The weirdest tour bill I saw in a while.
Hasbeen rocker BILLY IDOL (but still adored by millions),
NYC’s new wave heroes TELEVISION and veteran popster
TOYAH. An old generation X doing it together
Another reunion for Tom Verlaine and Television.
Wow! Toyah jumping forth and back, and up and down like an 18-year-old
cheerleader, while she yells like a rebel at Robert (and us), excites the senses.
Oh yeah, the two YouTube idols score once again.
Coincidence or not but the blond punk God Billy Idol
released his self-titled debut LP 40 years ago (16 July 1982).
Anyway, take a deep breath,
ladies, and gents, and YELL!
It helps to kick off a new week…
C’mon Billy, you can still yell too…
TOYAH: Facebook
Music magazine covers from the past
BILLY IDOL
Smash Hits (UK)
August 1985
Great concert posters from the past
GENERATION X
Roxy Club, London
1977
Before Billy Idol went solo and became an (American)
punk parody of himself singing about a white wedding…
GENERATION X: History
Artist: ANGEL OLSEN
New EP: AISLES
A 6-track cover EP of 80s hits
(tracklist below)
Out: 20 August 2021
One of the covers is 1983 Billy Idol
hit Eyes Without A Face.
Light a candle and start dreaming…
The original (clip)…
ANGEL OLSEN: Facebook
EP out 20 August – order info here
8 February 2021
MILEY CYRUS played her first live show in a year with
her TikTok Tailgate pregame show performance in Tampa
Bay before the Super Bowl 55.
At one point former face and voice Billy Idol of 70s punk Brits
Generation X took the stage and had a steamy White Wedding
(Idol’s massive 1982 hit) with Cyrus who overwhelmed poor Billy
with her high-powered act.
Watch and rock out…
Idol’s wedding…
MILEY CYRUS: Facebook
The white wedding star about what rock is and is not…
(Image on top: cover of his self-titled debut LP)
TURN UP THE VOLUME 