{"id":116861,"date":"2024-01-24T21:02:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T21:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/01\/24\/billy-joel-to-perform-at-the-grammy-awards\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T21:02:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T21:02:14","slug":"billy-joel-to-perform-at-the-grammy-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/01\/24\/billy-joel-to-perform-at-the-grammy-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Joel to perform at the Grammy Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/01\/Getty_BillyJoelGrammys_012424.jpg\" alt=\"\"><figcaption>Jeffrey Mayer\/WireImage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He&#8217;s not currently nominated for a Grammy, but\u00a0<strong>Billy Joel<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C2fuF-IyWkW\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">will take the stage<\/a>\u00a0at this year&#8217;s Grammy Awards, set for February 4 in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, The Piano Man has won five Grammys, including Album of the Year for<em>\u00a052nd Street,<\/em>\u00a0and Record and Song of the Year for &#8220;Just the Way You Are.&#8221; He also received a Grammy Legend Award. So far, he&#8217;s the only announced performer who isn&#8217;t a current nominee: The other performers include\u00a0<strong>Dua Lipa<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0Billie Eilish<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Olivia Rodrigo<\/strong>, as well as\u00a0<strong>Luke Combs<\/strong>, Afrobeats star<strong>\u00a0Burna Boy<\/strong>\u00a0and rapper\u00a0<strong>Travis Scott<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>News of Billy&#8217;s appearance on the telecast comes just a few days after the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billyjoel.com\/news\/billy-joel-unveils-first-new-single-in-decades-turn-the-lights-back-on-february-1-2024\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">release<\/a>\u00a0of his first pop single since 2007, &#8220;Turn the Lights Back On.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Billboard<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/awards\/billy-joel-perform-2024-grammy-awards-1235588784\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">suggests<\/a>\u00a0that the Grammy folks may want to create some kind of &#8220;Grammy moment&#8221; with Billy and Olivia, because she mentioned him in the lyrics of her song &#8220;d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu.&#8221; Olivia did actually join Billy onstage at Madison Square Garden in 2022: they sang\u00a0&#8220;d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu&#8221; and &#8220;Uptown Girl&#8221; together.<\/p>\n<p>January 27 marks the 10-year anniversary of the start of Billy&#8217;s record-breaking residency at Madison Square Garden, which will come to an end in July.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. 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