Review: Billy Idol is back, still with all that ’80s sneer

For his concert at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, he delivered hit songs and all his signature, retro swagger.

Billy Idol's 'Eyes Without a Face': The Surprising Ballad That Became His First Top 10 Hit

In 1984, Billy Idol was known for bleach-blonde spiky hair, leather, and rebellious rock anthems. Almost no one expected him to release a dreamy, haunting ballad. But the unlikely creative gamble — a ...
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4 Songs That Show How Billy Idol Filled a Punk Void in the 1980s

Billy Idol began his career as the frontman of the English punk band Generation X. However, by 1979, only two years after releasing their first single, Generation X had called it quits amid internal ...
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Billy Idol talks Rock Hall nomination, new documentary, brush with death, and being ‘on a mission to make the ‘80s great’

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. And so, while other punks dismissed making music videos as "selling out," Idol fully committed to the medium (so much so that he ...
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'80s Music Star Billy Idol Admits He Almost Died From Snorting Heroin After Launching Solo Career

Born in 1955 in Middlesex and raised in Bromley, Idol first found success with Generation X before moving to New York as the punk movement faded. Billy Idol was born in 1955 in Middlesex.MEGA By 1983, ...