PUBLIC IMAGE Ltd Revived for UK Dates !

     MUSIC NEWS -  Dam those lucky Brits!  John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) has announced that his post-Sex Pistols band, Public Image Ltd, will return later this year for a brief December tour to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the band's 'Metal Box' album.  Lydon's the only original member of the band (which hadn't toured since 1992) participating, and he will be joined by guitarist Lu Edmonds, drummer Bruce Smith (Pop Group), both having played with PiL in the late eighties, and bassist Scott Firth.

Lydon apparently decided to resurrect the band in part due to his father's 2008 death and his brother's recent battle with cancer.  Lydon reccently told BBC 6 Music: "It was a very harsh time for me emotionally and I started paying attention to 'Death Disco', the record I wrote about my mother dying. I've always been wrapped around some sort of emotional tragedy through PiL, but also great joy. It's a chance to express every single human emotion possible. Although the Pistols is a most fantastic band to be a member of, there's more going on in me than that".

About the upcoming concerts, he said: "Anyone who's ever been to a PiL gig knows that there won't be anything that you're familiar with. It just isn't like that. There's a whole wash of new material that I haven't used yet but I will be doing some kindly drop-ins to some PiL anthems".

PUBLIC IMAGE Ltd  UK Tour Itinerary-

December 2009

15 Birmingham, Academy
16 Leeds, Academy
18 Glasgow, Academy
19 Manchester, Academy
21 London, Brixton Academy

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