Rock star Billy Idol performs during his “Devil’s Playground” tour concert in the sold-out Maag-Event-Hall venue in Zurich, Switzerland, on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005. (AP Photo/KEYSTONE/Steffen Schmidt)

Billy Idol recently performed ‘Rebel Yell’ from the top of the Empire State Building balcony in New York.

Billy Idol shared the clip on YouTube to wrap up the celebrations for the 40th anniversary of ‘Rebel Yell’.

Idol used an acoustic arrangement for the performance with guitarist Steve Stevens.

In an interview with Time Out, Idol called the performance a “career highlight”.

“When I was a little boy we lived in Long Island for a few years and my mom and dad took me to visit the Empire State Building, probably in 1959… Hard to fathom that 65 years later I’d be playing rock n roll on top of the building! Then and now the Empire State Building is an unrivalled jewel of Art Deco magic.”

The video’s producer shared that Idol’s team that came up with the idea of shooting at the top of the building. Billy Idol isn’t a stranger to performing in unique places- in 2023 he became the first artist to ever perform at Hoover Dam.

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