Billy Idol Sets 2026 Summer Tour Dates: It's A Nice Day To...Tour Again!

BILLY IDOL SETS 2026 SUMMER TOUR DATES: IT’S A NICE DAY TO…TOUR AGAIN!
ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARY FILM BILLY IDOL
SHOULD BE DEAD STREAMING NOW ON HULU
IDOL NOMINATED FOR
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2026

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“It’s looking like 2026 is bound to be the year of Billy Idol.”

“one of the original U.K. punks”

April 7, 2026—Rock legend Billy Idol is set to return to the road this summer for the next leg of his highly successful world tour, It’s A Nice Day To…Tour Again!, which saw Idol sell out venues across the U.S., Europe and Latin America. Produced by Live Nation, the run of arenas and amphitheatres kicks off at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton, PA on August 7.

Tickets will be available via Citi presale (details below) beginning Wednesday, April 8 at 12 p.m. local time, followed by an artist presale at 2 p.m. local time. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general onsale beginning on Friday, April 10 at 12 p.m. local time at billyidol.net/tour.
Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Wednesday, April 8 at 12 p.m. local time until Thursday, April 9 at 10 p.m. local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit citientertainment.com.

Idol will also be performing a week-long run of shows at Las Vegas’ Fontainebleau for his Hot In The City: Las Vegas residency August 28-September 5; see below for a complete list of dates.
Idol’s live show has been hailed as “a strong, forceful show just crackling with energy” by the Houston Press, while Creative Loafing raves that Idol “has a lot left to offer and is capable of owning a concert stage with the same authority and charisma he’s always boasted” and the Dallas Observer adds that “over forty years into Billy Idol’s career, he remains just as remarkable as he started.” See what the media said about It’s A Nice Day To…Tour Again! HERE.

The new feature-length documentary film Billy Idol Should Be Dead, directed by three-time Grammy-winner Jonas Åkerlund and produced by Live Nation Studios, is streaming now on Hulu following a successful theatrical run. The documentary—hailed by critic Jeffrey Lyons as “informative and engaging,” while Forbes calls it “poignant” and “moving”—traces the life and career of punk pioneer turned rock ‘n’ roll icon Billy Idol. Through never-before-seen archival and personal interviews with Idol, his family, peers and collaborators, the documentary digs deep into his emergence as a prototypical punk rocker, his meteoric rise as a global superstar in the MTV era and the myriad of challenges Idol had to overcome to not just survive, but to remain one of the most beloved figures in rock ‘n’ roll, fifty years into his career. Watch/share the film’s trailer, featuring Idol along with Billie Joe Armstrong, Miley Cyrus, Pete Townshend and more, HERE.

In addition to the new documentary, Idol is also a nominee for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026 which will be announced shortly.

Idol’s first full-length album of new music in over a decade, Dream Into It, is out now on Dark Horse Records. The album reached #7 on the U.S. Top Albums Chart and #4 on the U.S. Current Rock Album Chart, #9 on the U.K. Official Album Sales Chart and #2 on the German Top 100 Album Chart. Dream Into It continues to see extensive critical acclaim from The New Yorker, New York Magazine, AARP The Magazine, Consequence, Billboard, USA Today and many more. See what the press has said and watch Idol’s appearances on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (performing the single “77” feat. Avril Lavigne as well as discussing the new record with Kimmel) and “The Drew Barrymore Show” in the interactive one-sheet HERE.

The album includes performance and co-writing contributions throughout from Idol’s longtime guitarist/collaborator Steve Stevens plus appearances by Lavigne, Joan Jett and Alison Mosshart of The Kills, and is produced by Tommy English (Kacey Musgraves, blink 182, BØRNS, K. Flay). Stream/purchase the record HERE.

Idol’s greatest hits compilation Idolize Yourself: The Very Best Of Billy Idol is also available now via UMe, stream/purchase the record HERE.

ABOUT BILLY IDOL
For almost 50 years, Billy Idol has been one of the definitive faces and voices of rock’n’roll. Between 1977 and 1981, Idol released three albums with Generation X as their camera-ready frontman. In 1982, with guitarist Steve Stevens at his side, he embarked on a transatlantic/trans-genre solo career that integrated the bold and simple lines of punk and rock’n’roll decadence on songs like “Dancing With Myself,” “White Wedding,” Rebel Yell,” “Eyes Without A Face,” “Cradle of Love” and more. Touring consistently around the world and showing no signs of slowing down, Idol released Dream Into It on Dark Horse Records in 2025, earning praise from fans and critics alike. In 2026, Idol will release Billy Idol Should Be Dead, the definitive documentary about his life and career.

ABOUT LIVE NATION STUDIOS
Live Nation Entertainment leads the industry bringing artists and their live shows to stages worldwide. Live Nation Studios (LNS) was created to help those same artists tell their stories. The Oscar, Emmy and Grammy-nominated division is home to artist-driven films and TV series dedicated to sharing those groundbreaking, musically-inspired stories for audiences across the globe. LNS is riding an incredible wave of success including Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience recently being the #1 movie world wide; Anderson .Paak’s K-Pops! hit theaters as an AMC Exclusive; Rolling Loud, starring Owen Wilson and Matt Rife, will premiere in cinemas this Summer; and the upcoming Noah Kahan: Out of Body doc was picked up as a Netflix Original and debuted at SXSW. Recent documentary premieres include Miley Cyrus’ Something Beautiful, Billy Idol Should Be Dead, Ty Dolla $ign’s Still Free TC, Dustin Lance Black’s Rock Out, Becky G’s Rebbeca and The French Montana Story: For Khadija. The latest scripted projects are Stages, New Years Rev—a Green Day story, as well as The Weeknd’s Hurry Up Tomorrow. LNS’ previous projects include Gaga: Five Foot Two, Moonage Daydream with David Bowie and the critically acclaimed A Star is Born.

BILLY IDOL ON TOUR
July 10—Prior Lake, MN—Lakefront Music Festival
July 12—Highland Park, IL—Ravinia
August 7—Scranton, PA—The Pavilion at Montage Mountain
August 8—Uncasville, CT—Mohegan Sun Arena
August 11—Bangor, ME—Maine Savings Amphitheater
August 14—Darien Center, NY—Darien Lake Amphitheater
August 15—Syracuse, NY—Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater at Lakeview
August 18—Gilford, NH—BankNH Pavilion
August 20—Burgettstown, PA—The Pavilion at Star Lake
August 22—Virginia Beach, VA—Veterans United Home Loans
Amphitheater at Virginia Beach
August 23—Raleigh, NC—Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
August 28—Las Vegas, NV—Fontainebleau*
August 29—Las Vegas, NV—Fontainebleau*
September 2—Las Vegas, NV—Fontainebleau*
September 4—Las Vegas, NV—Fontainebleau*
September 5—Las Vegas, NV—Fontainebleau*
September 10—St. Louis, MO—Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
September 11—Grand Rapids, MI—Acrisure Amphitheater
September 13—Cuyahoga Falls, OH—Blossom Music Center
September 16—Kansas City, MO—Morton Amphitheater
September 18—Dallas, TX—Dos Equis Pavilion
September 19—Rogers, AR—Walmart AMP
September 22—Tulsa, OK—BOK Center
September 27—Albuquerque, NM—First Financial Credit Union Amphitheater
It’s A Nice Day To…Tour Again! dates in BOLD
* Hot In The City: Las Vegas
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TOMORROW WOMAN shares new single "Ultrasound". Debut EP 'Plays Machines' out May 1st.

TOMORROW WOMAN - Shares new single "Ultrasound" - Debut EP 'Plays Machines' out May 1st

Photo credit: Dimanche Creative Tomorrow Woman, the project of California-born, Paris-based artist Betsy Roszko, formerly of punk band Gomme shares new single "Ultrasound" from her upcoming debut EP 'Plays Machines', out May 1st. After a seven-year hiatus from releasing music, Betsy re-emerges with a project rooted in identity, renewal, and creative freedom. With Tomorrow Woman, Betsy steps boldly into the world of electronic music, carrying forward the punk instinct for disruption into the layered, boundless world of synthesised sound.  On new single "Ultrasound" Betsy said "I started out just wanting to make something dark and clubby and fun, and then the song kind of took on a life of its own. I hope it unlocks a slightly concerning version of you on the dance floor." "Ultrasound" on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsvsoEz6G48 Raised in a Petaluma and later moving to San Francisco, Betsy’s relationship to music began early; immersed in 90s pop, alternative, and electronic music through MTV, VH1, and her older brother’s CD collection. While electronic music captivated her imagination, it felt distant from the suburban Northern California music scene she grew up in. Instead, Rosko turned to dance, ballet and modern, allowing her body to become her first instrument, and movement her primary language. Betsy didn’t begin playing music until her early twenties. Without formal training, she initially gravitated toward San Francisco’s garage, post-punk, and punk scenes, where passion mattered more than polish. Punk became an entry point - a space of permission. She learned drums, discovering that rhythm felt like “dancing with her hands”. Her first band, Warm White, was short-lived, but it set the foundation for what followed. In 2014, Betsy relocated to Paris, where she co-founded the all-female goth/post-punk trio Gomme. The band quickly became a fixture in the European underground, releasing an LP and an EP, touring across Europe and the U.S. Tomorrow Woman emerged slowly and unexpectedly. After a long break, Betsy began teaching herself music production from scratch, working alone with a cracked DAW, YouTube tutorials, and a deeply ingrained DIY mentality. In doing so, she reconnected not only with music, but with Europe’s electronic lineage, finding a new sense of belonging in France through sound. The project became a space of rediscovery - technically, creatively, and personally. At its core, Tomorrow Woman carries punk’s instinct for disruption into the boundless world of electronic music. Dance remains central: her music is written as a soundtrack for bodies in motion, informed by years of studying contemporary choreography and spending time at the Centre National de Danse archive, drawing inspiration from choreographers in contemporary ballet and modern dance such as Alvin Ailey, Crystal Pite, and William Forsythe. Tomorrow Woman’s debut EP, Plays Machines, was written and recorded entirely in Betsy’s living room, just outside Paris. The EP embraces play, rhythm, and drama, balancing catharsis and restraint, experimentation, and immediacy. Themes of anti-capitalism, the female experience, spirituality, connection to the earth, and the joy of learning run throughout the record. The “machines” of the title are not cold or distant, but tools for freedom - objects to be played with rather than obeyed. The process of making Plays Machines felt, by Betsy’s own account, like a rebirth. Rejecting genre limitations, she allowed herself to experiment with voice, persona, structure, and texture, guided by a single mantra: no rules. In a culture obsessed with outcomes, Tomorrow Woman instead centres presence - the radical act of enjoying creation for its own sake.  Tomorrow Woman’s debut EP Plays Machines will be released on May 1 2026. The record was mixed by Saguiv Rosenstock (YHWH Nailgun) and mastered by Heba Kadry (Björk, Blood Orange). A statement of intent, it introduces a project grounded in movement, curiosity, and the freedom that comes from starting at zero. At its core, Tomorrow Woman is a meditation on renewal - the belief that every day offers the possibility of transformation within oneself, and the freedom that comes from starting at zero. In a world defined by chaos and uncertainty, where being human is a statement on its own, Tomorrow Woman finds a reason to begin again, reminding us why we make art in the first place.  Plays Machines artwork: Plays Machines tracklist: 1. Honey Factory (YouTube) 2. Ultrasound 3. The Flower 4. Whole Earth Catalog Links: Bandcamp Instagram

Jon Spencer Announces New Album, Shares First Song / Out June 12th Via Shove Records

The Legendary JON SPENCER returns with a brand new long-playing record

SONGS OF PERSONAL LOSS AND PROTEST

set for release JUNE 12TH on vinyl, CD (with bonus tracks), and all digital platforms via Shove Records

PRE-ORDER

 

Shares first track, “Knock ‘Em Out"

WATCH / LISTEN

 

North American dates to be announced soon

Photo: Skyler Smith

Can rock’n’roll change the world?

 

Jon Spencer says YES.

 

Mr. Blues Explosion is still lighting the torches and ringing the bells, singing and preaching from the rooftops, live on the world stage, on the airwaves, via satellite, and right here, right now, on a brand new record:

 

SONGS OF PERSONAL LOSS AND PROTEST 

 

“I’m in a time of spiritual reckoning,” Jon confides. “These past few years there has been a lot of emotional conflict and personal loss — the passing of time takes its toll.  Losing friends, losing family, and all of this set against a world gone topsy turvy where it feels like we are losing basic freedoms… I’m trying to balance a lot of things, but the answer is always rock’n’roll.”

 

Across twelve brand new songs, Jon tears his heart out singing songs torn from the front page and beyond: futuristic power blues and garage-punk explosionisms about the nausea and paranoia delivered by a reality show president, and the power and resilience it takes to rebel. It is all deeply personal — the fight to create and live and push back against the dark forces —  but he never loses sight that we’re all in this together.

 

 “Rock’n’roll is America’s true gift to the world — the sound of revolution! It came out of the sky, a screaming, chrome-plated flying saucer, like an outer space monster, landed here on Earth so the freaks could have their say. It  is the hip-shaking sound of rebellion. The blues is my bible, rock’n’roll is our battle cry!”

 

SONGS OF PERSONAL LOSS AND PROTEST was recorded with Jon’s super-powered touring  band, and if you’ve been lucky enough to see them in the past few years — they’ve been playing non-stop, destroying audiences from Akron to Osaka, from San Jose to Santiago  – then you know that Jon is still fronting the world’s greatest rock’n’roll live show: rama-la soul-shaking set for stun, sweat-soaked, and ultimately, beautifully, uplifting.

 

Picking up where 2024’s mini–LP SICK OF BEING SICK left off, Jon tears it up with SPIDER BOWMAN on drums and KENDALL WIND on bass (also famously the rhythm section of Woodstock’s punk powerhouse The Bobby Lees). They deliver hyper-driven soul and powerhouse groove, beats hard as diamonds and slick as ice, fuzz bass in your face, and an avalanche of uncontrollable urges, pushing Jon’s latest outbursts —  hollering, drooling, sexified crooning, and vociferously lamenting these difficult times — to new levels of rock’n’roll expressionism.  

 

SONGS OF PERSONAL LOSS AND PROTEST  is the New New Super Heavy Rock for Hard Times.

  

XXX

 

For over forty years, Jon Spencer has been an innovative force in the independent music scene. An acclaimed live performer, he has amassed a dizzying, disruptive discography as the leader of Pussy Galore, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Heavy Trash, and Jon Spencer & the HITmakers, as well as with Boss Hog, The Honeymoon Killers, Gibson Brothers, and Taxidermy Girls.

 

His numerous collaborations include working with Steve Albini, Add N To X, Nicole Atkins, Beastie Boys, Beck, Bomb The Bass, R.L. Burnside, James Chance, Coldcut, Chuck D, Dan The Automator, Jim Dickinson, DJ Shadow,  Einsturzende Neubauten, Guitar Wolf, GZA, David Holmes, Japanese Popstars, Dr. John, Calvin Johnson, Steve Jordan, Khan, Moby, Money Mark, The Muffs, The North Mississippi All Stars,  Princess Superstar, Puffy Ami Yumi, The Sadies, Nancy Sinatra, Solex, Solomon Burke, Speedball Baby, Rufus Thomas, UNKLE, Unloved, Andre Williams, and Bernie Worrell.

 

His production credits include: Cheater Slicks, Demolition Doll Rods, Experimental Tropic Blues Band, Perrosky, Mike Edison, Jesper Munk, Sunshine & The Rain, The Bobby Lees, and recently the Grammy-nominated Death Wish Blues album by Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton.

 

 

Jon Spencer

Songs of Personal Loss and Protest

 

Side One

1. Fanfare (Another Point of View)

2. Vermin Attack!

3. Hangover

4. Knock ‘Em Out

5. Give It Up 4 the Devil

6. Mr. Lion

 

Side Two

1. Orange Slice Blues

2. Slip Away

3. Step On the Gas

4. I’m Taking Off

5. Wet & Wild

6. No More

 

CD includes all of the SICK OF BEING SICK Mini-LP + the single COME ON! 

 

Jon Spencer - vocals, guitar, synth, organ, percussion

Kendall Wind - bass, vocals, guitar, piano, organ

Macky Spider Bowman - drums, vocals, percussion

 

Recorded by Chris Bittner at Applehead Recording, Woodstock NY,  July 7 - 9,  2025 except Vermin Attack! & Mr. Lion, recorded by Felipe Ruz & Perrosky at Estudio Algorecords, Stgo. Chile,  April 6, 2025.  Mixed by Chris Bittner at Applehead. Mastered by Dave Gardner at DSG

Produced by Jon Spencer

 

Studio photo by Skyler Smith. Live photos by Jonny Leather

Title lettering by Stee V.  Band names & lettering by Todd Hanson

 

All songs © 2026 by Spencer, Wind, Bowman (Patricia Ann Music, BMI)

 

Recent press:

“inescapably re-ignites the primal three-pronged assault of JSBX’s self titled party-starter from 1992….The wisdom of Macky Spider Bowman’s recruitment is instantly felt as the 20-something drummer’s John Bonham-worthy breakbeats, with sinewy bassist Kendall Wind locked in tight, Spencer sounds properly invigorated, hitting new heights of freewheeling lechery and, with fitting sartorial confluence, Bellbottoms-esque groove.” MOJO

 

“"His new band are uncommonly, fiercely tight.” Uncut

 

"The incredible Jon Spencer Trio tore the roof off last night. Spencer is still a force of nature after all these years." Asheville Stages

 

“Jon Spencer doesn’t ease into a room. He sort of barges in sideways, dragging electricity behind him. His set hit like a garage door slamming shut and reopening repeatedly. Raw riffs, sharp rhythms, vocals half-spoken and half-barked, with no wasted motion. Spencer prowled the stage like he was testing the room’s load-bearing walls, daring them to crack. No nostalgia act energy here. This was confrontational rock and roll, the kind that reminds you how much danger used to live inside a three-minute song.” Parklife DC

 

"Backed by powerful bassist Kendall Wind and drummer Macky Bowman, Spencer delivered a set layered with distorted guitar sounds and fuzzed riffs, and an energy that leaned more punk rock, and at times, almost performance art.” NYS Music

 

“A feral, art-punk energy that served as a thrilling pivot between roots and contemporary blues-rock. His set was both chaotic and meticulously controlled. A full-fledged artistic statement, showcasing his long legacy in pushing boundaries." Digital Beat

 

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