Billy Idol will obtain a star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame this week, making him the primary honoree of 2023. The ceremony was initially set to happen this Thursday (January fifth), however heavy rain within the forecast has led to it being rescheduled for Friday (January sixth).

“There can be a number of rebels yelling for his or her favourite rock star Billy Idol when he receives his well-deserved Stroll of Fame star,” acknowledged Ana Martinez, producer of the Hollywood Stroll of Fame. “For the reason that starting of his profession Billy Idol has held the hearts of a lot of his followers who lastly will be capable of go to his star and witness his induction into the Stroll of Fame.”

The music icon has actually had a legendary profession, first as lead singer of the UK punk band Technology X within the late ’70s after which as a multi-platinum solo artist within the ’80s and past. He’s nonetheless going sturdy, releasing the very stable EP The Cage this previous September.

Fellow punk legend Henry Rollins and famend visible artist Shepard Fairey are set to have the consideration of talking throughout Idol’s Stroll of Fame ceremony.

Main as much as the occasion, Idol and his household visited the location the place his star can be positioned, as captured in pictures posted by each the singer and the Each day Mail (see beneath).

The ceremony will happen at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, in entrance of Amoeba Music at 6212 Hollywood Boulevard. Total, will probably be the two,743rd star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame.

In the meantime, in celebration of the fortieth anniversary of certainly one of his signature hits, “White Wedding ceremony,” Idol lately instructed the story of the monitor throughout an look on Consequence‘s Story Behind the Music podcast. Pay attention beneath.

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Billy Idol, 67, stops by Hollywood Stroll of Fame along with his youngsters and grandkids https://t.co/CC0iIFbc4A

— Each day Mail Movie star (@DailyMailCeleb) January 3, 2023