# Billy Idol and Rock Hall Bring Music Education to California School

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/billy-idol-and-rock-hall-bring-music-education-to-california-school/
- Published: 2026-10-23T17:14:57+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-23T18:53:44+00:00
- Original publisher: Rolling Stone
- Original article: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/billy-idol-rock-hall-save-the-music-california-school-1235647191/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Billy Idol performed with a California middle school band.
- Doty Middle School will receive a $55,000 grant in 2027.
- The initiative aims to fund at least 25 programmes in three years.

## Summary

Billy Idol joined the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation and Save The Music at a California middle school to celebrate a new effort to expand music education. The initiative aims to give more pupils access to instruments and music programmes, while bringing established musicians into classrooms to inspire them.

At Griffiths Middle School in Downey, Idol performed “Rebel Yell” with the school band and answered students’ questions. A neighbouring school, Doty Middle School, is due to receive a $55,000 grant in 2027 for new instruments. The organisations plan to fund at least 25 new music programmes over the next three years; Idol, a 2026 Rock Hall inductee, said playing an instrument had changed his life.

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