2 d. ago Sensational show celebrating the music of Billy Joel extends UK tour to 2026

Following sold out tours across the UK and Europe, celebrated singer-songwriter and pianist Elio Pace and his incredible band are extending the run of their sensational, award-winning show The Billy Joel Songbook to include an Edinburgh date.

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8 d. ago DIY moron Brits share most bizarre hacks involving credit cards and rolling pins

Dummy Brits have revealed their awful attempts at DIY without a toolbox - including using rolling pins, credit cards and broomsticks for. key maintenance jobs around the house

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8 d. ago Club World Cup didn’t start the fire – it didn’t light it but we'll try to fight it | Max Rushden

Football competitions are expanding, overlapping and bleeding into one another, but is a month off too much to ask?Does it feel too much? Premier League bleeding into the playoffs into the Champions League into the international break we’re still bleeding rip off your shirt and make a tourniquet! The European Under-21 and Under‑19 Championships into the Club World Cup, overlapping with the Women’s Euros oh look the Premier League fixtures for 2025-26 are out and the EFL ones come out next week and there’s David Prutton paying (excellent) homage to David Mitchell’s pisstake of Sky Sports on Sky Sports: “Catch all of the constantly happening football here it’s all here and it’s all football. Always. It’s impossible to keep track of all the football.”You start to imagine Billy Joel rewriting We Didn’t Start the Fire an endless list of footballers and pundits, of owners and streaming services, of controversies and grimness amid the beauty and joy. Will it ever reach ...

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1 week ago New York City might elect a truly progressive mayor – thanks to ranked

Mamdani’s campaign deserves credit for offering a clear, inspiring, progressive message. But ranked-choice voting is also helping make him competitiveWith a week left until New York’s Democratic mayoral primary, one might have thought that the former governor Andrew Cuomo would be measuring the drapes at Gracie Mansion. Real estate developers, corporations like Doordash, a smattering of billionaires and even Billy Joel have shoveled cash into his campaign, with his Super Pac spending more money than any other outside force in the city’s political history. This is on top of his entering the race with major name recognition advantage, amounting to a 20- or 30-point lead as recently as May.But according to a new poll, Zohran Mamdani – the insurgent state assemblyman and democratic socialist whom the Nation recently co-endorsed along with fellow mayoral candidate and New York City comptroller Brad Lander – has pulled ahead of Cuomo for the first time.Katrina vanden Heuvel is editorial d...

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1 week ago Netanyahu stuns Fox host with bombshell Trump assassination claim

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revealed that the attempts on Donald Trump's life in 2024 were Iranian-backed.

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2 w. ago Kanye West shocks with new name reveal as disgraced rapper attempts another reinvention amid antisemitism scandal

Kanye 'Ye' West has shocked fans by changing his name once again amid another reinvention for the disgraced rapper.

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2 w. ago Billy Joel says 'I'm not dying' after cancelling tour due to brain condition

The music legend's Murrayfield Stadium gig was due to take place on June 6, but was cancelled along with the rest of Joel's tour due to his health.

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3 w. ago Billy Joel reveals two suicide attempts and coma after affair with best friend's wife

Billy Joel is opening up like never before - revealing he attempted suicide twice and fell into a coma after having an affair with his best friend's wife.

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3 w. ago Billy Joel says 'getting old sucks' as he battles brain disorder

The Piano Man was forced to cancel all of his tour dates for the rest of the year after he was diagnosed with a rare condition

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3 w. ago Billy Joel reveals he attempted suicide twice after betraying his best friend

‘I felt very, very guilty about it,’ singer-songwriter explained in new documentary

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3 w. ago Billy Joel shares first message with fans since brain disorder diagnosis

Legendary singer was absent from Wednesday premiere of his documentary, ‘Billy Joel: And So It Goes,’ at Tribeca Film Festival

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3 w. ago Billy Joel attempted suicide twice and fell into coma after affair with best friend's wife

In his new documentary, Billy Joel: And So It Goes, the iconic musician recounts a dark chapter of his early life marked by heartbreak, betrayal, and two suicide attempts

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3 w. ago Billy Joel jokes about getting ‘cremated’ amid brain disorder diagnosis

Legendary singer was absent from Wednesday premiere of his documentary, ‘Billy Joel: And So It Goes,’ at Tribeca Film Festival

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3 w. ago Billy Joel provides huge health update after being diagnosed with brain condition

Singer Billy Joel recently cancelled his gigs as he announced he was diagnosed with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH)

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3 w. ago Cockatoos start sipping from Sydney’s drinking fountains after mastering series of complex moves

Experts think the clever birds learned the technique by watching people and then trying it themselvesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSulphur-crested cockatoos in Sydney have worked out how to operate drinking fountains, with footage showing the white birds gripping and turning the handle before leaning in for a sip.Researchers set up camera traps and recorded the birds taking turns at a drinking fountain in western Sydney. Scientists observed more than 500 attempts over 44 days and revealed the birds were successful about 46% of the time.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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