BILLY IDOL Returns With First New Release In Seven Years, 'The Roadside'

Billy Idol will issue a new EP, "The Roadside"— his first new release in nearly seven years — on September 17 via Dark Horse Records. Produced by Butch Walker(GREEN DAY,WEEZER) and featuring Idol's longtime lead guitarist and co-writer Steve Stevens, "The Roadside"

"The Roadside" is Idol's first release on the newly relaunched Dark Horse Records, a label initially created in 1974 by George Harrison and now led by Dhani Harrison and David Zonshine. Other artists currently on Dark Horsei ncludeGeorge Harrison himself, Joe Strummer and Ravi Shankar.

"I couldn't be more excited to welcome Billy Idolt o the Dark Horse Records family .Billy is a legend, and his music couldn't fit the Dark Horse persona any better. I've loved his music throughout my whole life, so to be able to give this new music a home on our historic label is a massive honor," says Dhani Harrison.