Editing Billy Joel (section)

===1994–2013: Touring and new singles===
[[File:Billy Joel 1994.jpg|thumb|Joel performing in June 1994]]
Beginning in 1994, Joel toured extensively with [[Elton John]] on a series of "Face to Face" tours, making them the longest running and most successful concert tandem in pop music history.<ref>[http://tampabay.metromix.com/music/concert/billy-joel-and-elton-downtown-area/808679/content Concerts: Billy Joel & Elton John] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115042336/http://tampabay.metromix.com/music/concert/billy-joel-and-elton-downtown-area/808679/content |date=January 15, 2009 }}. tampabay.metromix.com. Retrieved December 8, 2008.</ref> During these shows, the two played their own songs, sang each other's songs, and performed duets. They grossed over US$46&nbsp;million in just 24 dates in their sold out<ref name=livedaily>Evans, Rob (December 2, 2008). "[http://www.livedaily.com/news/15308.html Elton John, Billy Joel plan more 'Face 2 Face' time] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206101418/http://www.livedaily.com/news/15308.html |date=December 6, 2008 }}". [[LiveDaily]]. Retrieved December 8, 2008.</ref> 2003 tour. Joel and John resumed their Face to Face tour in March 2009<ref name=livedaily /> and it continued until March 2010, where it ended in [[Albany, New York]], at the [[Times Union Center]]. In February 2010, Joel denied rumors in the trade press that he canceled a summer 2010 leg of the tour, claiming there were never any dates booked and that he intended to take the year off.<ref>[http://blogs.suntimes.com/derogatis/2010/02/billy_joel_there_was_never_a_t.html Billy Joel: "There Was Never a Tour Booked This Summer!"]. ''Chicago Sun-Times''. Retrieved March 10, 2010. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413210856/http://blogs.suntimes.com/derogatis/2010/02/billy_joel_there_was_never_a_t.html |date=April 13, 2010}}</ref> Joel told ''[[Rolling Stone]]'': "We'll probably pick it up again. It's always fun playing with him."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/billy-joel-dismisses-rumors-he-yanked-tour-with-elton-john-20100226|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419054649/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/billy-joel-dismisses-rumors-he-yanked-tour-with-elton-john-106507/|archive-date=April 19, 2021|title=Billy Joel Dismisses Rumors He Yanked Tour With Elton John|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=February 26, 2010|access-date=February 16, 2024}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

[[File:Billy Joel with guitar 1994.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.7|Joel performing in June 1994]]
Joel and Christie Brinkley announced on April 13, 1994, that they had separated, and their divorce was finalized in August 1994. The two remained friends.<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://ew.com/article/2001/04/20/matter-trust-2/|title=A Matter Of Trust|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]| first= Eileen|last=Clarke|date= April 20, 2001 |access-date=February 20, 2019|archive-date=February 20, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190220170009/https://ew.com/article/2001/04/20/matter-trust-2/| url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:BILLY7.jpg|thumb|Joel performing at [[Madison Square Garden]], {{Circa|1995}}]]
Joel's ''[[Greatest Hits Volume III (Billy Joel album)|Greatest Hits Volume III]]'' yielded "[[To Make You Feel My Love]]" (a [[Bob Dylan]] cover) and "[[Hey Girl (Freddie Scott song)|Hey Girl]]". During his [[Central Park]] concert in 1997, Joel performed with [[Garth Brooks]], who had reached No. 1 on ''Billboard''{{'s}} country charts in 1991 with a recording of the song "[[Shameless (Billy Joel song)|Shameless]]" from Joel's 1989 album.  Joel was inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame in 1999. [[Ray Charles]] made the induction speech and mentioned the duet Joel wrote for the two of them, "[[Baby Grand]]" (a track on Joel's album ''[[The Bridge (Billy Joel album)|The Bridge]]'' released in 1986).

On December 31, 1999, Joel performed at New York's [[Madison Square Garden]]. At the time, Joel said that it would be his last tour and possibly his last concert. Two of his performances from that night, "[[We Didn't Start the Fire]]" and "[[Scenes from an Italian Restaurant]]" were filmed and featured that night as part of ABC's special New Year's Y2K coverage. The concert (dubbed The Night of the 2000 Years) ran for close to four hours and was later released as ''[[2000 Years: The Millennium Concert]]''.

In 2001, Joel released ''[[Fantasies & Delusions]]'', a collection of classical piano pieces composed by Joel and performed by [[Hyung-ki Joo]]. Joel often uses bits of these pieces as interludes in live performances, and some of them are part of the score for the hit show ''[[Movin' Out (musical)|Movin' Out]]''. The album topped the classical charts at No. 1. Joel performed "New York State of Mind" live on September 21, 2001, as part of the [[America: A Tribute to Heroes]] benefit concert, and on October 20, 2001, along with "[[Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)]]", at [[the Concert for New York City]] in Madison Square Garden. That night, he also performed "[[Your Song]]" with Elton John.

In 2003, Joel inducted [[The Righteous Brothers]] into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, noting that his song "[[Until the Night]]" from the album ''52nd Street'' was a tribute to the duo.

In 2005, Columbia released a box set, ''[[My Lives]]'', which is largely a compilation of demos, b-sides, live/alternative versions, and even a few Top 40 hits. The compilation also includes the software that permits people to remix "Zanzibar" and a live version of "I Go to Extremes" with their PC. A DVD of a show from the ''River of Dreams'' tour is included.

On January 7, 2006, Joel began a tour across the U.S. Having not released any new songs in 13 years, he featured a sampling of songs from throughout his career, including major hits as well as deep cuts like "Zanzibar" and "[[All for Leyna]]". His tour included an unprecedented 12 sold-out concerts over several months at Madison Square Garden. The singer's stint of 12 shows at Madison Square Garden broke a previous record set by [[Bruce Springsteen]], who played 10 sold-out shows at the same arena. The record earned Joel the first retired number (12) in the arena owned by a non-athlete. This honor has also been given to Joel at the [[Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)|Wells Fargo Center]] (formerly the Wachovia Center) in [[Philadelphia]], where a banner in the colors of the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] is hung honoring Joel's 48 sold-out Philadelphia shows. On June 13, 2006, Columbia released ''[[12 Gardens Live]]'', a double album containing 32 live recordings from a collection of the 12 different shows at Madison Square Garden during Joel's 2006 tour.

Joel visited the United Kingdom and Ireland for the first time in many years as part of the European leg of his 2006 tour. On July 31, 2006, he performed a free concert in [[Rome]], with the [[Colosseum]] as the backdrop.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/joel-and-adams-in-free-rome-concert-270269.html|title=Joel and Adams in free Rome concert|date=August 1, 2006|work=Irish Examiner|access-date=January 28, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202055650/http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/joel-and-adams-in-free-rome-concert-270269.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Joel toured South Africa, Australia, Japan and Hawaii in late 2006, and subsequently toured the Southeastern U.S. in February and March 2007 before hitting the Midwest in the spring of 2007. A new song, titled "[[All My Life (Billy Joel song)|All My Life]]", was Joel's newest single (with second track "[[You're My Home (song)|You're My Home]]", live from Madison Square Garden 2006 tour) and was released in stores on February 27, 2007.<ref>Cohen, Jonathan (January 30, 2007).{{cite magazine |url=https://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003539391 |title=Bily Joel Returns To Pop With New Single |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=December 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012145708/http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003539391 |archive-date=October 12, 2007 }}. ''Billboard''. Archived from the [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1055567/billy-joel-returns-to-pop-with-new-single original] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819204017/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1055567/billy-joel-returns-to-pop-with-new-single |date=August 19, 2020 }} on October 12, 2007.</ref> On February 4, Joel sang the national anthem for [[Super Bowl XLI]], becoming the second to sing the national anthem twice at a [[Super Bowl]], after [[Aaron Neville]].

[[File:BillyJoel.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Joel performing in [[Jacksonville, Florida]] in February 2007]]
On December 1, 2007, Joel premiered his new song "[[Christmas in Fallujah]]".<ref>{{cite press release| date= November 30, 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080207165801/http://www.billyjoel.com/pressrelease_fallujah.html | archive-date=February 7, 2008 |title=Emerging Singer-Songwriter Cass Dillon Premiers New Billy Joel Song, 'Christmas in Fallujah', Exclusively on iTunes Beginning Tuesday, December 4| website= billyjoel.com| publisher= Billy Joel| url= http://www.billyjoel.com/pressrelease_fallujah.html }}</ref> The song was performed by [[Cass Dillon]], a new Long Island based musician, as Joel felt it should be sung by someone in a soldier's age range (though he himself has played the song occasionally in concert.) The track was dedicated to servicemen based in Iraq. Joel wrote it in September 2007 after reading numerous letters sent to him from American soldiers in Iraq. "Christmas in Fallujah" is only the second pop/rock song released by Joel since 1993's ''River of Dreams''. Proceeds from the song benefited the Homes For Our Troops foundation.

On January 26, 2008, Joel performed with the [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] celebrating the 151st anniversary of the [[Academy of Music (Philadelphia)|Academy of Music]]. Joel performed his classical piece "Waltz No. 2 (Steinway Hall)" from ''Fantasies & Delusions'', arranged by [[Brad Ellis]]. He also played many of his less well-known pieces, with full orchestral backing arranged by Mr. Ellis, including the rarely performed ''Nylon Curtain'' songs "Scandinavian Skies" and "Where's the Orchestra?".

On March 10, 2008, Joel inducted his friend [[John Mellencamp]] into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Joel sold out 10 concerts at the [[Mohegan Sun Casino]] in [[Uncasville, Connecticut]] from May to July 2008. The casino honored him with a banner displaying his name and the number 10 to hang in the arena. On June 19, 2008, he played a concert at the grand re-opening of [[Caesars Windsor]] (formerly Casino Windsor) in [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]], Ontario, Canada, to an invite-only crowd for Casino VIPs. His mood was light and joke-filled, even introducing himself as "Billy Joel's dad" and stating "you guys overpaid to see a fat bald guy". He also admitted that Canadian folk-pop musician [[Gordon Lightfoot]] was the musical inspiration for "She's Always A Woman".<ref>{{cite news| work= [[The Windsor Star]]| title= Billy Joel (notes)| date= June 20, 2008}}</ref>{{failed verification| date= October 2012}}

[[File:WellsFargoCenterPhila 08.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|A banner at [[Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)|Wells Fargo Center]] in [[Philadelphia]], commemorating Joel's 48 consecutive sold-out concerts at the Philadelphia venue as of 2008]]
On July 16 and 18, 2008, Joel played the final concerts at [[Shea Stadium]] before its demolition. His guests included [[Tony Bennett]], [[Don Henley]], [[John Mayer]], [[John Mellencamp]], [[Steven Tyler]], [[Roger Daltrey]], [[Garth Brooks]] and [[Paul McCartney]]. The concerts were featured in the 2010 documentary film ''[[Last Play at Shea]]''. The film was released on DVD on February 8, 2011. The CD and DVD of the show, ''[[Live at Shea Stadium: The Concert|Live at Shea Stadium]]'', were released on March 8, 2011.

On December 11, 2008, Joel recorded his own rendition of "Christmas in Fallujah" during a concert at [[Acer Arena]] in Sydney and released it as a live single in Australia only. It is the only official release of Joel performing "Christmas in Fallujah", as Cass Dillon sang on the 2007 studio recording and the handful of times the song was played live in 2007. Joel sang the song throughout his December 2008 tour of Australia.

On May 19, 2009, Joel's former drummer, [[Liberty DeVitto]], filed a lawsuit in NYC claiming Joel and Sony Music owed DeVitto over 10 years of royalty payments. DeVitto had never been given songwriting or arranging credit on any of Joel's songs, but he claimed that he helped arrange some of them, including "Only the Good Die Young".<ref name="Joel's Former Drummer Sues for Payments">{{cite web |url= http://www.musicnewsnet.com/2009/05/billy-joels-former-drummer-to-file-lawsuit.html |title=Billy Joel's Former Drummer Files Lawsuit, Liberty DeVitto Says He's Owed $$$ |first=Mal |last=Westerly |publisher=MusicNewsNet.com |date=May 24, 2009 |access-date=May 24, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615234343/http://www.musicnewsnet.com/2009/05/billy-joels-former-drummer-to-file-lawsuit.html |archive-date=June 15, 2009 }}</ref> In April 2010, it was announced that Joel and DeVitto amicably resolved the lawsuit.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicnewsnet.com/2010/04/billy-joel-and-former-drummer-liberty-devitto-settle-lawsuit.html |title=Billy Joel and Former Drummer, Liberty Devitto Settle Lawsuit |publisher=MusicNewsNet.com |date=April 22, 2010 |access-date=April 25, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100427084650/http://www.musicnewsnet.com/2010/04/billy-joel-and-former-drummer-liberty-devitto-settle-lawsuit.html |archive-date=April 27, 2010 }}</ref>

2011 marked the 40th anniversary of the release of Joel's debut album, ''[[Cold Spring Harbor (album)|Cold Spring Harbor]].'' According to Joel's official website, to commemorate this anniversary, Columbia/Legacy Recordings originally planned "to celebrate the occasion with a definitive reissue project of newly restored and expanded Legacy editions of Joel's complete catalog, newly curated collections of rarities from the vaults, previously unavailable studio tracks and live performances, home video releases and more", although this never fully came to fruition.<ref name="Billy Joel's Website">{{cite press release |url= http://www.billyjoel.com/news/billy-joel-catalog-be-reissued-commemorative-cdsdvds-be-released |title= Billy Joel Catalog To Be Reissued, Commemorative CDs/DVDs To Be Released |work= billyjoel.com |date= October 20, 2010 |access-date= August 19, 2011 |archive-date= August 22, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110822150441/http://www.billyjoel.com/news/billy-joel-catalog-be-reissued-commemorative-cdsdvds-be-released |url-status= live }}</ref> ''[[Piano Man (Billy Joel album)|Piano Man]]'' was re-released in a two-disc Legacy edition in November 2011.<ref name="Billy Joel's Website" />

In 2012, Joel signed an exclusive worldwide publishing agreement with [[Universal Music Publishing Group]] (UMPG), and its subsidiary Rondor Music International. Under the agreement, UMPG and Rondor replaced EMI Music Publishing in handling Joel's catalog outside the US. Additionally, the agreement marked the first time since Joel regained control of his publishing rights in the 1980s that he began to use an administrator to handle his catalog within the U.S. The agreement's focus is on increasing the use of Joel's music in movies, television programs and commercials.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Christman|first1=Ed|title=Exclusive: Billy Joel Signs Global Publishing Deal With Rondor and Universal|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/publishing/1083985/exclusive-billy-joel-signs-global-publishing-deal-with-rondor|access-date=July 17, 2015|magazine=Billboard|date=August 30, 2012|archive-date=July 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715111437/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/publishing/1083985/exclusive-billy-joel-signs-global-publishing-deal-with-rondor|url-status=live}}</ref>

On December 12, 2012, Joel performed as part of [[12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief]] at [[Madison Square Garden]], a concert held for all the victims of [[Hurricane Sandy]]. He changed the lyrics to "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" to make it relate to all the damage caused by Sandy.

In May 2013, it was announced that Joel would hold his first ever indoor Irish concert at the [[The O2, Dublin|O<sub>2</sub>]] in Dublin on November 1. He subsequently announced his return to the UK for the first time in seven years to perform in October and November. Joel played in [[Manchester]] and [[Birmingham]] as well as London's [[Hammersmith Apollo]].<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The Daily Telegraph | location=London, England | date=November 7, 2013 | page=36 | title=Billy Joel delivers a knock-out show | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108245778/bill-joel-2013-london-birmingham/ | access-date=August 24, 2022 | archive-date=August 24, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824205518/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108245778/bill-joel-2013-london-birmingham/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The Daily Telegraph | location=London, England | date=October 25, 2013 | page=33 | title=Piano Man remains as proudly unhip as ever | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108245889/billy-joel-2013-manchester/ | access-date=August 24, 2022 | archive-date=August 24, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824205508/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108245889/billy-joel-2013-manchester/ | url-status=live }}</ref> In October, Joel held a surprise concert on Long Island at The Paramount ([[Huntington, New York]]) to benefit Long Island Cares. The venue holds a capacity of 1,555 and sold out in five minutes. Joel headlined a solo arena concert in New York City for the first time since 2006 when he performed at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on December 31, 2013.