it less egregious. Do you agree or do I simply have too much sympathy for the devil?

Evening Standard

Billy Joel offers tribute to Vienna during Eurovision final

The Austrian city is the title of one of his most famous songs.

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