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Billy Idol Should Be Dead<\/em> will premiere on Sky Arts on March 26.<\/p>\n

Directed by Jonas \u00c5kerlund, the film blends never-before-seen archival material with revealing interviews from Idol, his family, bandmates and artists including Miley Cyrus, the Sex Pistols\u2019 Steve Jones and Paul Cook, Nile Rodgers and Green Day\u2019s Billie Joe Armstrong.<\/p>\n

Billy Idol Should Be Dead<\/em> is produced by Live Nation Studios. Executive producers are Michael Rapino and J. Ralph. Producers include Violaine Etienne, Jonas \u00c5kerlund, Orian Williams, Mark Monroe, Ryan Kroft, Jessica James Batista, Laurence Freedman and China Chow.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m thrilled the documentary about my life, Billy Idol Should Be Dead<\/em>, will be available on Sky Arts,\u201d said Idol. \u201cI hope everyone enjoys watching the film as much as I enjoyed living it all! Well, maybe don\u2019t have quite as much fun, but you get the idea.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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