Long Island Music Entertainment Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary Concert Honoring Billy Joel Canceled

LONG ISLAND (CelebrityAccess)—The Lengthy Island Music & Leisure Corridor of Fame (LIMEHOF) Twentieth-anniversary live performance, which featured Billy Joel’s music and the induction of Joel’s longtime pal and music agent Dennis Arfa, has been canceled. The group famous that Joel couldn’t attend attributable to household commitments.

In an announcement supplied to ABC Audio, the group stated the occasion has been “canceled attributable to household commitments stopping Joel from attending. LIMEHOF sincerely apologizes for any inconvenience this cancellation might trigger and thanks you to your understanding,” the assertion continues. “Tickets will probably be refunded on the place of buy.”

The occasion was to have featured performances by Christie Brinkley and Joel’s daughter Alexa Ray Joel, Debbie Gibson, Darryl McDaniels of Run-DMC, The Rascals’ Felix Cavaliere, Jimmy Webb and others.

Nonetheless, the upcoming LIMEHOF exhibit for “The Longest Time.” Billy Joel – My Life, A Piano Man’s Journey remains to be set to open on Thanksgiving weekend for a restricted time solely.

After almost a 12 months within the planning, The LIMEHOF exhibit will function 50 years of the Lengthy Island native’s “most cherished gadgets,” per LIBN.com, and can open on November 24. The exhibit will enable guests to expertise Joel’s profession from his Hicksville and Levittown roots, and the show includes many gadgets he donated. They embrace historic pictures, behind-the-scenes movies, uncommon audio, classic devices, video recordings and different memorabilia. The exhibit marks the primary time this stuff will probably be proven in public.

“We’re thrilled and honored to current the Billy Joel exhibit everybody has been ready for, Billy Joel – My Life, the unbelievable story of A Piano Man’s Journey from Lengthy Island to worldwide acclaim,” Ernie Canadeo, LIMEHOF chairman, stated in a information launch concerning the exhibit.

“Billy has been very cordial and concerned within the planning, and it’s acceptable that the exhibit is on Lengthy Island, the place he has lengthy been recognized, written so many songs, and lived most of his life. It’s a becoming tribute to Lengthy Island’s most profitable entertainer and is assured to thrill his legions of followers,” he added.