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BILLY IDOL TO FOLLOW OVERSEAS SUMMER TOUR WITH CROSS COUNTRY U.S. DATES

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Following his overseas appearances of major European festivals, British singer-songwriter and rock icon BILLY IDOL will hit the road with a six-week U.S. tour kicking off August 5 in Washington.  Tour stops include Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas and Las Vegas, among others.  For this tour, IDOL will be joined by his longtime guitarist Steve Stevens, Stephen McGrath on bass and Derek Sherinian on keyboards as well as his recently announced new bandmates: acclaimed guitarist Billy Morrison and drummer Jeremy Colson. This tour marks the legendary rocker’s first U.S. tour since 2008. ....

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On these dates IDOL will be performing classics from his storied career.  As leader of the group responsible for starting a youth cult, Generation X, he was one of the original British punks who gave the rock establishment a good kick up the arse with such classics as "Ready, Steady, Go," "Wild Youth," "Your Generation" and "Dancing With Myself," the latter of which marked the transition to IDOL's solo career when it appeared in remixed version on his 1981 DON'T STOP  EP.  ....

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Other show-stoppers will likely include hits from the Grammy and MTV nominee’s multi-platinum selling career including “Hot In The City,” “White Wedding,” “Eyes Without A Face,” “Flesh For Fantasy,” “To Be A Lover” and the #1 smash “Mony Mony.” He long ago found a way to take that sneering punk attitude into the pop and rock mainstream, carving out songs that have lasted a lifetime. All of these classics are included on 2008’s The Very Best Of Billy Idol: Idolize Yourself, a career-spanning CD, Deluxe Edition CD/DVD and digital collection (Capitol/EMI).  His immortal “Rebel Yell” was also featured on 2008’s Guitar Hero® World Tour game.  In 2009, Eagle Rock Entertainment released IDOL’s first in-concert DVD “In Super Overdrive Live” (filmed at the Congress Theatre in Chicago). ....

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The U.S. tour dates are as follows:....

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DATE CITY VENUE                         ....

Thu 8/5 Tulalip, WA                  Tulalip Amphitheatre....

Sat 8/7 Roseburg, OR Douglas County Fair....

Sun 8/8           Reno, NV              Grand Sierra Resort & Casino....

Wed 8/11 Temecula, CA              Pechanga Resort & Casino....

Fri 8/13 Temecula, CA              Pechanga Resort & Casino....

Sat 8/14 Hollywood, CA            The Hollywood Palladium....

Mon 8/16           Saratoga, CA               The Mountain Winery....

Tue 8/17 San Francisco, CA Filmore....

Thu 8/19 Santa Ynez, CA          Chumash Casino....

Fri 8/20 Rancho Mirage, CA     Agua Caliente Casino....

Sat 8/21 Las Vegas, NV The Pearl at the Palms

Tue 8/24 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom....

Wed 8/25           Houston, TX                House of Blues....

Fri 8/27           Biloxi, MS              Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino....

Sat 8/28           Robinsonville, MS              Harrah’s Tunica....

Sun 8/29           Atlanta, GA                 Chastain Park Amphitheater....

Wed 9/1             Portsmouth, VA           nTELOS Wireless Pavilion....

Fri 9/3             Kettering, OH              Fraze Pavilion

Sat 9/4 Mt. Pleasant, MI Soaring Eagle Casino

Sun 9/5             Rockford, IL                 On the Waterfront

Wed 9/8             Chicago, IL                  Riviera Theatre

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Thu 9/9             Windsor, ON               Caesar’s Windsor....

Sat 9/11 Rama, ON Casino Rama....

Sun 9/12           Montreal, QC               Metropolis....

Tue 9/14 Boston, MA House of Blues....

Wed 9/15           New York, NY              Hammerstein....

Fri 9/17           Atlantic City, NJ           House of Blues....

Sat 9/18 Gaitherburg, MD HFSestival....

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BILLY IDOL will debut a new powerhouse band when he hits the road this summer with performances at major music festivals throughout Europe, with North American dates set to follow.  In addition to his longtime guitarist Steve Stevens, Stephen McGrath on bass and Derek Sherinian on keyboards, IDOL will be joined this year by acclaimed guitarist Billy Morrison and drummer Jeremy Colson. Morrison, one of the founders of Camp Freddy and front man for Circus Diablo, has previously played in The Cult, Stimulator, Doheny and Into a Circle, while Colson (Morrison’s collaborator in Circus Diablo)  is known for his work with Steve Vai, with whom he’s worked since 2002.....

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The 2010 summer tour will kick off with a pair of shows in Russia (Moscow on June 5 and St. Petersburg on June 7), to be followed with a performance at the Malmo Sweden Rock Festival and his second appearance at the Download Festival at Donington Park in his native U.K. ....

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DATE                          CITY                                      VENUE              

Sat       6/5                  Moscow, Russia                      SCCH Russia.

Mon      6/7                  St. Petersburg, Russia             Ice Hall.

Wed     6/9                  Helsinki, Finland             		 Ice Hall.

Sat       6/11                Malmo, Sweden                       Sweden Rock Festival.

Sun      6/13                Donington Park, UK                  Download Festival.

Wed     6/16                Nr Nurenburg, Germany             Arbenburg, Burg.

Fri        6/18                Athens, Greece                        Karaiski Stadium.

Sun      6/20                Skopje, Macedonia                   Skopsko Lizgaliste.

Mon      6/21                Belgrade, Serbia                      Belgrade Arena .

Tue      6/22                Zagreb, Croatia                         T Music Festival.

Thu      6/24                Ljubjiana, Slovenia                    Hala Tivoli.

Fri        6/25                Vienna, Austria                         Danube Island .

Sun      6/27                Prague, Czech Republic            Sasazu.

Tue      6/29                Ravensburg, Germany               Oberschubenhalle.

Thu      7/1                  Sopron, Hungary                       Volt Festival.

Sat       7/3                  Germany                                 TBA.

Sun      7/4                  Bremen, Germany                    Freeload Festival.

Thu      7/8                  Bonn, Germany                        Museumplatz.

Fri        7/9                  Huttweil, Switzerland                Rocksound Festival.

Sun      7/11                Weert, Holland                         Bospop Festival.

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