As Ozzy Osbourne prepares to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for a second time, he’s championing the case of one other well-known singer: Billy Idol.

“Billy Idol is a rock icon,” Osbourne declared throughout a current dialog with Rolling Stone. “His music is timeless. Billy Idol should be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.”

Idol has been eligible for the Hall since 2007, however regardless of a formidable resume — together with over 40 million albums offered and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame — he has by no means been nominated. In 2023, the singer admitted that getting inducted “would be incredible.” “It’s a big thank you to the fans in lots of ways,” Idol defined to Spin at the time. “They really believed and hung in through thick and thin. Towards the end of your career or life, you get a chance to say thanks to everybody because somehow or other, they’ve made my life fucking great. They let me live my dreams. That was incredible. What a gift.”

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Billy Idol’s History With the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Idol beforehand appeared throughout the 2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which was held just about resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. The “Rebel Yell” singer helped honor T. Rex, certainly one of the inductees that yr.

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Idol will carry out at this yr’s occasion throughout an all-star celebration of Osbourne. Tool’s Maynard James Keenan, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, Wolfgang Van Halen, Zakk Wylde, Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo, Steve Stevens, producer Andrew Watt, nation star Jelly Roll and actor Jack Black can even be readily available to honor the Prince of Darkness.