Billy Idol announces 'The Cage' EP

Set drops Sept 23rd

Billy Idol has announced new music with the release of The Cage EP on digital and LP on September 23rd via Dark Horse Records/BMG. The Cage follows the release of Idol’s 2021 The Roadside EP, which included the Top 15 hit ‘Bitter Taste’ and received praise from fans and critics alike. As on The Roadside EP, Idol is joined on the new project by his longtime collaborator, co-writer, and guitarist Steve Stevens.

In celebration of the upcoming release, Idol debuts the EP’s punk rock-infused lead single, “Cage,” alongside an accompanying Steven Sebring-directed video (Patti Smith, Jack White).

“The last EP, we were kind of warming up to this,” Idol shares. “This EP is a lot more coming at you. Loads more guitar. And that’s a lot of fun. We were pretty fired up by the fact that we hadn’t played for a couple of years, and suddenly we were bursting on stage, and it kind of woke us up to what the next EP could be: That it could be a little more strum und drang, a little more coming at you, a little more rock’n’roll, a little more fuck you! Well, a tiny bit of fuck you, anyhow. The bottom line is we had a lot of fun doing it.”

Recorded at Studio America and MDDN Studios in Los Angeles, the four track EP includes production contributions from English, Zakk Cervini (Blink 182, Machine Gun Kelly), and Butch Walker (Green Day, Weezer).

In support of the forthcoming release, Idol is planning a run of 2022 worldwide tour dates. The tour includes performances at Rio De Janeiro’s Rock In Rio, London’s Wembley Stadium, Berlin’s Mercedes Benz Arena, as well as a five-show residency at Las Vegas’ The Cosmopolitan from November 11-19th.