Billy holding the cheese bag he was presented with at
the
American Music Awards Bag designed & produced Denise Court
www.cheesebag.com
If you are interested in the contents of the bag,
Guy Earl would like to direct you to AMA
Gift Baskets Go Organic
Taken from
11/23/04
World
Comin’ Down name change.
Billy has been back in the studio &
has completed two more new songs, both of which will be included on
the new album.
'Super Overdrive'will
replace'Bleeding Me Insane'
as the opening track & 'Cherie',
which is being added before 'Summer Running'
Both songs are written by Idol/Tichy.
The inclusion of the song 'Super Overdrive' has prompted
a title change for the album & it will now be called
'Devil’s
Playground'.
To mark the launch of this new album will be a new & exciting Web Site. This will provide everyone with great facilities,
including Music downloads & Video streams Advance ticket purchases & Advance CD purchases
Special offers, photos & merchandise.
Email blasts to Fan Club members. It will have ‘up to the minute’ information on
show dates, venues, tickets & presales.
For your convenience, access to both the new Site
& this Site, will be direct from
www.billyidol.com
If you would
like to receive immediate notification
of what is going on, prior to the information being made
available to
the general public,
please register your name & email address
here
11/18/04
*Message from Steve Stevens regarding the new album:
Photo by Kelly A. Swift / Retna from
**As
you would expect i am excited as all hell about the new record.
I moved out to L.A. 10 years ago to work with Billy on what was to be
our reunion album together. Through label fuck ups and life changes,
Billy and i have managed to stay friends and musical partners through
all sorts of stuff.
I think it is rare that you have a relationship in music that spans
what
is
now 23 years. Pretty amazing!
Now with the addition of Brian Tichy ,Steve McGrath and Derek
Sherinian, i think we have in our own way reinvented ourselves.
After playing guitar since the age of 8 (you do the math)
i at times
found it hard to stay excited.
This is what drove me to make Flamenco
A GoGo. ~
The desire to explore a style and texture that i was not burnt out on.
I am extremely happy with the songs i wrote with Billy
and i have to add
that i couldn't be happier with the songs
that Billy wrote with Brian.
They are fresh, unruly and gave me the opportunity to re visit
some of
my New York punk rock roots.
To work with Keith Forsey and Brian Reeves again was just the
vibe we
all needed. Brian Reeves recorded all my guitars on the first
Idol
record....he was the guy that captured my inexperienced ass
on White
Wedding!
It is a new chapter in our lives and i can't wait to share it with all
of the truly great dedicated fans that visit the site. **
Billy presents at the
32nd American Music Awards on ABC Nov 14 04
11/15/04
Billy introduced Snoop Dogg at the American Music Awards
&Eddie Pharrell
Photos by Mark J. Terrill from
With thanks to Martin Buchetmann.
Billy arriving at the American Music Awards
Photo taken by Lisa O'Connor of
ShadowHunter would like to direct you to some
After Show photos of Billy
at the American Music Awards
Photo by Frank Trapper of
Billy demonstrating his sneer
backstage at the American Music Awards
Photo with thanks to Steven Devine
11/15/04
Billy appeared on the ABC
32nd American Music Awards Nov 14 04.
He introduced Snoop Dogg &Eddie Pharrell Prior to the show,
at the Shrine Auditorium in
LA,
Brian Miller from
caught a few words with
Billy
:
"I really love
Snoop Dogg and Eddie Pharrell.
It's just great fun for me. This gets me out of the house."
Thank you to Tom Ochs for the photos.
11/15/04
Sweet Jolanda would like to direct you to
the Web
Site to share some photos
taken during Day Two - Rehearsals at the AMA. With thanks to Atomickitty & the CyberRebels.
11/14/04
photo by Tom & Donna Cnossen
The new fanzine (issue #13) will be going to print this week.
It contains an exclusive, personal message
from Billy to members, regarding the new album,
plus some exclusive photos from the recent tour. Steven Severin, (of Siouxsie & the Banshees fame)
tells of how he & Billy began their musical journey together
as school friends in 1971. Mrs Broad has generously shared some personal family photos
of a vacation they took with Billy in 1986.
Plus competition #12 results
& Part III of the Freakin' Frogs.
For details of membership, please go to the Fan Club link on
the white menu bar & click on Fanzine members.
11/11/04
A reminder that
Billy will be presenting at the
32nd American Music Awards on ABC Nov 14 04