Idol embarked on a worldwide tour in support of his new album. The tour started on 5 November 2014 and ended 4 April 2015. Over the 40-date tour, Idol with his band performed in Europe, North America and Australia. He continued touring North America in 2016 and 2017.
On 8 October 2014, the band announced Live in Berlin , the new video and audio release filmed and recorded at the O2 World in Berlin, Germany in November 2013 during the Delta Machine Tour.
In October 2014, Idol released his eighth studio album Kings & Queens of the Underground . It debuted at number 34 on the Billboard 200, and charted in multiple countries in Europe including number 8 in Germany. While recording the album between 2010 and 2014, he worked with producer Trevor…
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In October 2014 the band announced that their dates in the UK and Europe through October/November and Japan/South America in January 2015 would be their “last headline tour”. The band’s publicist was unable to confirm whether this meant the band were splitting up or not.
The stage name “Billy Idol” was coined after a chemistry teacher, Bill Price, described Idol as “idle” on his school report card. Idol has stated that he had hated chemistry and underachieved in it. In a 1983 interview, he said of the name, “It was a bit of a goof,…
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During an A-ha fan convention in Oslo in October 2014, manager Harald Wilk announced plans to re-release A-ha’s first five albums on vinyl and albums three through five as deluxe editions.
On 9 September 2014, U2 appeared at an Apple product launch event to make a surprise announcement of their thirteenth studio album, Songs of Innocence . They released it digitally the same day to all iTunes Store customers at no cost, making it available to over 500 million people in…
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On 2 September the band signed to Mute Records .
In July, the group toured North America, where they debuted another song, “Plastic”.
The final gig of the tour took place in Moscow, Russia on 7 March 2014, at Olimpiski venue.