John Lydon and Public Image Ltd.
Public Image Ltd. today announced the release this summer of the the band’s 11th album, titled End of World, and an accompanying tour of the U.K. and Europe — news that comes just days after the death of frontman John Lydon’s wife Nora Forster.
The 13-track album is due out Aug. 11 (Pre-order: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Apple Music), and opens with the just-released “Penge” — hear that song below — and closes with “Hawaii,” the previously released track that Lydon wrote for his wife as he was losing her to Alzheimer’s disease.
PiL also is plotting a 38-date tour of the U.K. and Europe, which opens Sept. 8 with a pair of shows in Greece, followed by a U.K. run through September and then European dates all through October.
See those full tour date below.
A pre-sale for the new tour begins at 10 a.m. local time Wednesday, April 12, for subscribers to the PiL mailing list. The general on-sale follows at 10 a.m. Friday, April 14.
The new PiL album is the band’s third since reuniting in 2009; the group’s lineup since then has included drummer Bruce Smith, guitarist Lu Edmonds and bassist Scott Firth.
Below, hear the new song “Penge,” see the album artwork and tracklist, plus full tour dates:
Public Image Ltd., End of World
1. “Penge”
2. “End Of The World”
3. “Car Chase”
4. “Being Stupid Again”
5. “Walls”
6. “Pretty Awful”
7. “Strange”
8. “Down On The Clown”
9. “Dirty Murky Delight”
10. “The Do That”
11. “L F C F”
12. “North West Passage”
13. “Hawaii”
Public Image Ltd. tour dates 2023
UNITED KINGDOM
Sept. 11: Swansea – Patti Pavilion
Sept. 12: Margate – Dreamland
Sept. 13: Lincoln – Engine Shed
Sept. 15: Blackburn- King Georges Hall
Sept. 16: Buckley – Tivoli
Sept. 18: Sunderland – Fire Station
Sept. 19: Scotland – Aberdeen Beach Ballroom
Sept. 21: Edinburgh – O2 Academy
Sept. 22: Manchester – O2 Ritz
Sept. 23: Holmfirth – Picture Dome
Sept. 25: Coventry – HMV
Sept. 26: Brighton – CHALK
Sept. 28: Bristol – O2 Academy
Sept. 29: Torquay – Foundry
Sept. 30: London – The Forum
EUROPE
Sept. 8: Greece, Thessoloniki Principal Club Theatre
Sept. 9: Greece, Athens Gagarin 205
Oct. 2: Germany – Cologne – Kantine
Oct. 4: The Netherlands – Amsterdam – Paradiso
Oct. 5: Belgium – Gent -Vooruit
Oct. 6: Germany Stuttgart Im Wireman
Oct. 8: Germany – Hamburg – Gruenspan
Oct. 9: Sweden – Gothenburg – Pustervik
Oct. 10: Sweden – Stockholm – Nalen
Oct. 12: Estonia – Tallin – Helitehas
Oct. 13: Finland – Helsinki – Ääniwalli
Oct. 15: Germany – Berlin – Metropol
Oct. 16: Czech Republic – Prague – Lucerna Music Bar
Oct. 17: Czech Republic – Brno – Fléda club
Oct. 20: Spain – Madrid – Shoko
Oct. 21: Spain – Barcelona – Salamandra
Oct. 22: Spain Bilbao – Cafe Antzokia
Oct. 24: Portugal – Porto Hard Club
Oct. 25: Portugal – Lisbon LAV
Oct. 27: France – Paris – Le Trianon
Oct. 29: Switzerland – Lausanne – Les Docks
Oct. 30: Italy – Milan – Magazini Generali
Oct. 31: France – Strasbourg – La Laiterie
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Nora Forster — wife of John Lydon, mother of The Slits’ Ari Up — has died at age 80
- Watch: Public Image Ltd. performs new song “Hawaii,” but fails to win Eurovision slot
- Public Image Ltd. debut moving new single “Hawaii,” full album due later this year
- ‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Dave Kendall and John Lydon in Tijuana — watch full 2-hour episode
- PiL to bring ‘The Public Image is Rotten’ 40th anniversary tour to North America this fall
- Watch: Trailer for ‘The Public Image is Rotten’ — new documentary on John Lydon’s PiL
- PiL details massive ‘The Public Image Is Rotten (Songs From The Heart)’ box set
