In 1976, a gang of young, early-adopter punk fans, dubbed the “Bromley Contingent” by the British press, began following the Sex Pistols around Europe. One of those fans, William Broad — soon to be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty years later, "Rebel Yell" is still among the most cherished albums of Billy Idol. Christian Charisius / dpa British punk ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. When British rocker Billy Idol was recording his second full-length solo ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But Idol’s incredible coming-out party as a hitmaker was a mere prelude to 1983’s "Rebel Yell," an album that sounds as fresh and ...

Carrie Underwood shared the stage with 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Billy Idol. 🔥 ...

Billy Idol will commemorate the 40th anniversary of his sophomore album Rebel Yell with a deluxe expanded edition set to arrive on April 26. The new reissue will feature several previously unreleased ...

British rockstar Billy Idol is one of the most beloved icons of the '80s. However, it wasn't until his hit song, and his album’s namesake, Rebel Yell that he truly became a bona fide superstar in ...

The year 1984 was a big one for Billy Idol. While his self-titled debut album from two years earlier had produced two successful singles—“Hot in the City” and “White Wedding”—it would be the Rebel ...

Who needs the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? Clearly not Billy Idol, who rocked Austin's Moody Center on Sunday with a treasure trove of hits, age-defying ferocity and the same devil-may-care attitude that ...

“I’ve been fighting with my demons so long, they’ve become my friends,” sings Billy Idol on “Cage,” the title track of his upcoming four-song EP. Outside the realm of personal demonology and in the ...

In the early 1980s, Billy Idol exploded onto the American music scene with “Dancing with Myself,” the neo-punk anthem that he originally recorded with Generation X. He had recently left England for ...