Tanzbrunnen, Cologne, Germany1st July 2015
Billy Idol – Kings & Queens of the Underground Tour 2015
BILLY IDOL has built musical bridges between punk and hard rock. The shockingly blonde rock rebel, who has fascinated the music world with ‘Rebel Yell’, ‘Dancing With Myself’, ‘Flesh for Fantasy’ and ‘Cradle of Love’, celebrated his astonishing comeback with the CD ‘Devil's Playground’ in 2006. After more than a decade the punk provoker was drawn to the stage again which he conquered with jarring songs, aggressive attitudes and the middle finger's charm. After celebrated open air shows last summer and a successful indoors tour in November, BILLY IDOL will honour Germany once again in July 2015 and will play beside the already announced shows in Leipzig, Emmendingen, Vechta and Husum further shows in Hamburg, Cologne, Saarbrücken and Rostock.
The England-born BILLY IDOL met like-minded people in SEX PISTOLS, THE CLASH and GENERATION X whose singer he eventually became. At the beginning of the 80s, he moved to New York and then to Los Angeles where he lives to this day. The international breakthrough was granted him with ‘Rebel Yell’ (1984) which reached the nr.2 pole in the German charts. The single ‘Sweet Sixteen’ of the third record ‘Whiplash Smile’ developed to his most successful hit single here. A heavy motor bike accident during which he barely escaped death overshadowed the release of the CD ‘Charmed Life’ (1990) which was nevertheless a show-stopper. His rampant drug consumption brought him to the edge of existence. Only with a complete withdrawal into the private did he come back to his senses.
BILLY IDOL has left the excesses behind but his music and live he has remained scrupulous. “He zoomed the listener back in time where there were no headaches after hard nights and no fucks were given about many things” (Stern) – ‘Devil's Playground’ (2005). In October last year BILLY IDOL returned with a relish: Almost simultaneously with the release of his current record ‘Kings & Queens of the Underground’, he released his auto biography with the title ‘Dancing With Myself’ which was the subject of many discussions. Despite his 30-year long music career, BILLY IDOL is still a rock rebel par excellence.
Additional Concert Info
Doors: tba.
Starts: 7:00 pm
Ticket fee: 56.40 € + Charges (Pre- Sales)
Tickets can be bought at EVENTIM
Info: http://www.dbe-web.com/artist.asp?artistid=181
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