Billy Joel checks out

Billy Joel has checked out of a California rehabilitation centre a month after entering the facility for treatment of alcohol abuse.

The 55-year-old singer entered the Betty Ford Centre in March after suffering what his publicist said was "a bout of severe gastrointestinal distress." He was to receive "treatment of alcohol abuse," she said. The Grammy-winning artist, whose hits include Piano Man, is back at his Long Island home with his third wife, Kate Lee.