Billy Joel‘s beloved bike store twentieth Century Cycles can be closing its doorways completely following the musician’s mind dysfunction analysis – discover out extra beneath.
Earlier this 12 months, Joel revealed that he had been identified with the mind dysfunction regular strain hydrocephalus (NPH), and later needed to cancel all of his upcoming tour dates – together with his headline UK exhibits – because of this.
Now, it has been introduced that Joel’s Lengthy Island bike store and storage twentieth Century Cycles can be shutting down for good this September, with an public sale for the Piano Man’s private assortment of bikes being organized for later this 12 months.
In accordance with Joel’s spokesperson Claire Mercuri, per The Unbiased, the choice to shut twentieth Century Cycles got here after the musician’s analysis.
twentieth Century Cycles first opened in 2010, on account of Joel’s love of traditional bikes, and wanting a spot to take care of, restore, restore and customise his personal bikes. The store additionally serves as a museum of his personal assortment, which the general public can go to at no cost.
A date for Joel’s private bike assortment public sale has but to be set. As for the store, it’s nonetheless open for now, and is within the means of shifting out its bikes – however is promoting components to the general public, as listed by their Instagram web page.
Throughout a current podcast interview, Joel gave an replace on his well being and mentioned that the dysfunction “sounds lots worse than what I’m feeling”, sharing that he at the moment feels “high quality” however his “stability sucks”, likening it to “being on a ship”. “It’s not mounted, it’s nonetheless being labored on,” he added of the situation.
When requested what causes the dysfunction, Joel shared: “No one is aware of. They don’t know. I assumed it have to be from ingesting. I don’t anymore, however I used to love a fish.”
Joel’s HBO stuffed five-hour documentary And So It Goes premiered final month, and scored a two-star overview from Jordan Bassett for NME. Bassett wrote: “A lot of And So It Goes is like ambient telly, with one more album breakdown washing over you. Nonetheless, mega-fans will clearly lap it up and also you’ll undoubtedly be reaching for that battered copy of ‘The Stranger’ when the credit (finally) roll.”
