{"id":28424,"date":"2025-05-23T17:33:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T17:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=28424"},"modified":"2025-05-23T18:27:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T18:27:22","slug":"billy-joel-announces-brain-disorder-and-cancels-all-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=28424","title":{"rendered":"Billy Joel Announces Brain Disorder and Cancels All Concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joel said he had normal pressure hydrocephalus, which has led to \u201cproblems with hearing, vision and balance.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Billy Joel, the arena-filling Everyman singer-songwriter, has canceled all of his upcoming concerts, including a large-scale tour scheduled for this year and next, because of a brain disorder known as normal pressure hydrocephalus, he announced on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis condition has been exacerbated by recent concert performances, leading to problems with hearing, vision and balance,\u201d said a statement that was posted to the singer\u2019s social media accounts. \u201cUnder his doctor\u2019s instructions, Billy is undergoing specific physical therapy and has been advised to refrain from performing during this recovery period.\u201d<\/p>\n

Normal pressure hydrocephalus, or N.P.H., is a rare condition that occurs when excess cerebrospinal fluid builds up in the brain, causing symptoms that include trouble walking and controlling one\u2019s bladder. It can also lead to cognitive impairment, including memory problems.<\/p>\n

If N.P.H. is diagnosed early enough, it can be treated successfully through surgery that creates a path for the fluid to flow out of the brain, alleviating symptoms. But in later stages of the disease, some of its effects can become irreversible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In his statement, Joel, 76, added, \u201cI\u2019m sincerely sorry to disappoint our audience, and thank you for your understanding.\u201d A representative for Joel declined to comment further.<\/p>\n

A mainstream music mainstay since the early 1970s, Joel is best known for songs like \u201cPiano Man,\u201d \u201cScenes From an Italian Restaurant,\u201d \u201cShe\u2019s Always a Woman\u201d and \u201cBig Shot\u201d \u2014 just a sampling of the crowd-pleasing singalongs in his catalog, which included 43 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.<\/p>\n

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Joel said he had normal pressure hydrocephalus, which has led to \u201cproblems with hearing, vision and balance.\u201dBilly Joel, the arena-filling Everyman singer-songwriter, has canceled all of his upcoming concerts, including a large-scale tour scheduled for this year and next, because of a brain disorder known as normal pressure hydrocephalus, he announced on Friday.\u201cThis condition has been exacerbated by recent concert performances, leading to problems with hearing, vision and balance,\u201d said a statement that was posted to the singer\u2019s social media accounts. \u201cUnder his doctor\u2019s instructions, Billy is undergoing specific physical therapy and has been advised to refrain from performing during this recovery period.\u201dNormal pressure hydrocephalus, or N.P.H., is a rare condition that occurs when excess cerebrospinal fluid builds up in the brain, causing symptoms that include trouble walking and controlling one\u2019s bladder. It can also lead to cognitive impairment, including memory problems.If N.P.H. is diagnosed early enough, it can be treated successfully through surgery that creates a path for the fluid to flow out of the brain, alleviating symptoms. But in later stages of the disease, some of its effects can become irreversible.In his statement, Joel, 76, added, \u201cI\u2019m sincerely sorry to disappoint our audience, and thank you for your understanding.\u201d A representative for Joel declined to comment further.A mainstream music mainstay since the early 1970s, Joel is best known for songs like \u201cPiano Man,\u201d \u201cScenes From an Italian Restaurant,\u201d \u201cShe\u2019s Always a Woman\u201d and \u201cBig Shot\u201d \u2014 just a sampling of the crowd-pleasing singalongs in his catalog, which included 43 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28426,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28424"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28427,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28424\/revisions\/28427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}