The musician, who will release his first pop single in almost 20 years just days before, last appeared at the award alongside Tony Bennett in 2002.
For the first one In 22 years, Billy Joel will take the stage at the Grammy Awards. The musician has been added to the growing lineup of performers for the 66th Grammy Awards, which will take place on February 4 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Joel will release 'Turn The Lights Back On' three days before the ceremony, his first official single in 17 years.
Joel last appeared at the Grammy Awards in 2002, taking the stage with Tony Bennett in the duet “New York State of Mind.” The song was recorded for Bennett's 2001 album Playing with my friends: Bennett Sings the Bluesnominated that year for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.
With his addition to the 2024 lineup, Joel is the only announced performer—so far—not nominated for this year's show. Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Dua Lipa, Burna Boy, Luke Combs and Travis Scott are all scheduled to take the stage and are also up for awards in various categories.
If Joel and Rodrigo cross paths on the show, it will be a sweet reunion after their team-up at Madison Square Garden in August 2022. Rodrigo arrives as a special guest at one of Joel's residency shows at the venue and performs “Deja Vu', the 2021 single from her debut album Get angry that name-drops the pop veteran. They also ran “Uptown Girl” together for good measure.
Joel's return to the Grammy Awards also coincides with the 45th anniversary of his breakthrough year on the show. In 1979, the first year he was nominated on the show, he took home trophies for Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “Just the Way You Are.” They're the same two categories that Eilish won for “Bad Guy” in 2022, her own Grammy debut.
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