{"id":11730,"date":"2025-02-26T19:14:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T19:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=11730"},"modified":"2025-02-26T19:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T19:15:09","slug":"billy-idol-announces-his-first-new-album-in-over-a-decade-ahead-of-uk-summer-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=11730","title":{"rendered":"Billy Idol announces his first new album in over a decade ahead of UK summer shows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One-time punk rocker<strong> Billy Idol <\/strong>has today announced his first new album since 2014, ahead of two big UK summer dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Dream Into It<\/em> will be released on Dark Horse Records on 25 April, with the first taste of it, new single <em>Still Dancing<\/em>, shared today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The album &#8211; his first since 2014&#8217;s <em>Kings &amp; Queens of the Underground<\/em> &#8211; features guest appearances by Avril Lavigne, Joan Jett and Alison Mosshart of The Kills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">From Generation X to Generation Sex<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recent years have seen Idol and former Generation X bandmate Tony James team up with Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols to form Generation Sex, who played at Glastonbury in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year has seen him nominated for the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame\u2019s Class of 2025, with inductees to be announced just as he prepares to start his five-month-long <em>It&#8217;s A Nice Day To \u2026 Tour Again!<\/em> dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As frontman of Generation X, Idol was one of the most recognisable faces of the original punk movement, and made three classic albums with the band before moving to the US to seek solo fame and fortune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Billy Idol - Still Dancing (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CrNnsKxvUs0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There he became one of the early stars of the MTV video explosion with songs like <em>Rebel Yell<\/em>, <em>White Wedding<\/em> and <em>Eyes Without A Face<\/em>, before taking a lengthy break to recover from a motorcycle accident and battle drug addiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He says of the new single: &#8220;<em>Still Dancing<\/em> is really a reflection of my whole journey. From the punk rock period through to now. And I\u2019m still looking towards the future, still living the life I set out to live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;At the start of the song I\u2019m recalling the early times in London, when I was living in squats or at friends\u2019 apartments, all my belongings in a plastic bag. Everybody at home or work told you what you were doing was never going to happen. 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