NME — Welcome to the Daily Gossip: your daily stop-off to find out who in the world of music has been up to what. Today's top gossip: Oasis have fared badly in a poll collating the intelligence of music fans. US researcher Virgil Griffith's experiment c... more info

ContactMusic — BILLY JOEL insists his backstage dressing room is like a different world compared to touring partner SIR ELTON JOHN's colourful space. The pair has hit the road again on ... more info

ContactMusic — BILLY JOEL fears he'll never be able to top one private performance at a JON BON JOVI party, where PAUL MCCARTNEY, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, ROGER WATERS and JIMMY BUFFETT joined him ... more info

ContactMusic — Rocker BILLY JOEL is determined not to let his upcoming 60th birthday affect his career - he has no plans to retire from the music business. The Piano Man hitmaker will ... more info

MTV.com News — 'I kinda felt like I let everyone down,' he says of first live performance.By Katie Byrne Matt Giraud on Thursday's "American Idol" Photo: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images for Fox "American Idol" contestant Matt Giraud had a bit of an identity... more info

Idolator — "We just did the two nights at Shea last year," the Piano Man told Newsday's Glenn Gamboa about his plans to hold off on playing the New York area with Elton John until 2010. "We thought the market might be a little tapped out." Perhaps there's some ... more info

All About Jazz — Billy Joel's relationship with jazz fans has always been a bit tenuous. Much of the rancor dates back to Billy's 1978 album 52nd Street. With jazz on the ropes in the late 1970s, Billy's followup album to The Stranger featured the young singer-songwr... more info

All About Jazz — At about 12:45 pm yesterday, my office phone rang. When I answered it, a voice at the other end said, "Hi Marc? This is Billy Joel." A friend had told me he shared yesterday's post with the famed singer-songwriter in Miami and that Billy might call t... more info

All About Jazz — Last Friday, in my interview series with Phil Woods, I asked the alto saxophonist about his iconic solo on Billy Joel's Just the Way You Are (1977). In my post, I referred to the hit as "sudsy." A cascade of e-mails from Billy Joel fans followed. Mos... more info

All About Jazz — A grand-opening performance by {{Billy Joel}} is guaranteed to boost the profile of a concert venue. So The Show at Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa near Palm Springs in Rancho Mirage, Calif., snagged the musical legend for its opening show last we... more info