Billy Idol
Round Hill Music Acquires David Coverdale Catalog
The Round Hill Music Royalty Fund has acquired a bundle of music rights from David Coverdale, the Whitesnake frontman and former lead singer of Deep Purple. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to the announcement, the acquisition includes his music publishing and master recording royalties and from his three-album stint in the mid-1970s with Deep Purple — Burn, Come Taste The Band, and Stormbringer — and from his entire Whitesnake catalog including the band’s multi-platinum 1987 self-titled album. Also, as part of the deal Round Hill apparently has acquired some Whitesnake master recordings that Coverdale owned. In addition, the deal includes a neighboring rights administration agreement for both his Whitesnake’s catalog and his share of the Deep Purple albums he performed on. ...
Perry Farrell’s 5 Favorite Lollapalooza Moments
Lollapalooza has defied the old F. Scott Fitzgerald adage from The Last Tycoon that “there are no second acts in American life.” Since 2005, Perry Farrell and partners have hunkered down in Chicago’s Grant Park (for the American version) to bring the once-alternative playground that spit in the face of the mainstream more into the mainstream. Though this year’s fest’s impact is yet to be known, there’s no doubt in the festival’s 30 years (on and off at various points), Farrell has seen it and been through it. So, what better way than to get the best stories from Lollapalooza’s history than from Farrell himself? However, just as we got rolling, the Jane’s Addiction/Porno for Pyros didn’t pull any punches and came out of the gates firing. In fact, he blamed SPIN for him n...
Miley Cyrus Teams With Billy Idol, Covers Nine Inch Nails, Bikini Kill at Super Bowl Pregame Show
The big game may be a few hours away, but Miley Cyrus’ performance at the TikTok Tailgate Super Bowl Pregame Show kicked things off with a bang. Performing in front of 7,500 vaccinated health care workers, Cyrus brought out guests Billy Idol and Joan Jett and tore through a slew of covers in the set, which included versions of Nine Inch Nails’ “Head Like a Hole,” Toni Basil’s “Mickey,” Bikini Kill’s “Rebel Girl” and Dolly Parton’s “Jolene.” As for Idol, Cyrus enlisted him for the Plastic Hearts track “Night Crawling” and they performed a spirited duet on “White Wedding.” Jett joined Cyrus for “Bad Karma” and then “Bad Reputation” and “I Hate Myself For Loving You.” Check out her collab with Idol below: [embedded content] [embedded content] [embedded conte...
Miley Cyrus Enlists Dua Lipa, Billy Idol for New Album
Miley Cyrus revealed that both Dua Lipa and Billy Idol will make appearances on her upcoming album, She is Miley Cyrus. “You guys think I’m joking, like Britney and Nine Inch Nails, but I’m not,” she told New Zealand’s The Edge radio after admitting that one of the new songs sounds like “Britney and Trent [Reznor] had a song together,” I’ve got Billy Idol and Dua Lipa on the same record.” She also talked about the worries that come with the first single from a new album, which doesn’t have a release date as of now. “There’s so much pressure with that first single,” she said. “And then everything after the first single becomes easier.” Cyrus admitted that while others took the quarantine and pandemic as a moment to reflect, she wanted to work her way through. “I think people handle stress a...
Members of Vio-lence, Converge, Havok and More Cover Billy Idol’s ‘Rebel Yell’
To celebrate their 20th “bedroom cover,” Two Minutes to Late Night picked Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell” for the series’ latest cover. “Rebel rebel, how could they know? Hot yell, I love you so. It’s a Billy Idol cover and Phil is playing his solo in a tiny child rocket ship tent. We did it, everyone!” the caption of the video said. With musicians getting more comfortable with performing from home, Phil Demmel of Vio-lence brings in his guitar solo in a fun way and shreds from inside a spaceship-shaped tent. Myke Terry of Volumes took vocal duties. Havok bassist Brandon Bruce, Lee Jowono of Potion, Ben Koller from Converge and Mutoid Man and All Pigs Must Die took their respective musical duties. And Jordan Olds as GW Arsneio Hall returned to round out the band. Two Minutes to Late Night has al...
Billy Idol Joins Jimmy Fallon and the Roots for ‘Social Distancing Remix’ of ‘Dancing With Myself’
Quarantine is causing everyone to question…well, everything. That includes reworking classic songs to reflect these times. On The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, Billy Idol showed up to perform a “social distancing remix” of his classic ’80s power anthem “Dancing With Myself.” The song has certainly taken on new meaning in recent months, that’s for sure. Joined by Jimmy Fallon, the Roots and their at-home instruments, it was definitely a…different version of the song. In February, Idol joined New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio in a campaign to fight the unnecessary idling of cars in the city. “When I heard about this campaign it just made sense,” Idol said at the time. “It’s amusing but also very serious.” Check it out below. [embedded content] You Deserve to Make Mone...
