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plus, stephen welcomes billy joel. and musical guest chappell roan. featuring louis cato and "the late show" band. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert. [cheers and applause] >> stephen: oh! thanks, everybody. welcome. welcome one and all to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. [cheering] once again, it was an insane day for america, because it was

a regular day for donald trump. he had not one, but two criminal trials today. one in new york, one in georgia at the exact same time. the only way to follow all of the action was to have multiple tvs. that's why i watched all the proceedings today at a buffalo wild wings. i had the hot habeas jalapeno poppers. then is this just tomorrow? tomorrow, judge engoron is expected to issue a verdict in trump's $370 million civil fraud trial. and i'll tell you right now. whatever he rules, i believe the verdict is unfair... to me! 'cause i don't have a show tomorrow! and justice delayed is punchlines denied. those three are just today and tomorrow. he's also facing the january 6th trial in washington d.c., the classified documents case in florida, colorado trying to throw him off the ballot for insurrection, and his appeal of

the verdict in the e. jean carroll defamation case, in which a jury has already found that trump committed sexual assault. and yet, despite all this, people want to hire this maniac to be president. [booing] in light of all of that, i'd like to make a brief public service announcement. this is [bleep] up. [cheering] look. look. i know, i know how numb we've become, but it's not normal. no other candidate for the presidency has had to end defend himself in multiple courts. and i'd like to point out that in all seven of his cases, no one, no one doubts that he did these things. we're just sitting around patiently waiting to find out if the wheels of justice will grind fast enough for there to be any consequences. and the media is covering it like it's any other political story, like it's all a horse race. but in this horse race, one of the horses is old.

while one of the horses is old, has hoof-and-mouth disease, and keeps quoting horse hitler! now! at least send him to the glue factory. at least in one case, things aren't looking good for trump. this morning, he was here in new york, where he's facing 34 counts of falsification of business records over the hush money payment to porn star stormy daniels. trump's lawyers were doing their best to delay this case, but the judge was not having it. he announced the trial would be moving forward two minutes after the hearing got underway. [cheering] 2 minutes, okay? which is twice as long as trump lasted with stormy. so she says. shitake. the trial begins march 25th, and in this historic case, the former president will be represented by trump attorney and most expensive dish on the cannibal restaurant menu, todd blanche.

todd blanche tried in vain to argue that the case was "a discombobulated package of politically motivated charges." coincidentally, according to stormy, trump also has a discombobulated package. but judge juan merchan wasn't buying it and got frustrated with blanche's bombastic court style. the judge snapped "stop interrupting me, please," and "mr. blanche, please have a seat." trump's lawyers are always acting out so much, at this point, the judges have to come to court with a spray bottle. "no, mr. blanche! not on the table! down, down! down, down! bad lawyer!"ssss, sssss. ssss, sss. [laughter] so this was not a great day for donald trump, but he told

reporters this isn't just about him. >> it is a sad thing. it's a sad day for new york. >> stephen: is it, though? i got a room full of new yorkers right here, let me check. how do you feel about trump facing criminal justice? [cheers and applause] [cheering] they hide their grief well. the case trump did not attend was down in atlanta, where the former president is charged with attempting to overturn the 2020 georgia election. but today's hearing was about whether to disqualify the prosecutor, which could delay the case for months. the prosecutor in question is fulton county d.a. fani willis, seen here realizing that youtube won't let her skip this ad for vrbo. at issue is willis' romantic relationship with a member of her team, special prosecutor and alluring stranger on "days of our lives," nathan wade.

both willis and wade have acknowledged the relationship. okay, it's gotta be strange for donald trump to be involved in legal proceedings that center around a consensual relationship. "wait, you mean you were both into it? how does that work? do you sign the nda at the same time? just tell me who pays who? that's what i want to know. but the lawyers for one of trump's... [cheers and applause] "see, they love me here." but the lawyers for one of trump's codefendants allege that the two were romantically involved when willis hired wade in 2021 to manage the investigation. of course, tales of courtroom lust are nothing new. we all remember the classic film "12 horny men." if they were already dating, the defendants lawyers say willis is guilty of conflicts of interest, claiming that willis paid wade more than $650,000 for his work and then profited

personally when he used that money to take her on expensive vacations, including cruises in the bahamas. "profited personally" i think is a generous description of taking a cruise. "honey, would you like to spend a week on a floating norovirus petri dish where all the children have peed in the pool? before you answer: there's a magician!" now, willis and wade say they started the relationship after he was hired, and they argue that even if the allegations about their relationship were true, they wouldn't warrant disqualification from the trump case. well, yeah. their personal lives don't have anything to do with the facts of the case. it has been established that lawyers are allowed to have sex in the legal precedent of "suits." now... i got something. i got something i got one thing. but today in court, one of willis' former colleagues said

in testimony that the relationship began right after they met in 2019, an allegation that willis disputed today, vehemently. >> when i met him, judge reeves introduced us, he handed me his business card. i'm unsure if i handed him my business card. but we exchanged information. he said if you ever need any help, give me a call. and he walked to the parking lot. >> so after that, you started dating shortly thereafter. >> that's a lie. that is one of your lies. >> stephen: i don't know who's telling the truth here yet, but i will say exchanging business cards isn't exactly a meet cute. the movie's not called "when harry networked with sally." at one point, willis had had enough and really laid into the opposing counsel. >> you're confused. you think i'm on trial. these people are on trial for trying to steal an election in 2020. i'm not on trial no matter how hard you try to put me on trial. >> stephen: damn straight! yeah! that's right!

that's right! here's the thing. yes, it's true. donald trump and his associates are on trial in this, one of the most important cases in the history of our republic. so, i've just got one follow-up question here. given that if you are removed from the prosecution, it could delay this trial until after the election, how good was this sex? good enough to risk democracy over? because i've never had sex that good. you know what feels really good? donald trump going to prison. [cheers and applause] that, that, my friends, is what they call the real happy ending. trump keeps mixing up people in his speeches, like saying obama was who he ran against when he meant biden, and nikki haley was in control of the capitol when he meant nancy pelosi. this makes a lot of people question his mental competency. so last night, at a rally in

south carolina, he offensively went on the defensive. >> when i say obama is the president of our country. bah, bah, bah, bah. they go, he doesn't know that it's biden! he doesn't know. it's very hard to be sarcastic. and when i interpose -- because i'm not a nikki fan and i'm not a pelosi fan. and when i purposely interpose names, they said he didn't know pelosi from nikki -- from tricky nikki. tricky dickie. [laughter] >> stephen: what's happening? is he just doing stream-of-consciousness slam poetry? "tricky nikki, tricky dicky, slicky licky, sticky wiki, fuzzy wuzzy, wooly willy, free willy, whale!" [laughter] then he went on and claimed biden's presidency has been

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[cheers and applause] meanwhile... meanwhile, the actor who plays emperor palpatine in the star wars movies was recently asked about whether he procreated to produce rey skywalker, and ian mcdiarmid said he is open to the idea of palpatine having sex. and i'm being told we actually have that footage. >> i... i, i can't hold on any longer. >> stephen: that's a beautiful, natural thing! you made it ugly up here! meanwhile, in medieval feline disease news, experts say a cat in oregon gave bubonic plague to its owner, adding that cats are known to be especially vulnerable to plague. yes, it's a real mystery. "i don't understand how these cats are spreading disease. they spend all day walking around in a box of their own

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[cheers and applause] this is a lot of fun. sometimes you really know you are lucky to have this job, because my guest is a six-time grammy award-winning singer and songwriter who has sold over 160 million records worldwide and is a rock 'n' roll hall of famer. please welcome back to "the late show," mr. billy joel. [cheering] ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ sure.

there you go. welcome back. nice to see you again. [audience chanting "billy"] it's not msg but it'll have to do. nice to see you again. how you been? >> billy: thank you. good. >> stephen: excellent. i wrote to basically thank you for your new song, "turn the lights back on." because i absolutely loved it. you call this your first new song in 30 years. >> billy: that i wrote to release as a record, yes. >> stephen: okay, the last time you were on here, you said you didn't -- you are not that interested in writing new songs. what changed? and why did you lie to me? >> billy: i didn't expect this to happen. it's something that developed

about two years ago. i met a guy who was a fan, and he wanted to try to get me to think about doing new music again. i thought i was just going to meet some kid who wanted to say hi and that was the end of that, but i sat down with him, we had a lunch. we were out in sag harbor. and he started talking about songwriting. he knew what he was talking about. >> stephen: well, i love the song. i love "time sticks out its tongue." "laughs at the portrait of what we've become." did you enjoy writing a song? did you enjoy releasing a song again? did you miss that? and can we expect more? >> billy: i enjoyed the interaction with the musicians. this wasn't so much about the music business for me. it was more about the music. just concentrating on the music, and that's what made it more enjoyable. >> stephen: you told "rolling stone" in 2019 that you actually have a lot of music

that no one has heard. why won't you let us hear it, billy joel? are you like j.d. salinger? are you the salinger of music, where you write every day but just won't let us hear it? >> billy: i can kind of relate to salinger. i kind of understand. kind of hiding out. >> stephen: why? because he enjoyed writing but didn't like the publishing business? >> billy: the whole star aspect of it, the celebrity aspect of it can be a little off-putting. sometimes it's too much. >> stephen: but billy, there is nothing better than being famous, right? >> billy: there are some things that are better. >> stephen: but people say your name and suddenly you have validity. because without the audience's praise, how are we anything? [cheers and applause] >> billy: when i had said that i had music no one has ever

heard, it's not songs. it's notes. it's music. it's instrumental music, it's orchestral music or melodic music but i wasn't writing words. >> stephen: you debuted "turn the lights back on" at the grammys and we have a clip right here it. ♪ as we're laying ♪ ♪ in the darkness ♪ ♪ did i wait too long ♪ ♪ to turn the lights back on? ♪ [cheers and applause] >> stephen: the crowd, like this crowd right here, the crowd there was very excited to see you at the grammys. you have got six grammys yourself. do you enjoy the award shows? >> billy: i like the interactions with the other musicians. >> stephen: i'm sensing a theme here. >> billy: when they make it a contest, i'm not comfortable with that.

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they didn't show it. we were having a blast. >> stephen: that would have been super bowl ratings. >> billy: it was great. and the winner is not you. [cheers and applause] >> stephen: we have to take a quick break. but we'll be right back with more billy joel, everybody. stick around. [pickleballers volleying] here we go. [pop] (♪♪) game time. (♪♪) (♪♪) ♪ i have type 2 diabetes, but i manage it well ♪

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>> stephen: hey, everybody. we are back with the one, the only, the billy joel. along with the good news about new music from billy joel that we get to hear, there is a little bit of little sad, little bittersweet news. you have announced your last performance of a decade-long residency at madison square garden. it's going to be july 25. it will be your 150th performance at msg. end of an era. there you go. here it is. anybody driving by, that sign is up there half the time you go by msg right there. there's billy joel. you're msg. why did you decide to stop? >> billy: we have been there for ten years. i don't want to outstay

my welcome. i thought, better to leave before they kick you out. but it's a great gig. it's a great venue. the acoustics are great. it's our home. we've been there a long time. >> stephen: is it really home? it is so huge. does it feel homey to you? >> billy: we were playing stadiums a lot too, a lot of stadiums, you go back to the garden and it's like, oh, our club. it feels smaller. it doesn't mean we can't go back there and play again. this is the last gig in this residency. >> stephen: okay. before you finish the residency, do you know anybody who can get me tickets to see you? evie and i really want to come see the show. >> billy: talk to me. >> stephen: if you just put your number right there. [cheers and applause] when you go out, how many people do you play to? 20,000? how many people?

>> billy: at the garden, it's 20,000. you sell it in the round. >> stephen: when you go out and there's 20,000 people waiting to hear you play, you quickly can you know if it's a good audience? >> billy: pretty much immediately. if they are psyched and you walk out and you hear that noise. >> stephen: crackle? >> billy: it's more rraaar! this is going to be a good show. when you are playing and performing, there is an exchange of energy. you give something to them. they give something to you. it goes back and forth all night. >> stephen: it's a reciprocal emotional relationship. is that what you're saying? >> billy: i tend to compare it to sex. if you're having sex and there's no noise, you are not doing it right. [applause]

>> stephen: or mom and dad are upstairs. >> billy: there is that, too. but i wasn't thinking of that. but you need some feedback. if you are getting noise back, that means, okay, this is going well. >> stephen: is it true you no longer sell the tickets to the front row of your shows? >> billy: i stopped doing that about 20 years ago. >> stephen: what was the motivation of not selling the front row? >> billy: i would look down from the stage. the scalpers sell the tickets to the front row, so people pay way too much money for the tickets. we are not worth $50,000 for tickets in the front. and they are sitting there like this. "okay, entertain me, piano man." and you are like, "come on, where are the fans?" the fans are in the back. i decided i'm not gonna sell the front rows. i'm gonna send my road crew to the back of the room, bring the

real fans up to the front. [cheers and applause] >> stephen: that's cool. and that makes a difference? what is your front row like? >> billy: they are all enthusiastic to be there. here's the codicil. the guys in my road crew are guys. they are going to go back to the back of the room and who do you think they are going to bring up to the front? cute girls. we look down and go, my, this is a good-looking audience. and the show goes like that. i was doing this on the road with elton john. elton goes, why aren't you selling the front rows and i explain it to him and a light bulb went off over his head and he was like "aha." the next night elton is doing his part of the show. you can see in front of elton, there were all of these cute boys. >> stephen: he learned a thing or two. there ya go. >> billy: and his show went like that.

it's a win-win. >> stephen: you famously use to get to msg by helicopter. that sounds fantastic. i wish i could land a chopper on the top of the ed sullivan theater. 'cause traffic is terrible. you don't do that anymore? >> billy: i stopped doing that. i got freaked out. sometimes there is turbulence in the helicopter. so now i take the long island railroad. >> stephen: really? you just go to the bottom of msg and take the railroad? >> billy: the train lets you off right there. >> stephen: why don't you take a greyhound on the hudson river line? >> billy: i did that already. >> stephen: all right. >> billy: you get in the car sometimes, you run out of madison square garden. for 2.5 hours you are on stage, you are mussolini. they're yelling your name, clapping, cheering, loving. then you jump in the car and you drive to new york traffic and you are just another schmuck in traffic. "wait a minute.

i was just mussolini. what happened to me?" and some people can't handle that transition. >> stephen: billy joel, the mussolini of music. this network, cbs, will be filming the 100th concert of your residency. your 146th lifetime show at msg and they will show that concert in a special that will air on april 14th. it's a sold-out residency, you have sold nearly 2 million tickets. why the film? was this your idea to film it, so you have a record? >> billy: this wasn't my idea. i'm not a film, tv guy. i'm camera shy. i am not looking at that thing. >> stephen: right. you're mostly in it to be with the other musicians, i understand. >> billy: it is fun to hang out with the other musicians, yes. >> stephen: we have to take

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>> stephen: hey, everybody! we're back with billy joel. there have been a lot of super groups over the years. have you ever thought of putting together billy joel and friends, like, your supergroup? who would be in billy joel's

supergroup? >> bily: i have kicked this around with a couple people. i talked about having don henley, sting, john mayer, you know, getting a band together just to explode and then break up. >> stephen: sure. just fight with each other. make a film out of that. >> billy: play together until we hate each other's guts and then split. >> stephen: now, one of the things that year marks, in november will mark 50 years since your song "piano man" was released. [applause] it is an iconic song. it's in the library of congress. when you wrote that, you were this young man writing the song. did you know this was going to be a hit? did you feel like this is the one? >> billy: no, i didn't have a clue. it's in waltz time. it was kind of a long song. they had to edit it. the lyrics are like limericks, really.

it's a repetitive melody. >> stephen: [humming] right. you can fit nantucket in there. >> billy: there once was a girl from nantucket. [humming] fell in a... hand in a bucket. buh-buh-bhuh-bhuh-bhuh-bhuh-buh. >> stephen: but it's better than drinking for free. >> billy: exactly. john at the bar is a friend of mine. he gets me my drinks for free. he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke and buh-buh-buh-buh to be. [applause] and the melody is repetitive. it starts [humming]. and then it jumps an octave. [humming] and you thank god for the la la la di-di-da. that breaks it up. >> stephen: have you listened to "tangled up in blue"? it never ends and it's a great song. >> billy: i love that song. >> stephen: oh, so do i too. but even dylan just repeats himself. i'm saying you're better than dylan is what i am saying. okay.

unless, unless... unless he is willing to come on my show. it is an enormous hit. was it a hit right away? >> billy: no. back in the day, disk jockeys could spin whatever they wanted on the radio. there were no consultants. it was free-form. and if people called in, "i want to hear the song." they would play it. if the disk jockey liked it, they'd play it. so it was what they called a turntable hit. it didn't really sell through. it just got played a lot on the radio so the perception was that it was a hit record but it really wasn't. >> stephen: oh, wow. i'm so sorry. maybe your career will take off someday, billy joel. >> billy: well, from here, we can go places. >> stephen: all right. if you need a fifth person for your supergroup, i'm always there. i know all the lyrics. billy, lovely to have you again. thanks so much for being here. "turn the lights back on," right there,

is out right now. the 100th show of billy's residency at madison square garden is airing as a cbs special on april 14th. mr. billy joel, everybody. we'll be right back with a performance by chappell roan.

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>> stephen: making her late-night debut with "red wine supernova," from her album "the rise and fall of a midwest princess," chappell roan. ♪ ♪ ♪ she was a playboy ♪ ♪ brigitte bardot ♪ ♪ she showed me things ♪ ♪ i didn't know ♪ ♪ she did it right there ♪ ♪ out on the deck ♪ ♪ put her canine teeth ♪ ♪ in the side of my neck ♪ ♪ i'm in the hallway ♪ ♪ waitin' for ya ♪ ♪ mini skirt ♪ ♪ and my go-go boots ♪ ♪ i just want you ♪

♪ to make a move ♪ ♪ so slow down, sit down ♪ ♪ it's new ♪ ♪ i just wanna get to know ya ♪ ♪ guess i didn't quite ♪ ♪ think it through ♪ ♪ fell in love ♪ ♪ with the thought of you ♪ ♪ i'm choked up, face down ♪ ♪ burnt out ♪ ♪ baby, why don't you ♪ come over? ♪ ♪ red wine supernova ♪ ♪ falling into me ♪ ♪ let's pick it up now ♪ ♪ i don't care ♪ ♪ that you're a stoner ♪ ♪ red wine supernova ♪ ♪ fall right into me ♪ ♪ i like ♪ ♪ what you like ♪ ♪ long hair ♪ ♪ no bra ♪

♪ it's my type ♪ ♪ that's right ♪ ♪ you just told me ♪ ♪ want me to [...] you ♪ ♪ baby, i will ♪ ♪ 'cause i really want to ♪ i just wanna get to know ya ♪ ♪ guess i didn't quite ♪ ♪ think it through ♪ ♪ fell in love ♪ ♪ with the thought of you ♪ ♪ now i'm choked up, face down ♪ ♪ burnt out ♪ ♪ baby, why don't you ♪ ♪ come over? ♪ ♪ red wine supernova ♪ ♪ falling into me ♪ ♪ okay, y'all ♪ ♪ let's pick it up now ♪ ♪ i don't care ♪ ♪ that you're a stoner ♪ ♪ red wine supernova ♪ ♪ fall right into me ♪ ♪ well, back at my house ♪ ♪ i got a california king ♪ ♪ okay, maybe it's a twin bed ♪

♪ and some roommates ♪ ♪ don't worry, we're cool ♪ ♪ i heard you like magic ♪ i got a wand and a rabbit ♪ ♪ so baby, let's get freaky ♪ ♪ get kinky ♪ ♪ let's make this bed ♪ ♪ get squeaky ♪ ♪ baby, why don't you ♪ ♪ come over? ♪ ♪ red wine supernova ♪ ♪ fall right into me ♪ ♪ i don't care ♪ ♪ that you're a stoner ♪ ♪ red wine supernova ♪ ♪ fall right into me ♪ [cheers and applause] >> stephen: stay there. you stay there. you've done enough. you've done enough. chappell roan, everybody. that is it for "the late show." good night!