MUSIC NEWS - British singer-songwriter and rock icon BILLY IDOL will soon debut his new band when he hits the road this summer with performances at major music festivals throughout Europe, with North American dates set to follow. Though the tour as of yet is unnamed we know now that in addition to his longtime guitarist Steve Stevens, Stephen McGrath on bass and Derek Sherinian on keyboards, IDOL will be joined on this trek 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, and Colson is Morrison’s collaborator in Circus Diablo and is known for his work with Steve Vai, with whom he’s worked since 2002.
The rocker’s 2010 summer tour kicks 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 UK. European shows include multiple dates in Germany, along with Switzerland, Serbia, Macedonia, Czech Republic. The USA tour itinerary is expected soon.
We're told IDOL will be performing classics from his rock career including Generation X tunes, as he was one of the original British punks who gave us such classics as "Ready, Steady, Go," "Wild Youth," "Your Generation" and "Dancing With Mysel," 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. Expect to hear 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 his #1 “Mony Mony.”
BILLY IDOL 2010 Tour Itinerary-
June
5 Moscow, Russia SCCH Russia
7 St. Petersburg, Russia Ice Hall
9 Helsinki, Finland Ice Hall
11 Malmo, Sweden Sweden Rock Festival
13 Donington Park, UK Download Festival
16 NR Nurenburg, Germany Arbenburg, Burg
18 Athens, Greece Karaiski Stadium
20 Skopje, Macedonia Skopsko Lizgaliste
21 Belgrade, Serbia Belgrade Arena
22 Zagreb, Croatia T Music Festival
24 Ljubjiana, Slovenia Hala Tivoli
25 Vienna, Austria Danube Island Free Festival
27 Prague, Czech Republic Sasazu
29 Ravensburg, Germany Oberschubenhalle
July
1 Sopron, Hungary Volt Festival
3 Germany TBA
4 Bremen, Germany Freeload Festival
8 Bonn, Germany Museumplatz
9 Huttweil, Switzerland Rocksound Festival
11 Weert, Holland Bospop Festival
Update 4/13/10 - USA Dates Added !-
August
5 Tulalip, WA Tulalip Amphitheatre
7 Roseburg, OR Douglas County Fair
8 Reno, NV Grand Sierra Resort & Casino
11 Temecula, CA Pechanga Resort & Casino
13 Temecula, CA Pechanga Resort & Casino
14 Hollywood, CA The Hollywood Palladium
16 Saratoga, CA The Mountain Winery
17 San Francisco, CA Filmore
19 Santa Ynez, CA Chumash Casino
20 Rancho Mirage, CA Agua Caliente Casino
21 Las Vegas, NV The Pearl at the Palms
Hotel&Casino
24 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom
25 Houston, TX House of Blues
27 Biloxi, MS Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino
28 Robinsonville, MS Harrah’s Tunica
29 Atlanta, GA Chastain Park Amphitheater
September
1 Portsmouth, VA nTELOS Wireless Pavilion
3 Kettering, OH Fraze Pavilion
4 Mt. Pleasant Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
5 Rockford, IL On the Waterfront
8 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
9 Windsor, ON Caesar’s Windsor
11 Rama, ON Casino Rama
12 Montreal, QC Metropolis
14 Boston, MA House of Blues
15 New York City, NY Hammerstein Ballroom
17 Atlantic City, NJ House of Blues
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