Billy Idol has released his first new album in 11 years, Dream Into It. Billy joins a few other illustrious rock acts who have waited a decade (or perhaps decades) between albums, like the Stones, the Cure, and Peter Gabriel who all released albums last year (or late ’23 in the case of Gabriel). Although…
“I’m still dancing, but now I’m not alone…I’m still dancing but now I’m in control” – Billy Idol, “Still Dancing” I saw Billy Idol with his longtime, superb (and I believe underrated) guitarist Steve Stevens in Las Vegas in the fall of 2023 and he said, from the stage, he was working on a new…
*Image taken from the internet and likely copyrighted I’ve been grousing about this time of year recently (Playlist: Winter Blues) and wondering what to do with my free time now that football season is over, when the annual Rock N Roll Hall of Fame list of Nominees came out. I’ve often said out loud that…
As long time readers know, (obviously) we love rock n roll at B&V. And I have always tried to keep it positive around here when talking about the music we love. Heaven knows, there’s enough negative energy out there to sink us all. And at the heart of it, I’m a lover, not a fighter……
Lately, I’ve been rather focused on the year 1984, having just done my playlist based on tracks from that big year in music, but with Billy Idol releasing Rebel Yell – Expanded Edition, I find myself turning back to 1983… which I thought I was done thinking about after last year’s Playlist: 1983. I’ve been…
I was looking at social media yesterday and I saw Billy Idol reference that he was releasing Rebel Yell – Extended Edition. I love that iconic 1983 album which I believe I may have mentioned when I reviewed the Idol concert I saw in Vegas last October. I was about to continue scrolling through when…
With all the spectacle of the U2 show at the Sphere last Wednesday, it’s seems incredible that just two days later I saw Billy Idol and his sidekick guitarist extraordinaire Steve Stevens at the Chelsea Theater inside the confines of the Cosmopolitan casino. I have to admit to you, when the Rock Chick came up…