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“When I met Billy, I didn’t really have an amazing guitar. He said, ‘Oh, you gotta have a Les Paul, mate’”: Steve Stevens on why the ’80s were Hamer time for the Billy Idol guitarist – and it was all thanks to Paul Stanley

Steve Stevens turns the clock back to May 1986 to tell us all about the Hamer SS1 he is holding on the cover of GW, and what became of all those other Hamers

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“He sang one of our songs With A Little Help From My Friends, a version produced by Denny Cordell which was very imaginative”: Paul McCartney lobbies for the inclusion of "a great man and a fine singer" in the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame

Joe Cocker is competing with Soundgarden, Billy Idol and the White Stripes

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“Ozzy's tassels were touching me, so I don't know if that was something about the future, saying, 'You can do it, man'”: Billy Idol ponders Rock and Roll Hall of Fame membership and reveals a trio of new-album collabs

The Rebel Yell rocker is on the promo trail for a new single and his first album in over a decade

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Billy Idol recruits Avril Lavigne and Joan Jett for first album in more than a decade

Billy Idol is telling his life story on his upcoming album 'Dream Into It'.

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"What’s seen me through is that unflinching belief in the music": Billy Idol launches Dream Into It, his first album in over a decade

Watch the video for Billy Idol's new single, Still Dancing, a song inspired by his path through life

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Billy Idol returning to London in June for massive arena gig

Billy Idol is returning to London this summer to headline OVO Arena Wembley.

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‘It has it all’: why The Wedding Singer is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series where writers draw attention to their favourite good-time watches goes back to the 90s when Adam Sandler went back to the 80s

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“Ozzy called me a rock-and-roll icon, and I was like, Whoa!” Having helped honour Ozzy Osbourne at last year's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony, Billy Idol admits he's “knocked out” to be among the nominees for induction this year

Billy Idol on his nomination for the Rock Hall: “I could’ve never imagined this when I was 30”

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"I don’t want to be part of anything that mentally disturbed": Here are all of the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees

And with everyone from Oasis to Billy Idol on board you need vote to make sure your fave makes the grade

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Soundgarden, Oasis, The White Stripes, Joy Division/New Order among new nominees for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

Bad Company, The Black Crowes, Billy Idol and Mariah Carey are also on the longlist of artists nominated for the Rock Hall in 2025

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2025 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees Revealed

The 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees feature iconic musicians like Mariah Carey and OutKast. The induction ceremony will be held in Los Angeles this ...

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Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker, Cyndi Lauper, OutKast and Phish get Rock Hall nominations

Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker, Cyndi Lauper, OutKast and Phish are some the 2025 nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

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Two contestants narrowly miss out on place in The Masked Singer final

Dressed Crab, Pufferfish and Wolf will compete in the grand finale next week.

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"This is one of my favourite songs in the whole world": Watch Steven Tyler return to the stage with Nuno Bettencourt and Mick Fleetwood

The reported Aerosmith reunion failed to materialise, but this year's Jam for Janie show was still an all-star affair

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“Jimmy Page said, ‘If you want to go work straight away, do the Ozzy gig. If not, we’d love to have you’”: Phil Soussan is one of the ultimate bass journeymen – he looks back at his storied career, and why he picked Ozzy Osbourne over Jimmy Page

The Last in Line member recalls his weird experience of recording bass on The Ultimate Sin, what it was like being in the room for Zakk Wylde’s Ozzy audition, being frustrated with Vince Neil’s band, and his amazing chemistry with Steve Lukather

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"I hadn’t heard of him, to be honest": Steve Jones on the return of the Sex Pistols and how new frontman Frank Carter joined the fun

When the Sex Pistols re-formed with three original members plus singer Frank Carter, they hadn’t sounded so vital in years. And there’s more to come

Guitar World

“Samsung wanted to buy my Les Paul. I didn’t want to sell it, so I threw out a stupid price and they said yes. I wish I hadn’t”: Billy Morrison tells the tale of two Les Pauls – one the bargain of the century, the other the one that got away

The Billy Idol guitarist shares his guitar-buying tips and undying love for Gibson guitars and Friedman heads – plus why he can’t be bothered to open his pedal tray…

Guitar World

“I was approached to join David Lee Roth’s band, initially… I didn’t want to be Eddie Van Halen part two”: Steve Stevens on laying down the Dirty Diana solo with Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones, recording Rebel Yell – and why Vai got it right with Roth

Billy Idol guitarist discusses the folk guitar lick he adapted for one of his boss’ biggest hits, his secret-weapon amp, and how his early work is echoed in Idol’s upcoming return-to-punk record

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Kraftwerk and Billy Idol set for new UK festival Forever Now

Billy Idol is among the huge names set to rock Forever Now in Milton Keynes next summer.

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 24-30

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Nov. 24-30 include “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart, singer Billy Idol and “Dancing With the Stars” judge Bruno Tonioli

Guitar World

“It was Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, and the engineer. Quincy said, ‘Go in there, and do what you want’”: Steve Stevens on following in Eddie Van Halen’s footsteps to record the ‘spiritual successor’ to Beat It

When Jackson and Jones sought to revisit the sound they experimented with on Beat It, they turned to the Billy Idol guitarist for a hard rock edge

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"I saw Black Sabbath one month before their first album came out – and I was right in the front row": Billy Idol on his love for Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne

Billy Idol was part of the celebration that saw Ozzy Osbourne inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame at the weekend

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“If I hadn't met Randy Rhoads, I wouldn't be sat here right now”: Ozzy Osbourne’s all-star Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony pays tribute to the guitar icon – as Wolfgang Van Halen taps through the Crazy Train solo

An all-star band comprising Zakk Wylde, Andrew Watt and Chad Smith assembled to pay homage to the singer’s solo work during a star-studded celebration

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"All abooooaard!" Watch the all-star Hall Of Fame tribute to Ozzy Osbourne starring Maynard James Keenan, Billy Idol, Rob Trujillo, Chad Smith, Wolfgang Van Halen, Andrew Watt, Adam Wakeman, Steve Stevens, Zakk Wylde and Jelly Roll

The all-star band assembled in Cleveland to pay tribute to the Prince Of Darkness as he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame for the second time

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Jack Black will induct Ozzy Osbourne into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame; Metallica, Tool and Red Hot Chili Peppers members to perform

The Prince Of Darkness will join the annals of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame on October 19

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