Fans of the Piano Man are going to have to wait a little bit longer to see Billy Joel return to Toronto for his first local show in a decade.
The six-time Grammy winner announced Tuesday that he is postponing a concert that was scheduled to take place this Saturday at Rogers Centre until 2026.
According to a post on his website, the Toronto concert, as well as gigs that were scheduled to take place in Detroit, Syracuse, Salt Lake City, Milwaukee, Charlotte and the U.K,, have been rescheduled.
Joel, 75, will now visit Toronto on March 14, 2026.
Shows in the affected cities were postponed as he recovers from a recent surgery due to “a medical condition.”
The singer-songwriter will now return to the road in July with a show at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh.
“While I regret postponing any shows, my health must come first,” Joel said in a statement. “I look forward to getting back on stage and sharing the joy of live music with our amazing fans. Thank you for your understanding.”
Joel sparked concern last month when he took a spill during a concert in Connecticut while performing his 1980 classic It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me.
On TikTok, some fans worried that the musician had hurt himself.
“That fall at the end had me worried. I saw him a couple years ago and he’s still got it.. sounds great and he’s having a great time…maybe just stay on your two feet, Billy,” one person wrote, with another adding, “Dangerous fall being 75.”
But Joel bounced back up and continued on with the remainder of his shindig.
Last year, Joel wrapped his long-running monthly residency at New York’s Madison Square Garden after a decade and some 150 concerts.
“We were the first group to play at Yankee Stadium. We were the last band to play at Shea Stadium. We played Berlin the night that the Berlin Wall came down. We were the first American full-fledged performance in the Soviet Union. And we were the first band to play after Castro came to power, and played Cuba. We played in front of the Coliseum in Rome for a half million people. And the food was great. But out of all of them, this is the best. There’s no place like this,” Joel said at the last MSG show, which took place in July.
With his monthly shows coming to an end, Joel turned his attention to playing to his fans in other cities. He even penciled in plans to return to New York this summer, where he’ll become the first artist to play all three local-area stadiums — Yankee Stadium in the Bronx on July 18; Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., home to the New York Giants and New York Jets, on Aug. 8; and Citi Field, home to the New York Mets, in Queens, N.Y., on Aug. 21.
“I’m looking forward to playing these iconic stadiums this summer – each holds personal significance to me,” Joel told Billboard. “There’s nothing like the energy of the crowds in New York, and sharing a stage with my friends, Rod Stewart, Sting and Stevie Nicks, whose music always inspires me, is extremely rewarding.”