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News: Public Image Ltd announce long-awaited return to Australia and New Zealand

Public Image Ltd are heading back to Australia and New Zealand with This Is Not… The Final PiL Tour, their first run down under in over a decade and their first New…

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Live Review: PiL & Meryl Streek – O2 Ritz Manchester Sept 22nd 2023

September 25, 2023

John Lydon has history with Manchester. The two Free Trade Hall gigs with his band Sex Pistols, back in the summer of 1976. Those spawned a whole host of punk…

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Public Image Ltd // O2 Ritz Manchester 6/6/2022

June 7, 2022

The 15-year-old me would never have believed that I’d be standing in the photo pit at O2 Ritz 45 years later, waiting for the scrawny, snarling youth I’d just seen…

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News: Rebellion Festival 2018 – PiL added

REBELLION FESTIVAL CONFIRMS POST-PUNK LEGENDS PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED (PiL) TO THE LINE-UP FOR THE 2018 FESTIVAL, COMING 2nd – 5th AUGUST AT THE WINTER GARDENS IN BLACKPOOL US PUNKS THE MENZINGERS…

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See: PiL release video for ‘The One’

Public Image Ltd (PiL) unveil the video for their latest single ‘The One’. Taken from their much acclaimed album, ‘What The World Needs Now’ the release comes very near the…

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Live Review: PiL – Manchester, 19.09.2015 + Gallery

A rather nonchalant Mr Lydon, stridently bimbles his way to the front, and a minor eruption occurs in front of him. Amongst the welcoming cheers and raised arms, plastic pint…

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See: PiL release video – The making of what the world needs now

PiL’s latest album, ‘What The World Needs Now’ has been very well received in all quarters. Hitting the official UK charts last week at No.29, the band have just released…

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Album Review: Public Image Limited – What The World Needs Now…

’Can’t speak for the rest of the world but, certainly, I need this new Public Image Limited album in my life RIGHT NOW! Rotten and co extend their Third Coming…

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See: PiL release video for ‘Double Trouble’

Looks like Johnny’s been getting nagged at by the missus… ‘Double Trouble’ is the opening track from PiL’s 10th studio album ‘What The World Needs Now…’, which is released on 4th…

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Track: PiL – Double Trouble

Apparently Mr Lydon has been rowing with the missus about plumbing !?! Not quite sure what the issue was, but it lead to a discussion about relationships and concluded with…

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