[UPDATE]: Original punk Billy Idol has extended his stay in North America with an additional crop of August and September tour dates. The run of concerts includes a mix of headlining shows and festivals throughout the U.S. and Canada along with a Las Vegas residency.
Idol just polished off his previously announced run of North American shows on Saturday with an appearance at Cruel World Festival in Pasadena, CA and wasted no time scheduling his return. Before coming back to North America, Idol will embark on the first-ever Generation Sex tour, which will see Idol helm the punk group featuring Tony James (Generation X) along with Steve Jones and Paul Cook (Sex Pistols) for a tour of the U.K. and Europe.
Idol returns to North America on August 27th for a show in Vancouver, BC. He and his band, featuring his collaborator and lead guitarist of the last 40 years Steve Stevens, will tour the Western United States, making stops in Washington, Montana, and Colorado, including an appearance at Jazz Aspen Snowmass alongside Foo Fighters, The Lumineers, Old Dominion, and others on September 3rd.
The following week, Idol is on the East Coast for a run of shows through Washington, D.C., Boston, Brooklyn, Camden, NJ, and a return to D.C. for an intimate show at the newly opened The Atlantis. Come October, Idol will check in to Las Vegas’ The Cosmopolitan for a five-show residency.
Tickets for the new Billy Idol North American tour dates go on sale on Thursday, May 25th at 10 a.m. local time. See below for a full list of tour dates.
While on his most recent U.S. tour, Idol played the first-ever concert at the Hoover Dam. Straddling the Arizona/Nevada border, Idol ran through a setlist of his celebrated hits and recent work with a backing band that included special guests Alison Mosshart (The Kills, The Dead Weather), Steve Jones (Sex Pistols), and Tony Kanal (No Doubt). The performance was filmed for a concert film scheduled for release later this year. Check out a teaser below.
FIRST LOOK: Billy Idol Live at Hoover Dam – Cradle of Love
[1/23/23]: Celebrated British rocker Billy Idol will head out on the road for a run of 2023 spring tour dates in the United States. Each of the stops on the 2023 Billy Idol tour will include hits from throughout his catalog as well as music from his recent EPs, 2022’s The Cage and 2021’s The Roadside.
The trek will begin on March 30th with a performance in Scottsdale, AZ followed by stops in Reno, NV (4/1) and Denver, CO (4/4). Two weeks later, Billy Idol will bring his “Rebel Yell” east for a run of four shows in Florida before working his way north for concerts in Atlanta, GA (4/26), Moon Township, PA (5/1), and Baltimore, MD (5/3).
After a quick trip to Canada for a show in Niagara Falls, ON (5/5), the “White Wedding” singer will head to the midwest for shows in Cincinnati, OH (5/6), Indianapolis, IN (5/9), Kansas City, MO (5/11), and St. Paul, MN (5/12). Finally, Idol will wrap the outing with a headlining slot at Goldenvoice‘s Cruel World Festival in Pasadena, CA on Saturday, May 20th.
Billy Idol was recently honored with the first Hollywood Walk of Fame star of 2023. His January 13th induction ceremony included speeches by Henry Rollins and Shepard Fairey. Watch a video of his induction speech here.
Tickets for the Billy Idol Live 2023 tour go on sale beginning Friday, January 27th at 10:00 a.m. local venue time via Idol’s website. Click below for a complete list of dates.
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