The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced this year’s nominees, and Billy Idol is on the list. Who else is on it with him? Bad Company, The Black Crowes, Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Joy Division/New Order, Cyndi Lauper, Maná, Oasis, Outkast, Phish, Soundgarden, and The White Stripes are also nominated.
Believe it or not, Mariah has been nominated before but didn’t get in. So, who are this year’s first-time nominees? Bad Company, The Black Crowes, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Billy Idol, Maná, Outkast, and Phish.
“These remarkable Nominees have each created their own musical style and attitude, impacting generations of music lovers and contributing to the ever-evolving sounds and continued growth of rock & roll”, said John Sykes, Chairman of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation.
And my cousin and I have been talking about who our picks are. He is a Phishhead, and as you can tell, I want Idol. I am also rooting for the late Joe Cocker because his voice does things to me down there! Who on that list do you want to get in?
This year’s honorees will be announced at the end of April, and the Induction Ceremony will take place in Los Angeles in the Fall,
Ten days ago, Billy Idol announced his tour in a video where Matt Rife was turning his life into a living hell.
That was then. Now, the Rocker is doing the same back to the comedian.
Actually, what Idol is doing to Rife is a lot worse because he has been secretly living in Rife’s place so that he could surprise him when he least expected it.
However, it is justified because Rife copied Idol’s look to promote his comedy gigs without his permission.
Therefore, I think Idol was right to spit on the poster!
I hope that all of this promotion they have been doing for each other makes them a lot of mony, mony because it making me laugh with a rebel yell.
Matt Rife is one of the most successful touring comedians of this decade, so it makes sense that LiveNation thinks he would be a good spokesman for them.
Therefore, I can understand why they would ask him to help promote Billy Idol’s upcoming tour with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts in a hilarious video.
The funny man used the singer’s lyrics against him. And as funny as it was, it was also sad for two reasons. One, Rife wasn’t even born when any of the hits came out. Two, the mustache.
Back to the Rocker. The It’s A Nice Day To…Tour Again tour hits the road on April 30th in Phoenix and goes all the way through until September 25th.
I cannot believe I have never seen him live. And I will be missing this tour because he isn’t coming to Los Angeles. So I guess I will be dancing with myself.
The year of Flavor Flav continues. He has been labeled the King of the Swifties, saved Red Lobster, sponsored the Women’s Olympic Water Polo team, and met many of his favorite celebrities.
Over the weekend, he attended the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and met his idol, as in legendary rocker Billy Idol! And it was a sweet moment in time it was!
What moment with the Public Enemy rapper isn’t sweet?
Here is an unfun fact. Even though Billy Idol has been eligible to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2007, the idiots have never nominated the man who made punk bitchin’ here in the States!
Billy Idol is going to do something that no other musician has ever done. On April 8th, he is going to play the first-ever concert at the Black Canyon of the Colorado River at Hoover Dam.
The Rocker is doing this because “The North American West is experiencing the worst drought to befall the region in over one thousand years, a crisis that will increasingly affect the day-to-day lives of millions around the world in a myriad of ways. This is a daunting environmental and human challenge that I’m committed to raising awareness of.”
The concert will only be open to 250 people. So get your tickets now at thisisvertigo.live.
Idol added that the show will feature special guests and “it will be filmed to help illuminate this important issue.”
If I could go, I would. Imagine how awesome the acoustics will be at the Dam? Rebel Yell will be totally haunting.
