{"id":18748,"date":"2022-05-13T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=18748"},"modified":"2022-05-12T11:40:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T11:40:41","slug":"billy-idol-rescheduled-uk-tour-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=18748","title":{"rendered":"Billy Idol – Rescheduled UK Tour 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

THE ROADSIDE TOUR 2022<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

WITH VERY SPECIAL GUESTS <\/p>\n\n\n\n

TELEVISION <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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12<\/strong>th<\/sup><\/strong> May 2022<\/strong>:  The world\u2019s favourite rebel Billy Idol<\/strong> has rescheduled The Roadside Tour 2022<\/strong> with new dates now set for October 2022<\/strong>. All existing tickets are still valid for the revised dates.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Says Billy Idol: \u201cAs many of you know, this year has dealt me some health challenges which are nearly, but not quite resolved. While my recovery is almost complete, I have been given doctor\u2019s orders to stay off the road until August – and so it is with great frustration that we must reschedule the UK Tour for October of this year. Thank you for everyone\u2019s understanding and support. These shows will be worth the wait!\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Billy will come to the UK with new music and a stack of timeless classics. For his first appearances in the UK since 2018, Billy will play 6 Arena shows with the rescheduled dates listed below.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supporting Billy Idol, and replacing The Go-Go\u2019s on the original dates, are very special guests Television<\/strong> including original frontman Tom Verlaine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Says Billy Idol: \u201cSadly, The Go-Go\u2019s are no longer able to join us. I am thrilled to share that now opening all UK shows will be Television, one of my favourite bands from the original New York punk scene and an inspiration to me throughout my career. I will be honoured to share the stage with them and hope everyone will come early to enjoy their set!\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The global lockdown of 2020 gave Billy time to reflect and thoughts turned to his near-fatal motorcycle accident of 1990, how he dealt with it and how it related to the current crisis. \u201cI<\/em>t seemed quite logical and natural to write something about my motorcycle accident<\/em>,\u201d he says. \u201cI may have been saying, well, this is what people go through when they are in trouble. I think I was unconsciously making that connection<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCertainly, the motorcycle accident was the catharsis, the wake-up moment. A little bit of me got left by the side of that road. Maybe I left behind the irreverent, youthful Billy and opened the door for a more attentive father and more sensitive musician. Something did get left by the roadside, but it was not necessarily a bad thing in the end<\/em>.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Billy\u2019s reflections are captured in the lyrics of Bitter Taste<\/em>, one of four tracks on his 2021 EP The <\/em>Roadside<\/em>, which was his first new music for seven years and as hard-hitting and relevant as ever. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Billy\u2019s touring band features his long-time guitarist and collaborator Steve Stevens along with Stephen McGrath (bass, backing vocals), Billy Morrison (guitar, backing vocals), Paul Trudeau (keyboards, backing vocals) and drummer Erik Eldenius. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Billy Idol <\/strong>The Roadside Tour 2022<\/em><\/strong> <\/strong>dates: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 13 October Manchester AO Arena <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday 17 October Cardiff Motorpoint Arena  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 19 October London OVO Arena, Wembley <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday 21 October Glasgow OVO Hydro  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday 23 October Birmingham Resorts World Arena <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 25 October Leeds First Direct Arena <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets for The Roadside Tour 2022<\/em> can be purchased from\u202fwww.aegpresents.co.uk\/billy-idol<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twitter – @BillyIdol<\/span> – Facebook \u2013 BillyIdol<\/span> – Instagram \u2013 @billyidol<\/span>
Facebook \u2013 Television Official<\/span> – Instagram \u2013 television__band<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE ROADSIDE TOUR 2022  WITH VERY SPECIAL GUESTS  TELEVISION  12th May 2022:  The world\u2019s favourite rebel Billy Idol has rescheduled The Roadside Tour 2022 with new dates now set for October 2022. All existing tickets are still valid for the revised dates.   Says Billy Idol: \u201cAs many of you know, this year has dealt me […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[260,7690],"class_list":["post-18748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-billy-idol","tag-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18753,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18748\/revisions\/18753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}