Public Image Ltd announce further live dates

O₂ Academy Bournemouth- July 31st

Reading Sub 89- August 1st

O₂ Academy Newcastle- August 6^th

The Forum Hertfordshire, Hatfield - August 12th

O₂ Academy Bristol- August 13^th

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London, Heaven- April 1^st (Sold Out)

London, Heaven- April 2^nd (Sold Out)

Rock In Idrho, Milan, Italy- July 21st

Impact Festival, Warsaw, Poland- July 27^th

Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton- August 3rd

Brighton Concorde- August 15^th (Sold Out)

Brighton Concorde- August 16^th (Sold Out)

Beautiful Days Festival, Devon- August 18th

Summer Sundae Festival, Leicester- August 19^th

Following on from their monumental live performance at BBC Radio 6 Birthday Celebrations at Queen Elizabeth Hall on Friday March 16^th which saw PiL include and baptise 2 new songs: Deeper Water and One Drop along with a selection of PiL classics which can now be heard via the BBC 6 Music website and seen on BBC Red Button throughout this week Public Image Ltd can confirm a further set of live dates kicking off at O₂ AcademyBournemouth on July 21^st, Reading Sub 89 - August 1^st, O₂ Academy Newcastle - August 6^th, The Forum Hertfordshire, Hatfield - August 12^th, and O₂ AcademyBristol - August 13^th. 

This years shows promise to be very special with PiL showcasing live some of their first new material for 20 years –

EP- ‘One Drop’- Released April 21^st (Record Store Day)

New Album- ‘This Is PiL’ Released May 28^th

New EP and Album Information

Both the new EP and album is self-funded by PiL and will be released on PiL’s own label ‘PiL Official’ via Cargo UK Distribution. All the new material was recorded in the UK last year at Steve Winwood’s studio in the Cotswolds.

Lead track ‘One Drop’ from the EP of the same name was given an exclusive first airing by Steve Lamacq on his BBC 6 show. John Lydon describes the track as-

“One Drop is a reflection of where I grew up in Finsbury Park, London. The area that shaped me, and influenced me culturally and musically, a place I will forever feel connected to. But within this I am also saying it doesn’t matter where you come from, we all go through the same emotions especially the disenchanted youth of today, yesterday and the future. Bearing in mind the Olympics are in London this year and who knows what that could bring for London and our country….”

Full track listing for the EP

          •        One Drop

          •        I Must Be Dreaming

          •        The Room I Am In

          •        Lollipop Opera

Widely regarded as one of the most innovative and influential bands of all time PiL's music and vision earned them 5 UK Top 20 Singles and 5 UK Top 20 Albums. With a shifting line-up and unique sound John Lydon guided the band from their debut album 'First Issue' in 1978 through to 1992's 'That What Is Not',   before a 17 year hiatus.  John then resurrected PiL in 2009 playing live worldwide. Now after 20 years yet another new and unique chapter is set to unfold in the shape of new PiL material.

Public Image Ltd live line up / wrote and recorded the new material

John Lydon- After fronting the Sex Pistols, John Lydon formed Public Image Ltd in 1978.  Outside of PiL John has released several solo records and collaborations. He also brings quality TV to the masses.

Lu Edmonds- Multi instrumentalist and former guitarist in The DamnedLu joined PiL in 1986 recording and playing on the album Happy? and co-writing the  album ‘9’ adding yet another dimension to the PiL sound.

Bruce Smith- Former drummer in The Pop Group and The Slits became percussionist for PiL also in 1986 playing and recording on the albums Happy? and ‘9’. Seen as a drumming virtuoso, Bruce Smith brought his unique style into the fold. 

Scott Firth- A bass player/multi instrumentalist that has collaborated and played with a variety of top musicians and bands including Steve Winwood, John Martyn, and Elvis Costello. 

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Public Image Limited @ Liverpool 02. 24th July 2010

“This is P.I.L and we don't fuck about with ceremony,” were the opening words from the infamous Johnny Rotten aka John Lydon, lead singer of Public Image Limited. Taking centre stage next to his lyrics on a stand, he almost resembled a preacher, relaying the word of Punk. The days of original punk rock maybe behind us, but for tonight it returned with a vengeance to Liverpool's O2 Academy and hundreds of punk fans come out of retirement to relive it's heyday.

Starting the two hour set off with, “This Is Not A Love Song”, you could see that Lydon had not lost his unmistakable vocals. They may have mellowed slightly with age but still contain the raw punk element of yesteryear, with emotion put into each and every lyric as the set went on and a few funky little dance moves to match.

The crowd were soon in full flow as the set went higher and higher as each electric punk induced track went by with the odd rock riff for good measure until P.i.L turned the tone on it's head completely with tribal beats and raw primal base, this was the start of not one single member of the crowd standing still and it soon turned into a frenzy of aged punks forgetting they are now settled into mid life and saw them return to their youth.

With crowd interactions a plenty and witty put down's, especially to one “ill” member of the crowd, who Lydon kindly dedicated, “A little ditty called Psycho's Path” too. It was banter like this and the undeniable massive personality of John Lydon, that you can't help hanging on his every word, whether it be lyric or witticism and you fully understand why fans have followed P.i.L with undeniable loyalty over the last 32 years and understand the sheer elation on hearing they were reforming in 2009.

Once P.i.L had exited the stage, the crowd refused to move, instead chanting and clapping for more while awaiting the obligatory encore, which we didn't have to wait too long for as they came back on stage, to huge cheers and immediately played the tracks that they are most famous for and the crowd had obviously been waiting to hear, “Open Up” and “Rise”.

Words: Alison Goggin

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