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Billy Joel

  • Calendar

    March 26, 2009

    Elton John and Billy Joel

    Honda Center

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2007

    Crate Expectations

    The Crate Kings site is a national treasure. Scratch that: it's an intergalactic treasure. Somebody (or a team of individuals perhaps) with a lot of time on his hands and the kind of obsessiveness I admire almost more than anything else in the world encoded to MP3 snippets of 300 breakbeats that for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2006

    Bill Maher nails it!

    If he weren't such a male skank, we'd marry him... From: Bill Maher To: George W. Bush Mr. President, this job can't be fun for you any more. There's no more money to spend--you used up all of that. You can't start another war because you used up the army. And now, darn the luck, the rest of your ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2008

    To Do Tonight - 02/14

    If he weren't such a male skank, we'd marry him... From: Bill Maher To: George W. Bush Mr. President, this job can't be fun for you any more. There's no more money to spend--you used up all of that. You can't start another war because you used up the army. And now, darn the luck, the rest of your ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2008

    A Bloggy Valentine: 20 Songs About Love

    By Jeff Shaw at our sister paper, Citypages. Love is a many-splendored thing and all, but it's also dependent upon a relationship's context -- and so is the associated music. You don't want Al Green's "Let's Get Married" to stream through the car speakers during your third date, you don't want your ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2008

    What you missed over the weekend: Part XI

    Dave Segal moved into Detroit Bar on both Friday and Saturday nights: "Free the Robots' thrilling [Friday] live show blew away Afrika Bambaataa's moldy DJ set. Local upstarts overshadowed a legend!" And on Sat, "DJs Josh One, Hyder, James Pants and Peanut Butter Wolf spun loads of great hip-hop cuts ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2008

    Worst Song Lyric Ever

    Who would you imagine has written the worst song lyric ever? Jethro Tull? Billy Joel? Vanilla Ice? Rick Ross? Wrong, wrong, wrong, and, well, close but still wrong. 3 Doors Down, "Here Without You" In fact, the pop culture perps are Escatawpa, Mississippi band 3 Doors Down, in the form of their ... More >>

  • Music

    March 9, 2000

    Whats This Crap?!

    Arturo Sandoval, please come home!

  • Music

    December 28, 2000

    Flawed Beauty

    Arturo Sandoval, please come home!

  • Music

    March 22, 2001

    There He Goes Again

    Marshall Crenshaw is my favorite waste of time

  • Culture

    April 25, 2002

    Tone Deaf

    A miscast Misanthrope

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2008

    On Sale Monday: Billy Joel and Elton John at the Honda Center

    Question: Do you like old dudes?Question numero dos: Do you like pianos?Question the third: Do you like old dudes that play the piano?If you answered "yes" to at least a couple of those, oh boy are you in luck! The national "Billy Joel and Elton John Face 2 Face Tour" is coming to the Honda Center i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2008

    Second Elton John/Billy Joel Date Added at the Honda Center

    A second Anaheim date for Billy Joel and Elton John's "Face 2 Face" tour might sound crazy. And you may be right. It may be crazy. But a second date may be just what you're looking for. But don't worry, it's not going to be a long, long time: March 30, two days after the original, now sold-out date. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2008

    The Top 10 Reissues of 2008

    It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scenes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2009

    To Do This Weekend - 3/27-3/29

    The Airborne Toxic Event, Henry Clay People, Rademacher; 3/27 7p.m.Three rad bands, one rockin' Friday evening.The Glass House, 200 W. Second St., Pomona, CA; 909-629-0377Billy Joel; Elton John, 3/28 7:30p.m.Reuniting for the most successful concert pairing in pop history, the two music icons share ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    Elton and Billy spend another day in paradise

    For swarms of aging pop fans with cash to burn, tonight is a pretty big deal. We are just hours away from the second night of the Face 2 Face tour starring mega stars and all around good pals (indicated by the cute picture to the left) Elton John and Billy Joel. For those of you lucky enough to get ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2009

    Slideshows: Elton John and Billy Joel at the Honda Center, Aushua @ Detroit Bar

    Two decidedly different shows went down last night in our county, and we were at 'em both. Sir Elton John and Billy Joel went "Face 2 Face" at the Honda Center in Anaheim, and Beth Stirnaman was there to photographically receive the runoff of their ivory-tickling glory. (That sounded sort of gross. ... More >>

  • Culture

    January 10, 2008

    Game On

    Shift Happens: Indy Legends brings Brickyard history to life

  • Culture

    January 2, 2003

    386 Words About Nine Bad Plays

    Shift Happens: Indy Legends brings Brickyard history to life

  • Music

    February 11, 1999

    For Christ's Sake

    The OC Supertones, the Pope and the rise of the new Christian rock

  • Film

    April 12, 2007

    New Reviews

    Lonely Hearts; Pathfinder; Perfect Stranger; Slow Burn

  • Film

    July 20, 2006

    Exquisite

    Embarrassed and undestroyed, Leonard Cohen at 71

  • News

    April 6, 2006

    Sweet Sixteen

    Your daughter turns 16 once, so youd better do it up right

  • Culture

    January 12, 2006

    4 Hands Is Easy Listening

    Finally, something great from Canada besides Labatt Blue

  • Culture

    June 30, 2005

    Boost Police Checkpoints

    Billy Joel Vietnam dance show comes to OCPAC

  • Columns

    June 23, 2005

    June 23-30

    Billy Joel Vietnam dance show comes to OCPAC

  • Culture

    April 21, 2005

    Panty Waste

    An extra-small-size Underpants

  • Culture

    January 6, 2005

    Playing for Keeps

    365 Days of Dramaturgical Delights

  • Music

    January 15, 2004

    No More Big-Haired Operatics

    Trolling for whatevers next with Eric Johnson

  • Culture

    July 24, 2003

    Robin Hood With Scalpel

    Sweeney Todd

  • Music

    June 26, 2003

    The 129 Greatest OC Bands Ever!: 1 - 50

    Sweeney Todd

  • Culture

    August 1, 2002

    God Damn the 80s!

    Loud*R*mouth Theatre Co.s Parallel Lives

  • Music

    May 9, 2002

    Buddy Loves Paul

    But he hates Paul.

  • Unknown

    April 12, 2001

    Its a Big, Fat, Corporate Rock World

    But he hates Paul.

  • Music

    December 30, 1999

    Not Another #%&@$* Year-End List!

    Yes, another #%&@$* year-end list!

  • Music

    December 2, 1999

    Teddy Morgan Is Easy on the Ears

    And Sleepy La Beef is about to lose control, and we think we like it

  • Music

    May 27, 1999

    Shirekin, Hollerin, Screamin, Fallerin!

    This years Blues Fest is best!

  • Music

    May 27, 1999

    CD Reviews

    O.C.s 5400 Day Revolution: 20 Years of Orange County Music & Adrian Legg

  • Features

    August 20, 1998

    The Incomplete Guide to Roots Music

    O.C.s 5400 Day Revolution: 20 Years of Orange County Music & Adrian Legg

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2009

    Paging Ken Burns! The Great War Between the North and South Water Districts

    Terry Teri Sforza blogs on the Register's OC Watchdog that the cities of Laguna Beach, San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano, as well as the El Toro, South Coast, Irvine Ranch, Moulton Niguel, Trabuco Canyon and Santa Margarita water districts, may secede from its northern partners in the water-i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    Over the Weekend: Ben Folds at the Anaheim House of Blues

    Christopher Victorio​Click here for the slideshow!The Hype: Luckily for fans of comedy rock everywhere, Ben Folds exhibits two often mutually exclusive characteristics: genius and longevity. Borrowing from the template of  piano icons Billy Joel and Elton John, he has consistently produc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    Brandon Flowers at the Fox Theater in Pomona Last Night

    Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​Brandon FlowersNovember 9, 2010Fox Theater in PomonaStepping out from his day job in the multi-platinum band the Killers, Brandon Flowers magically found time to record a solo album entitled Flamingo. The cheers from the crowd were deafening when Flowers emerged from the s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Christina Aguilera to Sing at Super Bowl XLV

    ​​Acts such as Billy Joel, Beyonce and the Dixie Chicks have all sung the National Anthem at the Super Bowl. Now, Christina Aguilera will be added to the roster. The songstress will belt the tune before Feb. 6's Super Bowl XLV match-up between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Clean-Sounding Dave Green of the Filthy Souls

    ​Dave Green of the Brit band the Filthy Souls is performing at the House of Blues in Anaheim tomorrow; he talks to OC Weekly about what his performance is like without the band and working with Bishop Lamont.

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