Public Image Ltd have announced an extensive set of North American dates as part of their “This Is Not…The Final PiL Tour.” The 2026 leg begins September 3 in Pioneertown, CA and wraps October 9 in ...

The legendary Public Image Ltd, led by the charismatic John Lydon, are returning to Belgrade after a full 13 years - this time in an intimate club setting ...

John Lydon’s Public Image Ltd (PiL) has announced an extensive tour of North America beginning this fall. Billed as ‘This Is Not...The Final PiL Tour’, ...

In 2007, I spoke with John Lydon—better known as Sex Pistols frontguy Johnny Rotten—for Harp magazine’s “Words of Wisdom” feature. When representing the notorious punk rock band, Lydon (as he prefers ...

In Scottish writer Muriel Spark’s 1968 novel, The Public Image, actress Annabel Christopher is obsessed with her appearance. She pleases obsessed fans and paparazzi with a made-up persona, and ...

Beyond its entertainment value, the Creem review was significant in another way. The album – Public Image (First Issue) – was given as a Warner Bros. release: Warners, the label which had released the ...

In the mid-1970s, the bloated and moribund music industry was given a much needed enema by The Sex Pistols. Anarchic and swearing, they spit upon Britain's cultural icons and reminded people that rock ...

This is PiL is the sound of a man rediscovering what he’s good at whilst not quite getting where he wishes he could go. The support he gets from his band is formidable – world music/punk perennial Lu ...