No summer tour for Billy and Elton

What seemed like a second chance to see two legends with two pianos reunite on stage will not happen. Billy Joel says media reports he will do a summer tour with Elton John are not true.

"There was never a tour booked this summer!" says Billy Joel, responding to Internet claims that he pulled the plug on a summer tour with Elton John.

He continues, "Obviously, this has the smell of a really juicy story: ‘Why did they cancel? Did Billy and Elton have a fight? What’s going on?’ The truth is, there’s nothing going on. I had made up my mind a long time ago that I wasn’t going to work this year."

The two singers are currently performing shows on their Face 2 Face tour. But these concerts are make-up shows to replace shows that were cancelled in 2009.

Rumours leaked about the possibility of a concert at Boston’s Fenway Park and another at Chicago’s Wrigley Field. Joel says neither he nor Elton John was involved in the discussions.

Elton John even seemed to believe the rumours. He commented, "I just found out you weren’t going to be working this year, and I was heartbroken because I was looking forward to doing it."