Billy Idol Balks At Playing Yellowknife

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.