Billy Joel performed live onstage for the first time since revealing he was diagnosed with a brain condition in May.
On Jan. 2, the 76-year-old musician took the stage at an amphitheater in Wellington, Fla., where fans were watching a Billy Joel cover band without knowing that the Piano Man himself would soon surprise them, according to area newspaper The Palm Beach Post.
Video from the evening shows Joel onstage wearing a winter vest and black hat. Walking with a cane, he then takes a seat at the piano as the crowd chants his name.
The musician was joined onstage by his two youngest children, daughters Della, 10, and Remy, 8. The girls clapped and danced as their dad played.
But on Friday night (January 2) he made an unexpected comeback when he joined Billy Joel tribute act Turnstiles in Wellington, Florida, at a show marking the town's 30th anniversary.
His appearance surprised the band as much as the audience and Joel took centre stage for performances of We Didn’t Start The Fire and Big Shot.
He told the crowd: "I wasn’t planning on working tonight!" You can watch footage of the performance below.
Announcing his illness last year, a post on his social media accounts read: "Billy Joel has announced that he will be cancelling all scheduled concerts following a recent diagnosis of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
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