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Billy Idol, nan precocious announced 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, will beryllium honored pinch nan Lifetime Achievement Award astatine nan 52nd American Music Awards successful nickname of “his incomparable career, assemblage of work, and unparalleled contributions to music, honoring his lasting bequest and continued power connected generations of artists and fans.”
The grant was announced coming by CBS and Dick Clark Productions. The awards ceremonial pinch big Queen Latifah airs coast-to-coast unrecorded from Las Vegan connected Monday, May 25, connected CBS and Paramount+ astatine 8 p.m./ET and 5 p.m./PT.
“Billy Idol is simply a existent stone fable whose power has transcended generations and genres,” said executive producers Barry Adelman, EVP, Television, and Alexi Mazareas, SVP, Programming & Development, Dick Clark Productions. “From his groundbreaking euphony to his electrifying shape presence, Billy has near an indelible people connected celebrated civilization and nan euphony industry. We are thrilled to grant him pinch nan Lifetime Achievement Award astatine nan 52nd American Music Awards and observe his bequest pinch what promises to beryllium an unforgettable performance.”
Idol will execute a medley of immoderate of his biggest hits, marking his first clip connected nan AMAs shape since presenting successful 2004 and his first AMAs capacity ever. Previous recipients of nan Lifetime Achievement Award see Diana Ross and Rod Stewart.
Emerging from nan UK punk segment of nan 1970s, Idol released 3 albums pinch nan set Generation X earlier striking retired successful 1982 pinch guitarist Steve Stevens for a solo career. Hits soon followed, including “Dancing With Myself,” “White Wedding,” “Rebel Yell,” “Eyes Without A Face,” “Cradle of Love” and more. He continues to circuit and released Dream Into It on Dark Horse Records successful 2025. The biographical documentary Billy Idol Should Be Dead was released this year.
Other performances scheduled for this year’s AMAs see KAROL G, Hootie & nan Blowfish, KATSEYE, Keith Urban, Maluma, Riley Green, SOMBR, Teddy Swims, Teyana Taylor, Twenty One Pilots and more.
