Billy Idol plays fan’s birthday party in Seattle

SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle man says that having Billy Idol play his 26th birthday party made for the greatest night of his life.

Michael Henrichsen spent two years persuading the British rock icon to play his party, and it paid off Friday at the packed Showbox SoDo club.

Idol guitarist Steve Stevens played him ‘Happy Birthday’ in the middle of a solo. Then Idol called Henrichsen onto the stage for a rendition of the song.

Henrichsen’s ’80s cover band opened for the show.

Idol says Henrichsen’s effort stood out from other fan requests because his campaign involved four “Billy Idol Aid” charity concerts that raised $ 13,000 for the Northwest Harvest food bank and the American Red Cross.

Idol says playing Henrichsen’s party in Seattle might help fans see another side of him.

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It’s Sort of Fun Watching Pippa Middleton Squirm

We realize there’s only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today:

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Hey, it’s a free country and everyone can choose how they want to dress for Halloween. Women can be a sexy Ernie or a sexy hamburger if they want. It’s also our choice to love this video telling women that it’s also completely OK to dress as Bruce Willis (as a bonus, the comments on the video may mark the first time a civil discussion on slut-shaming has happened on YouTube): 

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Pippa Middleton had a run-in with a vocal anti-monarchy protester today. This is the chilling footage: 

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In case you missed the last debate, here’s the preschool remix-recap of the whole incident: 

And in case you did (see the debate), check Triumph the Insult Dog’s visit to the spin room (the highlight is the discovery that John McCain has a spidey-sense). 

And finally, say hello to this 50-day-old echidna puggle named Beau. It took us some time, but we figured out that echidnas are basically look like what happens when you cross anteaters with hedhogs and drop a vat of ugly-cute on them. 

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