Tag: Billy Joel

The 10 performers for the 2024 Grammys, including Travis Scott and Billie Eilish

SZA, who has the most nominations of any musician this year, is also performing.

We have seen some incredible performances (like Kendrick Lamar stealing the show in 2016) at the Grammy Awards over the years.

During the 66th Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles at Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 4, music fans will have an opportunity to see some move very special moments.

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Some of those musicians with the most nominations include SZA (nine), Billie Eilish (six) and Olivia Rodrigo (six) will take the stage to perform at the ceremony as well.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell will perform at the Grammy Awards for the first time. Meanwhile, U2 will broadcast a show from The Sphere in Las Vegas.

Here is a full list of those confirmed to perform on music’s biggest night:

RELATED: Grammy nomination snubs (including Morgan Wallen), according to Twitter

Billy Joel’s greatest songs, ranked: The 15 best of the piano man’s career

The best songs of Billy Joel’s career, ranked as he drops his newest single.

As of writing this, it will have been 17 years since Billy Joel released new music, nearly two decades since the prolific singer/songwriter has given his deep fanbase something new.

Oh, he’s been plenty busy, with a residency at Madison Square Garden for years. But there’s a new song coming on February 1, 2024 — Turn the Lights Back On.

Which got me, a die-hard fan of his, thinking: What are his greatest songs of all time?

Not the easiest of tasks given the dozens he’s written. But I gave it a try with the top 15 greatest Billy Joel tunes ever:

People are now making up more bad We Didn’t Start the Fire lyrics after Fall Out Boy’s cover

A new meme has popped up.

We know: We’ve written a lot about Fall Out Boy’s cover of We Didn’t Start the Fire.

But … how could we not?

There was our review of the Billy Joel cover. There was the list of the events the band didn’t cover in its remake, and the sports shoutouts — there were a bunch — in it.

But let’s throw in one more: The meme popping up in which people are now coming up with their own lyrics for the song, which are mostly making fun of how bad they are, but also adding on to them a lot.

Check it out:

21 events and people snubbed by Fall Out Boy’s atrocious We Didn’t Start The Fire remix

Fall Out Boy took a lot of historic liberties with this awful cover. They also ignored a TON.

On Wednesday, American rock band Fall Out Boy — “band” is used in the loosest sense — revealed that it recorded an update to Billy Joel’s classic song recapping history, “We Didn’t Start The Fire.”

And where Joel gave us a stirring lesson that is so hard to forget for all the best reasons, it seems that Fall Out Boy just Googled “important world events since 1989” and vomited out an ensuing song. “Song” is also utilized in the loosest sense. Really, bravo, gentlemen.

I cannot emphasize this enough: Do yourself a favor and do not listen to this. Read the lyrics, maybe, and just take our word for the sheer awfulness.

That said — because I’ve got nothing better to do than ask to listen to nails on a chalkboard in melodic form — I’d be remiss if I didn’t pick apart what events and people Fall Out Boy chose to highlight in its truly dreadful remix. While they do mention A LOT, there are some glaring oversights around the world and in the U.S. that are unthinkably glossed over.

Note: I am certainly not ranking anything here. Do not take any impressions from the order of this list. I, unlike our glorified “punk rock” friends, actually have good taste.

Top 10 musical artists that need to perform at Notre Dame Stadium

Who do you want to see play in South Bend?

According to the website setlist.fm, Johnny Cash was the first artist to play at Notre Dame Stadium in 1977. That would be the last musical performance at the stadium until Chicago played at halftime of the Irish’s 2017 game against USC. Since then, Chicago has come back for one other game, and Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood have played there twice apiece. Weezer appeared there for the 2019 Winter Classic, and Billy Joel played a full show there in 2022.

Other than that, Notre Dame Stadium has a very paltry history when it comes to hosting big musical acts. I don’t know or care what’s behind that. I just want to see Notre Dame Stadium become a hot spot for concerts like most other stadiums around the world are when they don’t have games to host. Plus, such things only can be a boost to South Bend’s economy, and those shouldn’t have to happen only during football season.

Here are 10 artists I believe need to add Notre Dame Stadium to their next tour:

M&T Bank Stadium to host Billy Joel, Stevie Nicks in October

M&T Bank Stadium will host Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks in October.

The Baltimore Ravens are preparing to take on the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2022 Wildcard Round of the playoffs. However in the meantime, a major concert announcement was held today at M&T Bank Stadium with Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, Ravens President Sashi Brown, a representative from Live Nation DC-Baltimore and more.

The major concert will be happening on Saturday, October 7th and it will feature musicians Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks.  Tickets will go on sale at 10am EST next Friday, January 20th, and will likely sell out quickly due to the magnitude of the event.

Having a multi-purpose stadium is good for the city of Baltimore, providing more opportunities that go far beyond football. This is the first true concert at M&T Bank Stadium in a long time, as country superstar Garth Brooks was set to perform at the Bank before cancelling his tour.  Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks are both musical icons so this will likely be a sold out show.