Billy Idol Balks At Playing Yellowknife

01/07/09 1:07pm

Billy Idol fans in the Northwest Territories may be bleating rebel yells of anguish today after learning the British singer won't perform in Yellowknife two months from now.

A local concert promotion company tried to book Idol and his band last fall, but nothing was signed, and Idol's management company says that the former Generation X frontman has no dates scheduled for this year. But the Mojam concert listing website posted a March 8 date for Idol at the Yellowknife Multiplex. It has since been removed.

It's probably a good thing that the Idol concert turned out to be a hoax. The 53-year-old's hands would have likely been frostbitten way up there from those stupid fingerless gloves he fancies.

But don't despair, Yellowknife. You'll always have warm memories of The White Stripes — and The Rankins will be there on March 20.