Billy Idol recently announced he will be releasing his first full length album in over 10 years titled ‘Dream Into It’. According to Idol, ‘Dream Into it’ will tell his life story. The rocker revealed in a recent interview that he autobiographical nature of the new album came to light while working on a yet to be announced documentary.

“You couldn’t help but think about your life and all of the different elements. You know, the punk rock days, coming to America, going solo, becoming a bit of a drug addict…and then getting [sober, I] stopped being a drug addict,” Idol stated. Continue to explain in greater detail that, “We started to write the songs, kind of thinking about [those things]. Writing a song about 1977, writing a song about coming to America — that sort of thing — and what it was like in those days,” he explains. “So 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 album features duets with Joan Jett, Avril Lavigne and Alison Mosshart of the Kills. Hear the first single ‘Still Dancing’ below and get the full article here.

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