Hollywood Walk of Fame

> I raised my family here and I've recorded a lot of my albums here. So, it's fantastic to be honored like this. It's something I could never have imagined or ever entered my mind. But I've made a lot of my creative choices here, so it makes sense.
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The **Hollywood Walk of Fame** is a historic landmark which consists of more than 2,700 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

Billy Idol was awarded the 2,743rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at Hollywood Boulevard in front of Amoeba Music. It was initially scheduled to be held on January 5, 2023, though was moved to the next day due to weather conditions. It was livestreamed exclusively at their website. In his induction speech, he said:

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> I'd just like to start off by thanking the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and for all the fans for coming here. Because you are the best and quite simply I'm here today really because of you. It's because of your love that I'm here. You've supported me all this time. 47 years now I've been doing this, so uh. Also I want to thank my family and my kids, my grandkids that are here. And that's another thing I've grown here is my family. I came here deliberately to have children. And the fruits of that are here today. It's pretty incredible. I'm Grandad Bill having the time of my life, yeah!
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> It really is crazy to find myself getting an award like this, or being honored in this way. I mean, 47 years of doing this after I started in Generation X, and 35 years after coming here, I just really could never have imagined anything like this. I mean, initially, we did the music back in the mid-'70s during the punk rock time. There wasn't much hope or anything. We decided if there's nothing, there's no future, we're going to do what we love. And that's what I did. I did the music because I loved it. It wasn't for any other reason, really. Anyway, I didn't really think doing this would last very long. I thought, we thought maybe six months, maybe a year, maybe two years. I could never have imagined something like this, it's just incredible.
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> I always dreamt of a life in music or a life in the arts but you just didn't really know if you could ever really do that, you know. There's a lot of people telling you 'Don't try,' but that was what was great about the people around us back then. They were sort of telling you to try. And, yeah. Sat at home, you know, in Bromley. Watching all the music stars I loved. A lot of them who were on this walk, y'know. David Bowie and The Beatles, or The Doors. There's a number of people like that.
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> I just can't tell you enough, this is a great honor, I just can't believe it. In a way, it's a bit of an out of body experience... I just want to thank you all for coming, thank all the fans. Thank you everybody, and rock on, yeah!
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## Gallery

Billy Idol - Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony
## References

1. ↑ "Billy Idol Honored on Hollywood Walk of Fame". *Music Connection*. January 9, 2023.
2. ↑ Garner, Glenn (January 7, 2023). "Billy Idol Honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: 'It's Just Incredible'". *People*.