Rock legend Billy Idol is included in the newly announced nominations for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame‘s Class Of 2026 alongside Phil Collins, Lauryn Hill, OASIS, Sade, IRON MAIDEN, Jeff Buckley and many more.
In celebration of the nomination, Idol is debuting the brand new trailer for the forthcoming feature-length documentary film ‘Billy Idol Should Be Dead’.
The film debuts in theatres nationwide starting today following its premiere at Los Angeles’s TLC Chinese Theatre.
‘Billy Idol Should Be Dead’ was directed by three-time Grammy winner Jonas Åkerlund and produced by Live Nation Studios. The film traces the life and career of punk pioneer turned rock ‘n’ roll icon Billy Idol. Through never-before-seen archival and personal interviews with Idol, his family, peers and collaborators, the documentary digs deep into his emergence as a prototypical punk rocker, his meteoric rise as a global superstar in the MTV era and the myriad of challenges Idol had to overcome to not just survive, but to remain one of the most beloved figures in rock n roll, almost fifty years into his career.
Idol‘s first full-length album of new music in over a decade, ‘Dream Into It’, is out now on Dark Horse Records.
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