The concert was attended by regarding 5,000 people and had to be stopped for half an hour due to smoke. Before leaving the stage, Bily Idol started coughing on one of his songs.
This Thursday night the singer Billy Idol debuted in Chile with his first concert at the Caupolican Theaterall this within the framework of “The Roadside Tour 2022”.
However, almost half an hour from the start, the artist had to stop the show due to incidents at the north entrance of the theater and smoke emanations that made the singer cough in full presentation.
Behind this, the production decided to remove him from the stage for a few moments, calling on the audience to remain calm. “We are going to take a break so that the artist can breathe a little,” they reported.
The concert was attended by nearly 5,000 people and some also felt the effects of the smoke, as reported by BioBioChile from the event. Through loudspeakers, from production they assured that Billy Idol was willing to resume the show, at the same time that they thanked the wait and detailed that the situation had not gone too far. The concert, in turn, resumed its course half an hour later.
At first, it was announced from the stage that it might be smoke from tear gas, a fact that was later denied by production and by workers on the premises.
From Lotus, the producer in charge of the concert, they pointed out that “people without tickets” tried to enter the theater being repelled with smoke from fire extinguishers by the guards stationed in the building. “(Then) there was a pause for air”they explained.
Billy Idol’s first time in Chile
Billy Idol, the former leader of Generation X, stands out today as one of the most revered rock artists of the 1980s. And this year, he arrived in Chile as part of his world tour “The Roadside Tour 2022”.
With his first self-titled album, ‘Billy Idol’, released in 1982, he began an instant success that was fueled by the single “White Wedding”.
“Rebel Yell” in 1983 was also an international hit, and the song “Eyes Without a Face” became an intergenerational hit. 1986’s “Whiplash Smile” and 1990’s “Charmed Life” went platinum in the US, while 2005’s “Devil’s Playground” and 2014’s “Kings & Queens of the Underground” helped maintain U.S. platinum status. Idol as a cult icon.
In 2021, the artist announced the premiere of a new four-song EP titled “The Roadside”, with its first single ‘Bitter Taste’.
Con over 40 million albums sold, numerous platinum albums worldwide, and continuing hits like ‘Dancing with Myself’, ‘White Wedding’, ‘Rebel Yell’, ‘Eyes Without a Face’, ‘Flash for Fantasy’, ‘Sweet Sixteen’, ‘Mony Mony’ and ‘Cradle of Love’; Billy Idol continues to be one of the most important figures in popular music.
