Billy Idol live @ Riverstage
(Brisbane, 31 January 2020)
Rocking out afront an 80s-reminiscent ever-changing neon cityscape backdrop, Billy Idol showed that he still has the voice, physique and strut of a man half his age (though perhaps not the stamina). Highlights included ‘Flesh for Fantasy’, ‘Rebel Yell’ and ‘Mony Mony’.
Dancing With Myself
by Billy Idol (Simon & Schuster, 2014)
Like many auto-biographies, Billy Idol’s becomes less detailed and less engrossing as it progresses, yet the mature Idol (unexpectedly erudite) gives a balanced treatment of his younger self, making no excuses as he relives the punk phenomenon, MTV, fame, excess and derailment.