Billy Squier

Troublezone wrote:

Oops!

At least I didn’t spell it as Squeer!

I have seen it written in various sources (well, rock magazines) that he had in his contract rider that any misspelling of his name on any promo tour material like posters, tickets, advertisements and even the marquee would result in promoters paying more for his performance.

metalken wrote:

I have seen it written in various sources (well, rock magazines) that he had in his contract rider that any misspelling of his name on any promo tour material like posters, tickets, advertisements and even the marquee would result in promoters paying more for his performance.

In his early days… Billy Idol once flew into a rage when a promoter spelled his stage name as Billy Idle.

That’s not true. I read his book. ( great book, no holds barred )
A school teacher - wrote that, along with his grading, on paper of his.
Billy got a kick out of it - obviously never forgot it either.

Glower wrote:

That’s not true. I read his book. ( great book, no holds barred )
A school teacher - wrote that, along with his grading, on paper of his.
Billy got a kick out of it - obviously never forgot it either.

Which Billy?

I made up the Billy Idol thing as a joke.

A teacher saying the same thing I just did is a coincidence. I haven’t read his book yet.