Billy Joel Books First Official Appearance Since Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Diagnosis, Which Will Include ‘A Little Music’

Billy Joel will make his first official public appearance since disclosing a diagnosis of normal pressure hydrocephalus at Florida Atlantic University on 14 December. The event, billed as a question-and-answer evening “and a little music”, marks a possible return to performing after the condition led him to cancel his planned 2025 tour and withdraw from public life.

Tickets will be available exclusively to currently enrolled FAU students from 14 November. Joel, 77, said in a September radio special that he was doing well, though his balance and hearing had been affected; he also said a shunt procedure had improved those symptoms. It remains unclear whether he will perform music at the university event, and he has previously said he was unsure whether he could return to the stage.