Billy Idol On His ‘Incredibly Wild’ Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction & Who He Hopes To See There

Billy Idol will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2026 alongside longtime guitarist and co-writer Steve Stevens. The honour comes 50 years after Idol began making music with punk band Generation X, and he said it was “incredibly wild” to receive recognition for a career he had dreamed of as a child.

Idol, now 70, is looking forward to seeing Oasis’s Noel Gallagher and reuniting with Phil Collins, with whom he performed in a charity production in 1989. Los Angeles has declared 13 November Billy Idol Day, ahead of the 14 November ceremony, and Idol and Stevens will give a free acoustic show that morning. The Hall of Fame also partnered with Save the Music to donate $55,000 worth of instruments to a Downey high school, an initiative Idol said could help young people find focus and purpose through music.