Music legend Billy Joel has opened up about his early 2010s rift with fellow singing icon Elton John, sparked by comments made about the “Piano Man” singer’s rehab stints. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

The singer-songwriter is now two years sober after two early stints in rehab, in 2002 at Connecticut’s Silver Hill Hospital and in 2005 at New York City’s Betty Ford Centre.