Billy Idol still loves screaming “more, more, more.”

“You would think it would get boring, but no, actually, it's actually almost more exciting. It's a high that doesn't fade,” the bleach-blonde '80s icon said of “Rebel Yell,” the song that solidified the British punk rocker as a ubiquitous ‘80s rock star.

Idol has been rocking out on stage for almost 50 years, but there’s still magic for him in each performance.

“The old songs don't seem to get old,” he said.

Idol spoke with LAist ahead of a new documentary about his life — Billy Idol Should Be Dead — while on the last leg of his most recent tour, which hit the Kia Forum at the end of September alongside Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. The tour now heads to South America.

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