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Dream Into It
Dream Into It is the ninth studio album by the English rock singer Billy Idol. It was released on 25 April 2025 by Dark Horse Records and BMG, and is his first album in over a decade, the last being 2014's Kings & Queens of the Underground, and his first new songs since 2022, when he released the EP The Cage. The concept album about Idol's life is his shortest to date, with a duration of only 34 minutes and 50 seconds. It is primarily a rock album, with elements of pop, electronic, country and grunge. Idol reunited with collaborator Steve Stevens for the album, which also has guest appearances by Avril Lavigne, Alison Mosshart and Joan Jett.
The then unnamed album was announced on 21 January 2025, along with a supporting tour, It's a Nice Day to... Tour Again! The name Dream Into It was revealed on 26 February alongside its first single, "Still Dancing". A second single, "77", was released three days before the album on 22 April and reached No. 37 on the US Adult Pop Airplay charts. Vinyl and CD releases of the album have an alternate version without Avril Lavigne. The album itself was commercially successful in Europe, its highest position being No. 2 on the German Albums Chart.
Dream Into It received generally favorable reviews from music critics. The Arts Desk praised the album for being charming and unique, and Rolling Stone Germany. The supporting It's a Nice Day to... Tour Again! tour with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, started on 30 April 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona and will end on 25 September 2025 in Los Angeles, with a European leg between June and July. Idol and Avril Lavigne performed the duet "77" on the April 28th episode of ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
Billy Idol's first new songs since his previous album, Kings & Queens of the Underground (2014), were on a pair of EPs, The Roadside in 2021 and the following year's The Cage. Realizing he did the same amount of press for the EPs as his albums, he exclaimed "f-ck this, come on, let's make an album!" while on a Zoom call with Billboard at his Los Angeles home.
Idol collaborates, once again, with longtime guitarist and songwriting partner Steve Stevens, along with bassist Chris Chaney (Jane's Addiction), drummer Josh Freese (most recently of the Foo Fighters) and producer Tommy English (returning from The Cage) on Dream Into It. He deviated from his normal songwriting sequences in order to tell his story the way he wanted: "the album is a little bit about the story of my life, almost in chronological order. That's how we've even done the track listing. We didn't do it like that in the old days. You always did it [with] a hit single first and the second single second. But this [album] is telling a story, that's the story of my life."
The idea that I did it for the love, and then it led to this long career and even possibly being inducted into the Rock and Hall of Fame, it just shows you that if you do it for the right reasons, maybe some of the best things in the world can happen to you.
Billy Idol has been eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2006, but became a first time nominee on 12 February 2025, alongside Bad Company, the Black Crowes, Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Joy Division/New Order, Cyndi Lauper, Maná, Oasis, OutKast, Phish, Soundgarden and The White Stripes. The previous year, Ozzy Osbourne, a fellow English rock musician, was inducted with the help of Idol, who performed his song "No More Tears" in Cleveland, Ohio with his guitarist Steve Stevens, as well as Andrew Watt and Zakk Wylde.
He was pleasantly surprised by his nomination, and claimed he was "really knocked out. It's really fantastic, and what a great honor just to be included with those other fellow artists on that list." Idol has never felt snubbed over not being nominated sooner: "Well, there's so many great people who have yet to be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — someone like [fellow nominee] Joe Cocker, for instance," he noted. "So of course you don't tend to think about yourself." He also mentioned that, if inaugurated, he would like to give a shout out to his former Generation X bandmates, particularly Tony James, whom he talked about starting out in the music industry with, during his potential speech.
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Dream Into It
Dream Into It is the ninth studio album by the English rock singer Billy Idol. It was released on 25 April 2025 by Dark Horse Records and BMG, and is his first album in over a decade, the last being 2014's Kings & Queens of the Underground, and his first new songs since 2022, when he released the EP The Cage. The concept album about Idol's life is his shortest to date, with a duration of only 34 minutes and 50 seconds. It is primarily a rock album, with elements of pop, electronic, country and grunge. Idol reunited with collaborator Steve Stevens for the album, which also has guest appearances by Avril Lavigne, Alison Mosshart and Joan Jett.
The then unnamed album was announced on 21 January 2025, along with a supporting tour, It's a Nice Day to... Tour Again! The name Dream Into It was revealed on 26 February alongside its first single, "Still Dancing". A second single, "77", was released three days before the album on 22 April and reached No. 37 on the US Adult Pop Airplay charts. Vinyl and CD releases of the album have an alternate version without Avril Lavigne. The album itself was commercially successful in Europe, its highest position being No. 2 on the German Albums Chart.
Dream Into It received generally favorable reviews from music critics. The Arts Desk praised the album for being charming and unique, and Rolling Stone Germany. The supporting It's a Nice Day to... Tour Again! tour with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, started on 30 April 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona and will end on 25 September 2025 in Los Angeles, with a European leg between June and July. Idol and Avril Lavigne performed the duet "77" on the April 28th episode of ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
Billy Idol's first new songs since his previous album, Kings & Queens of the Underground (2014), were on a pair of EPs, The Roadside in 2021 and the following year's The Cage. Realizing he did the same amount of press for the EPs as his albums, he exclaimed "f-ck this, come on, let's make an album!" while on a Zoom call with Billboard at his Los Angeles home.
Idol collaborates, once again, with longtime guitarist and songwriting partner Steve Stevens, along with bassist Chris Chaney (Jane's Addiction), drummer Josh Freese (most recently of the Foo Fighters) and producer Tommy English (returning from The Cage) on Dream Into It. He deviated from his normal songwriting sequences in order to tell his story the way he wanted: "the album is a little bit about the story of my life, almost in chronological order. That's how we've even done the track listing. We didn't do it like that in the old days. You always did it [with] a hit single first and the second single second. But this [album] is telling a story, that's the story of my life."
The idea that I did it for the love, and then it led to this long career and even possibly being inducted into the Rock and Hall of Fame, it just shows you that if you do it for the right reasons, maybe some of the best things in the world can happen to you.
Billy Idol has been eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2006, but became a first time nominee on 12 February 2025, alongside Bad Company, the Black Crowes, Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Joy Division/New Order, Cyndi Lauper, Maná, Oasis, OutKast, Phish, Soundgarden and The White Stripes. The previous year, Ozzy Osbourne, a fellow English rock musician, was inducted with the help of Idol, who performed his song "No More Tears" in Cleveland, Ohio with his guitarist Steve Stevens, as well as Andrew Watt and Zakk Wylde.
He was pleasantly surprised by his nomination, and claimed he was "really knocked out. It's really fantastic, and what a great honor just to be included with those other fellow artists on that list." Idol has never felt snubbed over not being nominated sooner: "Well, there's so many great people who have yet to be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — someone like [fellow nominee] Joe Cocker, for instance," he noted. "So of course you don't tend to think about yourself." He also mentioned that, if inaugurated, he would like to give a shout out to his former Generation X bandmates, particularly Tony James, whom he talked about starting out in the music industry with, during his potential speech.