The Recording Academy has announced that singer-songwriter Billy Joel will take to the stage for the 66th annual Grammy Awards. Other performers at the ceremony on Feb 4 include Burna Boy, Luke Combs, Travis Scott, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa and Olivia Rodrigo.
Joel is a five-time winner and Grammy Legend Award recipient. Recently, he revealed that he will release his first new single in more than a decade.
Called Turn The Lights Back On, the single will be released on Feb 1, just three days before the Grammys. The upcoming single is co-written by Joel, Arthur Bacon, Wayne Hector and Freddy Wexler, who has previously worked with the likes of Ariana Grande and Selena Gomez.
Turn The Lights Back On will be the singer’s first new solo single since 2007 and it will be available on streaming platforms. The eagerly-awaited song will also be available to pre-order via Joel’s official website.
The track was first teased during an on-stage performance where Joel revealed to fans that he had been in the studio cooking up “a little something”.
In a video clip posted on TikTok, Joel shared: “I have good news, I have bad news. I’ll give you the bad news first.
“We don’t have anything new to play for you.
“The good news is you don’t have to sit through something you have no idea what it is! Although…we got a little something we’re working on you might hear sometime.”
Joel also teased his long-awaited new single via social media.
The Uptown Girl hitmaker had his Facebook header and his canvas on Spotify swapped for the phrase: “Did I wait too long…..”