Billy Idols rhythm guitarist, Billy Morrison, will release a digipack single on i-Tunes next month. The song is from the movie K-11 (directed by Jules Stewart and featuring Morrison) and the video features clips and out-takes from the movie. The song, entitled ‘My Liberty’, was written and recorded by Morrison for the movie (his character, ‘Hollywood’, is a musician that winds up in jail) and the accompanying PDF booklet includes stills from the movie, quotes from the director and Morrison, and the complete package will be available on i-Tunes worldwide on June 12th. Billy Idol will be performing across Europe this summer and a full list of shows can be found in the ‘Tour Dates’ section of this website.
Billy Idol has added two dates in Spain to his 2012 European tour. The dates are July 17th at Rock Star in Bilbao and July 19th at Sala La Riviera in Madrid. Exclusive pre-sale tickets for these shows are available today Wednesday May 2nd in our MEMBERS ONLY section, then will be available in our Facebook and Tour Dates stores on Thursday May 3rd, and finally will go on general public sale Friday May 4th.The full list of European dates is now available on the ‘TOUR DATES’ page of this site. The band kick off the tour in Moscow, Russia and finish up a month later in Faro, Portugal and to celebrate, we are offering you the chance to add your very own artistic flair to this website. We want YOU to design a new banner for this website. Anyone with a computer and an artwork program can get involved. Inside the ‘MEMBERS ONLY’ area is a downloadable folder containing artwork elements and instructions on what we are looking for – simply enter a valid email address to sign up for the Members Only page and get designing. The best entry will be used on this website for the rest of this year. So sign up to become a Member of this site and get started! Closing date for all entries is May 31st 2012 – you have a month!!
Billy Idol and his band will perform at the eighth Annual MusiCares MAP Fund® Benefit Concert, honoring Jerry Cantrell and Neil Lasher at Club Nokia in Los Angeles on Thursday May 31st. The concert will raise funds For MusiCares’ Addiction Recovery Services and all proceeds will benefit the MusiCares MAP Fund, which provides members of the music community access to addiction recovery treatment regardless of their financial situation. Along with the host, TV personality Steve-O, and DJ Moby, Billy Idol and his band, featuring longtime lead guitarist Steve Stevens, rhythm guitarist Billy Morrison, drummer Jeremy Colson, bassist Stephen McGrath and keyboardist Derek Sherinian will perform a short set at the event. Other performers include bassist Duff McKagan (Loaded, Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver); singer/songwriter, vocalist, musician Mark Lanegan (Queens Of The Stone Age, Screaming Trees) and Alice In Chains.
The MusiCares Foundation® offers programs and services to members of the music community as well as nationwide educational workshops covering a variety of subjects, including financial, legal, medical, and substance abuse issues. This special dinner and concert offers Living Room Sets that seat 10 for $12,500, Individual Floor Seats for $1,250 per person, and VIP Balcony Seats for $100 per person. General Admission Balcony Seats for $55 per person are available only through Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com.
Another date has been added to the Billy Idol European tour this summer and there will be an exclusive 24 hour period to buy pre-sale tickets only in the “Members” area of this site. The date is Monday July 2nd in Denmark at Musikhuset Posten, Odense. We will be offering the first chance to buy tickets for this show to all our Subscribers tomorrow. SIGN UP AND BECOME A MEMBER and get your tickets tomorrow exclusively at www.billyidol.net.
As promised, there are more European tour dates being added to the Summer 2012 Billy Idol shows. The new date is a second Austrian show – July 14 at the Forestglade Festival in Weisen, Austria. Tickets are on sale now. More dates still to come.
Two new European shows have been added to the Summer 2012 Billy Idol tour – Saturday June 30th at the Holmenkollen Sommerfestival in Oslo, Norway and the Zitadelle in Berlin, Germany on July 11th. There are still more dates to be added so make sure you check back regularly. And tickets are now available for everyone directly from this site – simply CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE TOUR DATES PAGE AND PURCHASE TICKETS FOR SELECT SHOWS.
For a 24 hour period, the following select shows are available for pre-sale tickets exclusively to the Members of www.billyidol.net. Be the first to get prime tickets for the upcoming Billy Idol shows in Europe by subscribing to this site and then go to the ‘Members’ area and click to purchase tickets for: Tues 26th June Arena/ Moscow Russia, Wed 4th July, Tollwood Festival/ Munich Germany, Sat 7th July Villa Contarini/ Padua Italy, Sun 8th July Porsche Arena/ Stuttgart Germany, Tues 10th July, Stadpark/ Hamburg Germany. More European dates will be announced soon.
Billy Idol will be hitting the road in Europe this summer and as announced yesterday, we will be offering Members of this site exclusive access to buy pre-sale tickets to select shows before anyone else. The dates are now up in the TOUR DATES section of this site, and in the MEMBERS section there is a list of select shows that will be available for pre-sale tickets very soon. Simply subscribe to this site now and you will be the first to have access to buy these tickets. After an initial 24 hour period of exclusive Pre-Sale, we will then make the pre-sale tickets available on the official Twitter page for Billy, TWITTER.COM/BILLYIDOL and Billy’s official Facebook page FACEBOOK.COM/BILLYIDOL. More dates will be announced soon, so check back regularly.
Tomorrow morning, we will be announcing the 2012 European Billy Idol dates, and subscribers of this site will have a 24 hour period of exclusivity to buy tickets in our “Members Only” area. We will be offering the first chance to buy tickets to select shows to all our Subscribers tomorrow. SIGN UP AND BECOME A MEMBER and be the first to get tickets for select summer 2012 European shows. Billy Idol will hit the road in Europe this summer with his band, long time partner Steve Stevens on lead guitar, Billy Morrison on rhythm guitar, Stephen McGrath on bass guitar, Derek Sherinian on keyboards and Jeremy Colson on drums. You can follow Billy Idol personally on Twitter BY CLICKING HERE FOR TWITTER and now you can connect to Billy’s official Facebook page BY CLICKING HERE FOR FACEBOOK to stay in touch with all things BFI. See you soon, Europe.
A few weeks ago, Billy Idol and Steve Stevens appeared with Los Angeles band, Camp Freddy during their annual December Holiday Residency at The Roxy Theatre on Sunset Blvd. Billy and Steve performed four songs to the sold-out crowd at the end of the bands two hour set – Silly Thing (Sex Pistols) and Shakin All Over (Johnny Kidd) followed by LA Woman and Rebel Yell. Check out the video of Billy performing Rebel Yell with Camp Freddy above. And stay tuned for some 2012 announcements soon here on BillyIdol.Net.
