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Do You Get Deja Vu? Olivia Rodrigo Performs With Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden
Olivia Rodrigo introduced the person she wrote “Deja Vu” about to Billy Joel‘s music — and now she’s singing onstage with the “Piano Man” himself. The 19-year-old pop star surprised fans when she joined Joel onstage during his Madison Square Garden concert in New York City on Wednesday night (Aug. 24) to perform back-to-back songs: “Deja Vu” and Joel’s “Uptown Girl,” the song she references in her 2021 top five Billboard Hot 100 hit. “Hey, guys!” Rodrigo said to the crowd as they screamed wildly. “Thank you so much for having me, Billy. I’m such a huge fan. And, uh, I kind of wrote this next song about you,” she said before launching into “Deja Vu.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Fans will recognize the reference to Joel’s 1983 hit in Rodrigo’...
Olivia Rodrigo Joins Billy Joel for Two Songs at Madison Square Garden
If you said in 2019 (or even 2020 for that matter) that Billy Joel would welcome Olivia Rodrigo onstage at one of his sold-out Madison Square Garden shows in New York City, people would have been…confused. Yet here we are in 2022 and that’s exactly what happened. At Joel’s 82nd consecutive show at the World’s Most Famous Arena, Rodrigo joined the Piano Man. “Hey, guys! Thank you so much for having me, Billy. I’m such a huge fan, and I kind of wrote this next song about you,” Rodrigo said after taking the stage. Together, they played a version of Rodrigo’s “Deja Vu” and Joel’s “Uptown Girl.” On “Deja Vu,” Rodrigo references “Uptown Girl” so it all comes full circle. “Deja Vu” was the second single from Rodrigo’s debut album Sour, and landed at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. “I BET THAT SHE...
Christmas Stalkings: What to Buy for the Music Fan in Your Life
As the stockings get hung by the chiminea with care in hopes that Papa Noel soon will be there, you might be hard-pressed to find gifts that will bring true joy to the music-obsessive in your life. Especially if they seem to have every new album or box set that comes out. But fear not, dear consumer, as SPIN has spent these first days of the holiday season in search of the coolest gift ideas with the music fan in your life in mind. From action figures of your favorite rappers to choice box sets to quality cannabis to spirits made from spuds, the 2021 holiday season is a cornucopia overflowing with possibilities for the music fan who seems to have everything. For the Fabs fan on your list, it’s not a question of what to get them this year but how much are you willing to get them, as this se...
DMC, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and More Appear in Harry Chapin Documentary Trailer
Singer/songwriter Harry Chapin is the subject of a new documentary and the trailer featuring an all-star cast of characters has been released. In the two-minute trailer, artists like DMC, Billy Joel, Sir Bob Geldof and Pat Benatar are interviewed about Chapin’s legacy while previous footage of Bruce Springsteen and Kenny Rogers speaking highly of the songwriter dot the trailer. The film takes a look at Chapin’s life beginning as the son of a musician, his career, his charitable work including founding hunger nonprofit WhyHunger before his death at the age of 38 in 1981. “Harry Chapin was one of the greatest storytellers of all time. He wanted to change the world. And he did,” said Ken Kragen, Harry Chapin’s manager and co-creator of USA for Africa and Hands Across America. The film will re...
