“I have to take a series of tests before I know, but I can’t drive right now,” Joel told the outlet about whether he might eventually return to the stage. He added: “And I can’t do performances because what the neurologist told me, every time you do a show, it’s like you’re getting a concussion. It’s the lighting, the sound, the stress of the show, the audience, the energy of the performance. There’s a lot going on when you’re on stage.”
That is the actual news here, and it is stark enough without embellishment. Joel is describing a life narrowed by medical limits that cut directly across the habits people most associate with him: performing, driving, riding motorcycles, moving through the world under his own steam.
Radar also reported that Joel said he is letting go of his motorcycle collection because riding is no longer an option. “I love motorcycles. I love biking. I love driving. I love the anonymity of it,” he told the outlet. “I was not a collector. I was actually a rider. So, I figured it was just time to let it go.”
The outlet further reported that Joel underwent surgery to have a shunt implanted in his brain. But the clearest, best-supported development is what Joel says his condition means right now: no driving, no performances, and more testing before he knows whether either can resume.
He has not ruled out returning. “They have to test me further to see if I can go back and do performing again, which I would like to be able to do,” he told Radar.
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