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Billy Idol: Charmed Life
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Despite his legendary excessive lifestyle, Idol appeared in several charity shows. In 1988, he took part in Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit concert and the following year guested in the charity performance of the Who's Tommy in London. After being auditioned for a part in Oliver Stone's The Doors, Idol almost emulated its central character by suffering an early death. A motorcycle crash in February 1990 seriously damaged his leg, but he recovered remarkably quickly and the same May hit the number 2 slot in America with 'Cradle Of Love' (taken from the Andrew Dice Clay movie The Adventures Of Ford Fairlaine). However, he soon found himself back in trouble, this time with the Los Angeles courts when, in 1992, he was put on probation for two years and fined $2,700 for an assault on a 'fan'. This all added fuel to the rebel image but by now Idol had become far more successful than most of the punk founders with whom he rubbed shoulders back in 1977.
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From 1993 to 1996, Billy took a break. He felt he wanted to take some time to ‘live a little’, enjoy his life & in particular his children. A brief Guest appearance in the Who’s Quadrophenia live stage production, a short appearance in the Wedding Singer film & a few other small projects took him into the late 90’s. 1999 brought confirmed recognition to Billy with his second wax model opening
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Despite his legendary excessive lifestyle, Idol appeared in several charity shows. In 1988, he took part in Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit concert and the following year appeared in a charity performance of the Who's Tommy in London. A motorcycle crash in February 1990 seriously damaged his leg, but he recovered quickly to release Cradle Of Love (taken from the Andrew Dice Clay movie The Adventures Of Ford Fairlaine).
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It was fatherhood that eventually calmed Billy after yet another of his life-saving trips to the hospital. Shortly after his discharge, as Billy was watching his young son playing innocently, a close friend pointed to the child saying “he wouldn’t forgive you if you died”.
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