{"id":19283,"date":"2022-07-10T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=19283"},"modified":"2022-07-10T09:08:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T09:08:49","slug":"toyah-joins-the-roadside-tour-with-billy-idol-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=19283","title":{"rendered":"Toyah joins The Roadside Tour with Billy Idol &#038; Television"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>TOYAH<\/strong> joins the tour!\u00a0alongside Television and Headliner Billy Idol. <strong>Billy Idol<\/strong> is delighted to announce that <strong>Toyah<\/strong> will be joining the UK dates in October of <strong>The Roadside Tour 2022, <\/strong>alongside very special guest, <strong>Television.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> Billy will be heading out with some new music and a stack of timeless classics for his first appearances in the UK since 2018 and will play 6 Arena dates. Tickets are available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aegpresents.co.uk\/events\/detail\/billy-idol\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.aegpresents.co.uk\/events\/detail\/billy-idol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/904cae09-bd0f-4511-98ba-ccb7ba2eb0b2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"387\" height=\"581\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/904cae09-bd0f-4511-98ba-ccb7ba2eb0b2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/904cae09-bd0f-4511-98ba-ccb7ba2eb0b2.jpg 387w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/904cae09-bd0f-4511-98ba-ccb7ba2eb0b2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The ever-popular\u202f<strong>Toyah<\/strong>\u202fwill bring an extra sense of fun to the tour. Alongside a flourishing acting career, Toyah carved out a successful musical career with three top ten UK hit singles in the 1980s and the Gold-selling album <em>Anthem<\/em>.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>We\u2019re looking forward to having Toyah join us in the UK<\/em>,&#8221; said Billy. &#8220;<em>This is the final piece in what is going to be an epic show!<\/em>&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201c<em>I am thrilled to be opening for Billy Idol on <\/em>The Roadside Tour,\u201d an excited Toyah commented. \u201c<em>Billy is an icon whose music has thrilled millions worldwide and continues to do so. Billy has created a style of rock that has gone on to inspire generation after generation. \u2018Rebel Yell, \u2018White Wedding\u2019 and \u2018Mony Mony\u2019 are up there with the all-time greats.&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI can\u2019t wait to start the tour and I am excited to be included in the\u202ffabulous line up alongside Television who made one of the first albums I ever bought.<\/em>\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Billy Idol\u2019s very special guests are <strong>Television<\/strong> featuring Tom Verlaine. Television will be performing their seminal debut album <strong><em>Marquee Moon<\/em><\/strong> in full.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/a15e9a34-78f5-4896-a1d8-114d2d2a6c5a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"524\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/a15e9a34-78f5-4896-a1d8-114d2d2a6c5a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/a15e9a34-78f5-4896-a1d8-114d2d2a6c5a.jpg 524w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/a15e9a34-78f5-4896-a1d8-114d2d2a6c5a-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/a15e9a34-78f5-4896-a1d8-114d2d2a6c5a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/a15e9a34-78f5-4896-a1d8-114d2d2a6c5a-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Pic by John Patzer<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Billy Idol <em>The Roadside Tour 2022<\/em> <\/strong>dates:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday 13 October Manchester AO Arena&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday 17 October Cardiff Motorpoint Arena&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday 19 October London The SSE Arena, Wembley&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday 21 October Glasgow The SSE Hydro&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday 23 October Birmingham Resorts World Arena&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday 25 October Leeds First Direct Arena&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets for <em>The Roadside Tour 2022<\/em> can be purchased from\u202f<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aegpresents.co.uk\/billy-idol\" target=\"_blank\">www.aegpresents.co.uk\/billy-idol<\/a>. All existing tickets are valid for the revised dates.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twitter &#8211; @BillyIdol&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook \u2013 BillyIdol&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instagram \u2013 @billyidol&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook \u2013 Television Official&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instagram \u2013 television__band&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook + @toyahofficial&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twitter &#8211; @toyahofficial&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instagram &#8211; toyahofficial&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOYAH joins the tour!\u00a0alongside Television and Headliner Billy Idol. Billy Idol is delighted to announce that Toyah will be joining the UK dates in October of The Roadside Tour 2022, alongside very special guest, Television.\u00a0\u00a0 Billy will be heading out with some new music and a stack of timeless classics for his first appearances in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1681,4508,1833],"class_list":["post-19283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-rpmnews1","tag-the-publicity-connection","tag-tourlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19283","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=19283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19287,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19283\/revisions\/19287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}