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Public Image Ltd. debuts “Car Chase” — 3rd single off upcoming “End of World”

Public Image Ltd. debuts “Car Chase” — 3rd single off upcoming “End of World”

Public Image Ltd. this week debuted the third single — the bass-driven “Car Chase” off the band’s upcoming 11th album End of World, which is due out in August.

PiL unveils new album “End of World” and extensive tour — hear opening track "Penge"

PiL unveils new album “End of World” and extensive tour — hear opening track “Penge”

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.

Public Image Ltd. debut moving new single "Hawaii," full album due later this year

Public Image Ltd. debut moving new single “Hawaii,” full album due later this year

Public Image Ltd. this month released a moving new single called “Hawaii,” described by the band as a “love letter” to frontman John Lydon’s wife Nora Forster.

Premiere: Shriekback, 'Catmandu' — off new album 'Why Anything? Why This?'

Premiere: Shriekback, ‘Catmandu’ — off new album ‘Why Anything? Why This?’

After returning to the concert stage for the first time in a quarter century last year, Shriekback next will deliver its 14th studio album, with the 10-song collection Why Anything? Why This? — the group’s first in three years — due later this month. Today we’re thrilled to premiere a track off that album: “Catmandu.”

Shriekback launches Kickstarter to help fund first live dates in nearly 25 years

Shriekback launches Kickstarter to help fund first live dates in nearly 25 years

Shriekback — self-described “weirdshit danceband, now very old indeed” — is planning to play live for the first time in nearly 25 years, and is soliciting fans to help fund a U.K. and European tour with the promise that, if successful, a North American outing could follow by summer 2018.

Public Image Ltd. reveals 'This Is PiL' tracklist — John Lydon & Co.'s first album in 20 years

Public Image Ltd. reveals ‘This Is PiL’ tracklist — John Lydon & Co.’s first album in 20 years

John Lydon this week unveiled the tracklist for the first new Public Image Ltd. album in 20 years, a 12-track, self-financed record called ‘This Is PiL’ that will be preceded by the previously announced Record Store Day vinyl EP that will include four of the tracks earmarked for the new full-length collection.

Public Image Ltd. sets May 28 release for 'This is PiL,' unveils EP tracklisting

Public Image Ltd. sets May 28 release for ‘This is PiL,’ unveils EP tracklisting

John Lydon’s resurrected Public Image Ltd. today announced a May 28 release date for ‘This is PiL,’ the post-punk act’s first new album in 20 years, and also unveiled the tracklist for the four-song Record Store Day EP that’s culled from the new record and which will hit shops a full month earlier.

Public Image Ltd. sets 16-date North American club tour to follow Coachella appearance

Public Image Ltd. sets 16-date North American club tour to follow Coachella appearance

John Lydon with Public Image Ltd.

John Lydon will take the reformed Public Image Ltd. on its first North American tour in 18 years this spring, today announcing a 16-date club tour to follow the band’s performance at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.

John Lydon hoping for 'bigger' Public Image Ltd. tour next year, possible album

John Lydon hoping for ‘bigger’ Public Image Ltd. tour next year, possible album

Tweet John Lydon confirmed this week that he hopes to mount a more extensive Public Image Ltd. reunion tour next year, and may even record […]

Public Image Ltd. reissuing 'Metal Box' on CD, plus out-of-print 'Plastic Box' compilation

Public Image Ltd. reissuing ‘Metal Box’ on CD, plus out-of-print ‘Plastic Box’ compilation

Tweet Virgin Records will commemorate the reunion of John Lydon’s Public Image Ltd. this December by releasing a newly remastered edition of the postpunk band’s […]

John Lydon reuniting Public Image Ltd. for 30th anniversary of 'Metal Box'

John Lydon reuniting Public Image Ltd. for 30th anniversary of ‘Metal Box’

John Lydon, ex-Sex Pistol and erstwhile reality TV star, is reactivating the long-dormant Public Image Ltd. for a five-date U.K. tour this December to mark […]