AC/DC Members Take Billy Joel To 'Hell' In Concert

03/14/2002 10:00 AM, Yahoo! Music
Billy Altman

(3/14/02, 10 a.m. ET) -- There may be a partial explanation for Billy Joel's battle with laryngitis, which forced him to cancel Monday's (March 11) show with Elton John in Tampa, Florida. The duo played in the city on Saturday (March 9) and, during the show, Joel went on a rant about AC/DC and the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, according to the St. Petersburg Times. When he finished, Joel surprised the crowd by bringing AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson and bassist Cliff Williams on stage, and the pair proceeded to run through the AC/DC standard "Highway To Hell" with Joel's band.

Joel has actually been sick for a little while, and was advised not to do Saturday's show, but he went ahead with it anyway and has now been diagnosed with an acute upper respiratory infection to go along with his laryngitis.

Joel and John are scheduled to bring their Face To Face tour to Madison Square Garden in New York City tomorrow (March 15). At press time, the show was still a go.

-- Bruce Simon, New York

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