Billy Joel announced yesterday that a new single titled “Turn the Lights Back On” will be released on February 1. It will be available as a 7″ vinyl, as well as on every major music streaming platform.
Billed as Joel’s “first new single in decades,” the new single marks Joel’s first solo release since 2007 (when he released “All My Life”) and only his second since 1993, when he announced his retirement from songwriting after the release of River of Dreams.
Over the past three decades, Joel has also released a few covers, duets and a studio album of classical compositions called Fantasies & Delusions, but new material from the legendary singer-songwriter has been extremely rare, making this new release a big treat for the Piano Man’s diehard fans.
Joel first teased the new single during a December 19 concert at Madison Square Garden, part of his long-running residency at the NYC venue.
“I have good news and bad news,” Joel told the crowd, as seen in a TikTok shared on his official account. “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.”
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