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On Friday, Wellington, Florida, celebrated their 30th anniversary with a lineup of multiple bands. As The Turnstiles, who named themselves after Joel’s 1976 album, closed out the show, the group teased a special guest.

Joel appeared, sporting a winter coat and a black baseball cap as he walked with a cane. The “Uptown Girl” artist was accompanied by his wife Alexis Roderick and their two daughters, Della, 10, and Remy, 8.Tommy Lee Jones' daughter found dead at San Francisco hotel on New Year's DayThe Grammy winner played his 1989 hit, “We Didn’t Start The Fire” before launching into his 1978 song “Big Shot.”During the performance, Della and Remy danced around their dad as the crowd cheered. “I wasn’t planning on working tonight,” Joel teased while seated at the keyboard before the band started to play.The disorder occurs when cerebrospinal fluid builds up inside the skull and presses on the brain, disrupting cognitive functioning. Joel’s condition became worse due to his concert performances at the time, “leading to problems with hearing, vision, and balance,” hisDella Rose Joel, Billy Joel and Remy Joel perform onstage during the last show of Billy Joel’s residency at Madison Square Garden on July 25, 2024.Symptoms are similar to dementia patients and could include difficulty walking, cognitive issues like memory difficulties or emotional changes, and urinary incontinence.. “What I have is something very few people know about, including me, no matter how much you try to research it.”Billy Joel is presented with the Key to the City of New York backstage before the last show of his residency at Madison Square Garden on July 25, 2024.“It was scary, but I’m okay,” he told the outlet. “I just wanted to let people know, don’t worry about me being deathly ill or anything.”“Unfortunately, I didn’t get this characteristic from him because I like to express how I’m feeling always,” Alexa said. “He doesn’t whine, especially in his older age. I don’t know, maybe he did more when he was younger, and he put that angst into his music for sure, but he just doesn’t complain.” “He’s doing his physical therapy three to five days a week, which is really, really important for him right now,” she added. “He’s adjusted his diet. We had dinner the other night. I said, ‘Dad, what are you doing? You’re not getting the steak? You’re getting chicken instead?’ Like, this is a whole new you here.”Nobel Peace Prize winner poised to take Maduro's place as Venezuela's leader Pizza orders near Pentagon 'suddenly surged in traffic' during Venezuela attack -- and it might be connected to bizarre theoryTommy Lee Jones’ daughter, Victoria, was seen doing cocaine before shocking death: reportDella Rose Joel, Billy Joel and Remy Joel perform onstage during the last show of Billy Joel's residency at Madison Square Garden on July 25, 2024.Billy Joel is presented with the Key to the City of New York backstage before the last show of his residency at Madison Square Garden on July 25, 2024.

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