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“The original idea was Steve Stevens, but he was busy with Billy Idol”: How Steve Vai ended up joining David Lee Roth's post-Van Halen band – thanks to Billy Sheehan

While Vai wasn’t his original choice, the Sheehan-Vai dynamic proved strong enough to outlast Roth’s project

Guitar World

“Bob Rock said, ‘Don’t worry, I’m gonna help you become a guitar hero.’ And he did!” Billy Duffy on how The Cult made their most challenging hit single

The guitar icon explains how tours with Billy Idol and Guns N' Roses shaped their 1989 hit, Fire Woman

Guitar World

"Jaw-dropping from start to finish, Offering is a once-in-a-lifetime sort of album." A heartfelt salute to Axe's forgotten blue-collar gruntrock party classic

Revisiting one of melodic rock's greatest long-lost albums

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“It’s like… what do you do after that? I need a drink”: Sabrina Carpenter sings Like A Prayer with Madonna at Coachella, as Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, Billy Idol, Steve Stevens, Zara Larsson and SZA also deliver second weekend cameos

Coachella’s second half definitely wasn’t a B-side

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"I just feel so lucky to be considered in the same breath as some of the other artists on there." Former Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley shares his feelings on being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame

Maiden's 90s vocalist admits it's a "real privilege" to be included with artists like Billy Idol, Joy Division and Oasis in this year's nomination

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“Music’s highest honor”: 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees announced – and there’s a long overdue nod to some British heavyweights

Iron Maiden, Billy Idol, and Oasis have all received inductions, but Jeff Buckley and Melissa Etheridge were notably snubbed

Guitar World

“Ever since I was a little kid and singing in the shower I'd dream about one day being in the RnR hall of fame”: Oasis to be inducted into the Hall Of Fame and Liam Gallagher seems… delighted

He’s changed his tune

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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class of 2026 revealed: Oasis, Phil Collins and Sade among the inductees

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its class of 2026, with Phil Collins, Iron Maiden, Oasis, Sade and Wu-Tang Clan among the names being inducted.

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Oasis and Phil Collins lead British Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honours

Iron Maiden, Sade, Billy Idol, Joy Division and New Order are the other British acts being honoured this year

The Independent UK

Oasis lead Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class of 2026 inductees

Oasis, Iron Maiden, Billy Idol and more will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame later this year.

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Iron Maiden, Oasis, Billy Idol and Phil Collins to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame this year

"I actually think the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame is an utter, complete load of bollocks" - Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson

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Oasis lead record number of British acts entering Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

The 2026 honourees were announced by Ryan Seacrest during an episode of American Idol on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Mariah Carey and Shakira Out, Celia Cruz in: Meet the Inductees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2026

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame unveiled its Class of 2026 on Monday, delivering a list full of heavyweight names, but for Latino music fans, the headline landed with two very different emotions. Celia Cruz is finally headed into the Cleveland institution, while Shakira, despite being one of this…

Latin Times

Wu-Tang Clan and Queen Latifah lead Rock and Roll Hall of Fame US inductees

Phil Collins, Iron Maiden, Billy Idol, Queen Latifah, Oasis, Sade and Joy Division/New Order are set to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

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TV tonight: Martin Lewis on how the new tax year will affect you

The money-saving expert unpicks the upcoming financial changes. Plus: a grim look inside Britain’s steroid boom. Here’s what to watch this evening

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"A portrait of determination, self-destruction and redemption": How to watch new documentary Billy Idol Should Be Dead

Jonas Åkerlund's "unflinching" look at the life and career of rock icon Billy Idol is heading to streaming services

The Guardian - UK

Billy Idol Should Be Dead review – nostalgic docu-tribute to British postpunk’s rebel

The self-destructive bad boy, now 70, looks back on his life with a humorous shrug in Jonas Åkerlund’s warmly sympathetic film

Louder

"I should be dead, but someone up there likes me." Billy Idol looks back on his wild adventures in '80s New York, including the night he met David Bowie while covered in his own vomit

"It was a post-apocalyptic place, like the bomb had been dropped and we were living in the rubble"

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Billy Idol believes he may have ADHD

Billy Idol has pondered whether he started taking drugs because he has undiagnosed ADHD.

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One Battle After Another to On Swift Horses: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Paul Thomas Anderson’s Oscar-winning counterculture caper with Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn is breathless fun, while Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones star in a 50s-set drama about passion and identity

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'It worked': Billy Idol shares controversial way he finally quit heroin

Billy Idol finally overcame his addiction to heroin when he started smoking crack instead.

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Billy Idol shares measured response to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame shortlisting

Billy Idol has insisted there is no guarantee he will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, having missed out when he was shortlisted last year.

Guitar World

“It didn’t sound like a big guitar song, so I wound up playing keyboards. Eddie Van Halen played keyboards on Jump, so I figured I could too”: How Billy Idol seized upon the success of Rebel Yell – and Linn Drums – to take his sound to new frontiers

Steve Stevens remembers the early days of true international stardom, when he and Billy Idol utilized their creative freedom and exciting new tech to make a very different kind of record

Guitar World

“They created the blueprint for how heavy metal bands should look, sound, and tour”: Iron Maiden, Oasis, Jeff Buckley and Melissa Etheridge lead Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 2026 nominations

Billy Idol, INXS, Joy Division and Shakira are also up for induction

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Pink dedicates Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination to 'outsiders and underdogs'

Pink has reacted to her first nomination for entry into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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