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Billy Joel brought out surprise guest Olivia Rodrigo at his Madison Square Garden concert.
The ‘Piano Man’ hitmaker, 73, was joined on stage at the world-famous venue in New York City on Wednesday night (24.08.22) by the 19-year-old pop superstar for renditions of her 2021 mega-hit ‘deja vu’ and his 80s’ classic ‘Uptown Girl’.
Introducing Olivia on stage, Billy said: “I’m going to bring up another young musician. This is a very talented singer-songwriter.
“She’s very talented. I like her music and so do my kids. Please say hello to Olivia Rodrigo.”
She responded: “Thank you so much for having me, Billy.
“I’m such a huge fan, and I kind of wrote this next song about you.”
The ‘good 4 u’ hitmaker had some fun switching up the lyrics of her song with Billy accompanying her on the piano.
Olivia sang: “And I bet that she knows Billy Joel / ‘Cause you played her ‘Uptown Girl’.”
She later belts: “Play her piano, but she doesn’t know / That I was the one who taught you, Billy Joel.”
As Rolling Stone noted, Joel has been embraced by the youths of TikTok, with his song “Zanzibar” used as part of a popular dance challenge.
“I don’t even know what TikTok is,” he said last year. “But this is a thing.”
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