Billy Joel

Katie Lee Joel—food columnist, cookbook author, Extra! correspondent, Iron Chef judge, former Top Chef host and third wife of singer-pianist Billy—was recently recounting her March 24 appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

“I made a meatloaf, and she liked it!” said Ms. Joel, 26, between bites of an avocado salad at the cafe Sant Ambroeus on West Fourth Street, near the townhouse she shares with her husband and two pugs (they also have homes in Miami and on Long Island). “My husband’s not big on doing TV. But he likes Oprah, and he knew that it was important to me.”  read more »

The Piano Man is good at writing charmingly saccharine and enduring karaoke standards, but isn't as gifted at selling his real estate. Maybe his luck will change now that nearly a year and a half after listing his 14.2-acre waterfront estate in Centre Island for $37.5 million with Daniel Gale/Sotheby's International Realty, Mr. Joel has turned to the omnipotent Elliman broker Dolly Lenz to sell the estate, according to a listing on her Web site.  read more »

CONCERTS:

Kanye West, Rihanna, Lupe Fiasco, and N.E.R.D. Can we say power tour?! Catch their Manhattan date May 13 at Madison Square Garden. [On Sale: Saturday, Feb. 23 at noon]

Call him dad rock, but Billy Joel’s July 16 show, which was to be the last concert ever at Shea Stadium, was the fastest sell out in Shea’s history, with 50,000 tickets disappearing in just 48 minutes. In fact that was enough to prompt Mr. Joel to add a second concert two days later, which is now being billed as Shea’s official musical close out. (Sorry ‘bout that early birds!) [On Sale: Saturday, Feb. 23 at 9 a.m.]  read more »

Billy Joel just added another concert date to close out Shea Stadium. He'll play another final show on Friday, July 18. The July 16 date was the fastest sell out in Shea history, with than 50,000 tickets sold on www.507TIXX.com in 48 minutes. Tickets for the second go on sale this Saturday, Feb. 23 at 9 a.m. at www.507TIXX.com and by phone at (718) 507-TIXX.

In more Shea-related rock news, a new documentary called The Clash Live: Revolution Rock will air on PBS March 1 at 11 p.m. and March 5 at 2 a.m. It'll be a preview of the April 15 DVD release which will include clips from The Clash's famous 1982 performance at Shea.  read more »

Billy Joel will have those Mets fans feelin' alright at Shea Stadium the night before the all-star game. On July 16th, "The Last Play at Shea," starring the Top 40 star, will be the final concert at the stadium before the Mets move to their new digs at Citi Field.

"Shea Stadium is one of the most hallowed venues in rock and roll history and it's an honor to help throw Shea the ultimate concert farewell party," Mr. Joel said in a statement obtained by the Czar. "As a sports fan and a music lover, I will always have a place for Shea Stadium in my heart. I thank the Mets for giving me and my fans a chance to rock Shea Stadium one last time for the ages."  read more »

Even socialites are not immune to the recent mortgage crisis.

Lauren Remington Platt—a thin, leggy blonde who looks a little like Vogue contributing editor Lauren Davis, but with sharper features—is between internship positions as a financial analyst, she told The Daily Transom last night at the Repetto party, because of “the whole subprime [crisis].” A would-be banker in her mid-twenties, Ms. Platt, who graduated from Columbia, said she worries about a looming market collapse.

“I mean, we are going [to go] through a recession, but I’m hopeful," she said, moving seamlessly from smiling for a photographer to assuming the manner of a stolid financier in mere seconds. Standing tall in a gray-knit Chanel shift dress and Prada boots, she added, "I’m trying to get a job before it really hits this spring.”  read more »

“I have never done a complete dinner for this many people!” marveled Katie Lee Joel (wife of Billy), 26, in an exclusive phone interview with the Transom.  read more »

And apparently, Mr. Joel is a man of considerable appetites.  read more »

Here's what you'll be eating if you are one of the lucky ones with $3,000 to spend on Saturday's Billy Joel concert in the Hamptons Social @ Ross series in East Hampton (hey! Edie Falco danced shoeless at the last gig--Dave Matthews!)

- Deviled Eggs
- Chilled Cucumber Soup
- "BLT" Cherry Tomato Cups
- Mini Lobster Rolls
- Raw Bar

* Hot Appetizers--and more!--after the jump.  read more »

Linda Stein managed the Ramones in their heyday. Since then, she’s brokered for Sting, Billy Joel (after his ‘sad liquid problems’) and a bounty of super-wealthy well-knowns.  read more »