{"id":30531,"date":"2024-10-04T18:02:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T18:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/should-billy-idol-be-in-the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-ozzy-osbourne-thinks-so\/"},"modified":"2024-10-04T18:02:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T18:02:31","slug":"should-billy-idol-be-in-the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-ozzy-osbourne-thinks-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/should-billy-idol-be-in-the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-ozzy-osbourne-thinks-so\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Billy Idol be in the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame? 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He was inducted in 2006 as a member of <strong>Black Sabbath<\/strong> and now he\u2019s getting in as a solo artist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Idol and his longtime guitarist <strong>Steve Stevens<\/strong> are just two of the acts set celebrate Ozzy at the Hall of Fame induction, and Ozzy tells <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/ozzy-osbourne-rock-hall-tribute-billy-idol-jelly-roll-maynard-james-keenan-1235120523\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a><span class=\"s1\"> he thinks Idol deserves to be in the Rock Hall, as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cBilly Idol is a rock icon,\u201d Osbourne shares. \u201cHis music is timeless. Billy Idol should be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Folks can certainly argue that Idol has a big enough rock resume to get him in, thanks to his huge success in the &#8217;80s. His 1982 self-titled debut album went Gold thanks to songs like \u201cDancing with Myself\u201d and \u201cWhite Wedding,\u201d while the follow-up, <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Rebel Yell,<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> peaked at #6 on the <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Billboard<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> Album chart and has been certified double Platinum, with hits like the title track, &#8220;Eyes Without A Face&#8221; and &#8220;Flesh for Fantasy.&#8221;<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Idol previously told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2023\/12\/billy-idol-is-still-killer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Spin<\/strong><\/em><\/a> that he\u2019d love to get into the Rock Hall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be incredible,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a big thank you to the fans in lots of ways. They really believed and hung in through thick and thin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The 2024 induction ceremony, taking place at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, will stream live on Disney+ Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. ET. On Jan. 1, ABC will air the special\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">2024 Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, featuring performance highlights.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Disney is the parent company of ABC News.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Legato\/Getty Images Billy Idol has been eligible for the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame since 2007, but so far hasn\u2019t even been nominated for induction. Well, rocker Ozzy Osbourne doesn\u2019t think that\u2019s right. Ozzy is set to be inducted into the Hall of Fame for a second time<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/should-billy-idol-be-in-the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-ozzy-osbourne-thinks-so\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,43,4],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Should Billy Idol be in the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame? 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