Public Image LTD

PiL have just added North American dates to their 40th Anniversary “The Public Image is Rotten” tour. Dates include two NYC area shows…

John Lydon formed Public Image Ltd not long after the Sex Pistols broke up and released their first single, “Public Image,” in October 1978. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the band, PiL will release a career-spanning box set titled The Public Image is Rotten as well as the documentary of the same name (which premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival). There’s also a tour…

John Lydon has settled down in his ’60s, ever remaining the provocateur, though perhaps in ways you might not expect from Sex Pistols-era Johnny Rotten. Appearing today on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Lydon gave his support to both Brexit and, somewhat, Donald Trump.

Okay, fine… 36 album covers and a picture of Mark E. Smith.

The new issue of UK music mag Uncut is out now, and it includes their Top 75 Albums of 2015 list. Like fellow UK mags MOJO and Q, they’ve got a lot of love for Julia Hol…

Everybody wants their tuppence worth or two new shiny pennies worth. I’ve moved so far ahead of that that it’s totally, utterly irrelevant…

It’s that time of year again when folks start publishing their End of Year Best-Of lists. Almost always first out of the gates is UK-based Rough Trade Shops who dropped their 100 Best Albums of 2015 list today…

“I view anger not as an outrageously violent act but actually as a tool of discovery.” At nearly 60, John Lydon a.k.a. Johnny Rotten is no less acerbic than he was as the 21-year-old from North London shout-singing his caustic anti-sermons as the vocalist for the Sex Pistols…

Public Image Ltd have a new video, “Bettie Page,” the current single from the band’s 10th album, What the World Needs Now, that was released back in September…

Public Image Ltd, who will release new album What the World Needs Now… in September, have just announced a fall North American tour. Warns frontman Johnny Lydon, “Bring a gas mask and I’m going to fart continuously…