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Billy Idol — Devil’s Playground

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By David McPherson (CHARTattack) March 22, 2005 1:14 pm
Britain’s elder punk statesman returns to the studio for the first time in a decade. Once possessing a powerful rebel yell and some melodic chops, this aging punk rocker offers up a bland collection of songs that end up showing why he should have stayed in rock retirement. The lyrics are cliched and the shout that was once rebellious is now rather...
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Billy Idol Balks At Playing Yellowknife

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By CHARTattack Staff January 7, 2009 12:07 pm
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...
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Pumping: Billy Idol - The Very Best Of

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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) August 15, 2008 11:54 am
There was actual genuine recognition of eight songs on this. And we were thinking he only had three hits. Unfortunately, there are 18 songs on this collection.
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Billy Idol Idolizes Himself

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 4, 2008 3:30 pm
Billy Idol has never had a problem with self-idolatry, and he'll continue that trend with The Very Best Of Billy Idol: Idolize Yourself, which will be released through Capitol Records on June 24. The collection span Idol's solo career, from his 1982 eponymous release through 2005's Devil's Playground. The Very Best Of Billy Idol: Idolize...
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Billy Idol With The Rebel Yell

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Photographer: 
Richard Beland
Venue: 
Kool Haus
City: 
Toronto
Date: 
August 19, 2002

Billy Idol Holds Secret To Eternal Youth

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David Leyes
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February 14, 2008

Billy Idol Plans Rebellious Christmas

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By CHARTattack Staff November 23, 2006 7:00 pm
It's a nice day for a... "White Christmas." Billy Idol — the man who helped pioneer pop-punk with Generation X and then went on to become a huge MTV-popularized star with a string of '80s hits including "White Wedding," "Dancing With Myself," "Rebel Yell" and "Mony Mony" — is going the Bing...
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Billy Idol Yells At Christmas Tree, Plays With Devil

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By David McDougall (CHARTattack) December 6, 2004 4:30 pm
Long before Spike appeared on Buffy The Vampire Slayer, the bleach-blond/black leather look belonged to a sneering '80s rock star — one Billy Idol. Well, after 10 years of dancing only with himself, Idol is ready to make some new waves in the world of rock music. Aside from one track on his 2001 Greatest Hits package, the singer hasn't had any...
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