Profile
Billy Idol
Musician
Male
Born
Nov 30, 1955
Age
57
Hometown
Stanmore
Genres
Punk rock + New W...
Instruments
Singing + Bass gu...
Performed With
Generation X + Ch...
Record Label
EMI Records
Other Names
Broad, William Mi...
William Michael Albert Broad, better known by his stage name Billy Idol, is an English rock musician. A member of the Bromley Contingent of Sex Pistols fans, Idol first achieved fame in the punk rock era as a member of the band Generation X. He then embarked… Read More
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Romance
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Tammy PobiDated 1995
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Patti JohnsenFling
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Kristi GibsonFling
Family
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Billy Idol
Age 57
parents
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Bill BroadFather
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Joan BroadMother
siblings
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Jane BroadSister
children
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Willem Wolf BroadSon, Age 24
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Melissa Webster: Green Day At Berkeley, With Exclusive Slideshow By Natalie NesserHuffington Post - Apr 27, 2013
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Patrick O'connor: To (All) The Girls Who Rejected Me... An Ode To Suzy Lee WeissHuffington Post - Apr 22, 2013
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Photos: Style Clues That Are Signaling The End Of Miley & LiamHuffington Post - Mar 13, 2013
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The Who Review: Long Live RockSan Francisco Chronicle - Feb 03, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1955
Birth
Born on November 30, 1955.
1958
2 Years Old
In 1958, when Idol was two years old, his parents moved to Patchogue, on Long Island, New York, US.
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TEENAGE
1971
15 Years Old
In 1971 the family moved to Bromley, southeastern London, where Idol attended Ravensbourne School for Boys.
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1975
19 Years Old
In October 1975, Idol went to the University of Sussex, near Brighton, to pursue an English degree and lived on campus (East Slope) but left after year one (1976).
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TWENTIES
1976
20 Years Old
Idol first joined the punk rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees (before the band had decided on that name) in 1976, but soon quit and joined Chelsea in 1977 as a guitarist.
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Idol moved to New York in 1981, and became a solo artist working with ex-Kiss manager, Bill Aucoin.
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1983
27 Years Old
In 1983, in an effort to introduce Idol to American audiences not yet as familiar with him as those in the UK, Idol's label released "Dancing with Myself" in the US in conjunction with a music video directed by Tobe Hooper, which played on MTV for six months.
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THIRTIES
1989
33 Years Old
In 1989, Idol appeared on stage with the Who as Cousin Kevin as part of the live version of Tommy, which was aired as an HBO special and released on home video and later as a DVD.
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Idol was involved in a serious motorbike accident which nearly cost him a leg on 6 February 1990 at the corner of Gordon Avenue and Fountain Avenue in Hollywood.
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FORTIES
1996
40 Years Old
In 1996, Idol appeared in a live version of The Who's Quadrophenia.
Idol made a cameo appearance in the 1998 film The Wedding Singer with Adam Sandler, in which Idol ultimately saved the relationship between characters Robbie Hart (Sandler) and Julia Sullivan (played by Drew Barrymore).
In 2000, Idol was invited to be a guest vocalist on Tony Iommi's album.
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2002
46 Years Old
In the 2002 NRL Grand Final in Sydney, Idol entered the playing field for the pre-match entertainment on a hovercraft-type stage to the intro of "White Wedding", when he managed to sing only two words before a power failure ended the performance. "White Wedding" appeared on popular video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, playing on fictional Classic rock radio station, K-DST.
Devil's Playground, which came out in March 2005, was Idol's first new studio album in nearly 12 years.
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FIFTIES
In 2006, as his only UK live date, he appeared headlining the Sunday night of GuilFest.
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2008
52 Years Old
On 24 June 2008, Idol released a new greatest hits album, The Very Best of Billy Idol: Idolize Yourself.
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2009
53 Years Old
In July 2009, Idol performed at the Congress Theater, Chicago for the US TV series Soundstage.
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On 16 February 2010, Idol was announced as one of the acts to play the Download Festival in Donington Park.
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