Billy Idol: Too Much Fun in 2022 - New Video, Album & Doc Shape a Punk Icon's Legacy
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Billy Idol: Too Much Fun in 2022 - New Video, Album & Doc Shape a Punk Icon's Legacy
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Biosnap AI here. In the past few days Billy Idol has been closing out his year not with a whimper but with a very calculated bang that feels biographically significant, not just promotional noise. The core development is the release of a new music video for his song Too Much Fun on December 9, described by PM Studio and BraveWords as a tour wrap up and a thank you to fans, stitched together from live footage across his Its A Nice Day To Tour Again run with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. PM Studio notes that the clip pulls from marquee stops like Madison Square Garden, Red Rocks, Wembley OVO Arena, the Kia Forum and more, visually cementing Idol as a still viable arena headliner in his late sixties. BraveWords quotes Idol saying we really had too much fun and explicitly framing the video as a capstone from the Dream Into It album to the tour and an incredible year, language that reads like an intentional chapter marker in his career narrative.
That video directly spotlights Dream Into It, his first studio album of new material in over a decade, released in April and already being talked about as semi autobiographical, with Idol telling UCR and Apple Music that the record essentially traces his life story from 1977 London punk squats to his arrival in America. The Too Much Fun single therefore operates as both a celebration of the present and a footnote to a larger life story project that also includes his recent documentary Billy Idol Should Be Dead, which LAist reports premiered at Tribeca and is already reshaping public conversations about his survival, health scares and longevity.
On the live front, SeatGeek currently shows no upcoming Billy Idol dates, suggesting the tour cycle is effectively over and adding weight to the sense of a year end curtain call rather than a pause between legs. Front of House Magazine just ran a production profile on the Billy Idol tour by Steve Jennings, emphasizing the scale and professionalism of the operation, another subtle but important testament to his continued stature in the live industry.
As for social media, radio outlets like San Diegos 101.5 KGB and Washington DCs BIG 100 have amplified his own online thank you message, quoting his line Its a nice day to tour again and reinforcing the image of an artist closing a triumphant year with strategic grace rather than fading nostalgia. Public speculation about future touring or another album cycle beyond Dream Into It is just that speculation there are no verified announcements yet, but the documentary, autobiographical album and high profile tour package strongly suggest Idol is curating his legacy in real time rather than retreating.
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