{"id":374989,"date":"2026-10-16T17:49:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/374989\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T17:49:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:49:04","slug":"news-12-bronx-billy-joel-says-doctors-advise-against-performing-after-brain-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/374989\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | Billy Joel Says Doctors Advise Against Performing After Brain Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Fans eagerly waiting for Billy Joel&#8217;s return to the stage after he had <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/billy-joel-says-hes-ok-and-not-deathly-ill-after-receiving-brain-disorder-diagnosis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">brain surgery<\/a> may have to keep waiting.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The musician spoke to the Hollywood Reporter and said his neurologist told him every time he does a show it is like he is getting a concussion due to the extreme volume, lighting, stress and energy.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Further testing will help determine if he can return.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Joel had to<a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/billy-joel-cancels-all-scheduled-concerts-due-to-recent-medical-diagnosis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> cancel all upcoming tour dates<\/a> after a surgery for a condition called hydrocephalus in 2025.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">He has said his balance and memory have improved, but doctors still advise against performing for the time being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans eagerly waiting for Billy Joel&#8217;s return to the stage after he had brain surgery may have to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-374989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}