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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 — 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

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Glasgow, Hard Rock Cafe, Tuesday, June 21st 2022 SOLD OUT

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Brix Smith , formerly of The Fall and The Extricated, will be support at the 8 UK shows marked with an asterisk

NOTE : The Punk It Fest, Helsinki, Finland June 4th 2022 has been rescheduled until next year. Ticket buyers can return tickets to pre-sales outlets.

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PiL Announce New Album “End of World” and Extensive UK and European Tour

• April 11, 2023
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Public Image Ltd. (PiL) has unveiled their 11th studio album, End of World , set for release on August 11th. The announcement follows less than a week after the heartbreaking loss of John Lydon’s wife, Nora Forster . The 13-track record starts with the newly released single “Penge” and concludes with the poignant “Hawaii,” a song Lydon dedicated to his wife during her Alzheimer’s battle.

“Hawaii,” a touching ode to Nora, who tragically passed away from Alzheimer’s on April 5th, the introspective yet universally relatable love song resonated with many upon its January release. It sees John reminiscing on their cherished moments together, particularly their blissful time in Hawaii. John shared, “Nora loved the album; she wouldn’t have wanted us to postpone it or change any of our plans.” He previously remarked of “Hawaii,” “It is dedicated to everyone going through tough times on the journey of life, with the person they care for the most.”

The band began their work on creating End Of World in 2018 during their 40th-anniversary tour. Following “The Great Pause,” PiL reconvened in the studio, where, according to Lydon, “there was just this massive explosion of ideas.”  The announcement of the forthcoming album is heralded by the new single “Penge,” described by John as “something of a medieval Viking epic.”

In addition to the album, PiL is gearing up for an extensive 38-date tour across the U.K. and Europe, kicking off with back-to-back shows in Greece on September 8th. The tour will run through the U.K. in September before taking on European stages throughout October.

PiL mailing list subscribers can snag pre-sale tickets starting 10 a.m. local time on Wednesday, April 12th, while general on-sale begins at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 14th.

End of World marks PiL’s third album since their 2009 reunion, boasting a lineup that includes drummer Bruce Smith, guitarist Lu Edmonds, and bassist Scott Firth.

Give the new single, “Penge,” a spin and check out the End of World album artwork and tracklist, as well as the full list of tour dates below:

End of World Tracklist: 

• “Penge”
• “End Of The World”
• “Car Chase”
• “Being Stupid Again”
• “Walls”
• “Pretty Awful”
• “Strange”
• “Down On The Clown”
• “Dirty Murky Delight”
• “The Do That”
• “L F C F”
• “North West Passage”
• “Hawaii”

PiL Tour Dates:

UNITED KINGDOM

• September 11: Swansea – Patti Pavilion
• September 12: Margate – Dreamland
• September 13: Lincoln – Engine Shed
• September 15: Blackburn – King Georges Hall
• September 16: Buckley – Tivoli
• September 18: Sunderland – Fire Station
• September 19: Scotland – Aberdeen Beach Ballroom
• September 21: Edinburgh – O2 Academy
• September 22: Manchester – O2 Ritz
• September 23: Holmfirth – Picture Dome
• September 25: Coventry – HMV
• September 26: Brighton – CHALK
• September 28: Bristol – O2 Academy
• September 29: Torquay – Foundry
• September 30: London – The Forum
• September 8: Greece, Thessoloniki Principal Club Theatre
• September 9: Greece, Athens Gagarin 205
• October 2: Germany – Cologne – Kantine
• October 4: The Netherlands – Amsterdam – Paradiso
• October 5: Belgium – Gent -Vooruit
• October 6: Germany Stuttgart Im Wireman
• October 8: Germany – Hamburg – Gruenspan
• October 9: Sweden – Gothenburg – Pustervik
• October 10: Sweden – Stockholm – Nalen
• October 12: Estonia – Tallin – Helitehas
• October 13: Finland – Helsinki – Ääniwalli
• October 15: Germany – Berlin – Metropol
• October 16: Czech Republic – Prague – Lucerna Music Bar
• October 17: Czech Republic – Brno – Fléda club
• October 20: Spain – Madrid – Shoko
• October 21: Spain – Barcelona – Salamandra
• October 22: Spain Bilbao – Cafe Antzokia
• October 24: Portugal – Porto Hard Club
• October 25: Portugal – Lisbon LAV
• October 27: France – Paris – Le Trianon
• October 29: Switzerland – Lausanne – Les Docks
• October 30: Italy – Milan – Magazini Generali
• October 31: France – Strasbourg – La Laiterie

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It’s certainly not the ‘End Of World’ for PiL

PiL at Chalk, Brighton 26.9.23 (pic Cris Watkins)

PUBLIC IMAGE LTD + MERYL STREEK – CHALK, BRIGHTON 26.9.23

In my reviews, it’s always a case of honesty is the best policy and on hearing that Public Image Ltd aka PiL were set to return to Chalk in Brighton this evening, I must state for the record that there was some trepidation as to whether to bother to actually go or not! This being on the account of the past few times I have been to see them since my debut encounter at Brighton’s Top Rank Suite (now PRYZM) 2nd November 1983, I have inevitably come away from the subsequent gigs a relatively happy man having had a good night out, but somehow still asking myself whether John Lydon is actually relevant any more!

I therefore almost delegated this evening’s concert over to someone else to review, but again for the record, thank f*ck I didn’t, as I honestly thought that tonight was the very best PiL gig that I have ever had the pleasure to have witnessed! I really never thought that I would be typing that statement out in a PiL review ever again! So what’s changed in order for this to have happened? Let’s find out…..

Firstly there’s the case of PiL’s latest long player ‘End Of World’ (order HERE ) which is their first in eight years and dropped last month on 11th August. The work sees them in new, emotionally wrought territory, whilst baring vulnerability as well as their teeth. The thirteen song release is dedicated to Lydon’s soulmate Nora Forster who sadly passed away from Alzheimer’s on 5th April this year. I can empathise with how he felt beforehand, during and after the passing having lost a parent from the same curse, as well as also losing my partner, Jordan Mooney , who knew Lydon very well. It’s a terrible loss that will never leave him, but Nora wouldn’t have wanted Lydon to mope around. She would have wanted him to carry on with the release of ‘End Of World’ and go out and tour with it, that much is certain! So it’s evident that Lydon has had a weight lifted off of his shoulders and the sense of relief and new beginnings is now upon him. This is the next chapter of PiL.

The band are very much these days, thankfully, a fixed unit with John Lydon being at the helm throughout PiL’s existence (1978–1992, 2009–present), and aided by Bruce Smith on drums, percussion, programming, backing vocals (1986–1990, 2009–present), Lu Edmonds on guitar, keyboards, saz, banjo, backing vocals (1986–1988, 2009–present) and Scott Firth on bass, keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals (2009–present). They know each other well and clearly have gelled further with the release of the new album, which is as it should be for the longest stable line-up in the band’s history. ‘End Of World’ is bursting with ideas and a formidable sense of playfulness that belies their years, they are a born again post Eurovision outfit.

It goes without saying that PiL are widely regarded as one of the most innovative and influential bands of all-time, as their music has earned them 5 UK Top 20 singles and 5 UK Top 20 albums. Their 1978 debut album ‘First Issue’ and following ‘Metal Box’ are absolute classics and the latter arguably rewrote the way that people view music. The band initially worked through until 1992’s ‘That What Is Not’, before a 17 year hiatus and then Lydon reactivated PiL in 2009, touring extensively before releasing two further critically acclaimed albums before this latest release, those being ‘This Is PiL’ in 2012, and ‘What The World Is Now’ in 2015.

Moving right up to date, PiL 2023 are here this evening at Chalk and Lydon opens by addressing the crowd with “Thank you for being here this evening”, to which an avid fan near us at the front pipes up “Welcome to Brighton! ”, to which Lydon replies “You should be thrown out for that remark!” . So some things haven’t changed (with the Lydon comebacks), that is until the band strike up with the opening number of the night, ‘Penge’ which is also the opener on the new album. Being a new tune, Lydon reads from his hymn sheet on a stand in front of him. Although it appears he might have put on a little weight again (haven’t we all), he is looking rather dapper this evening in his long coat and red Showaddywaddy style shoes and Mohican style bonnet.

There are actually six guys on stage this evening (and for every PiL gig), as well as the band, stage left (our right) is a guy that’s likely to be the sound engineer and on the opposite wing, is Lydon’s best mate and manager Rambo, who is sporting a Dexys meets Cosh Boy look as he marches to every tune throughout the whole set, whilst keeping a beady eye on the punters behaviour. There’s no riot’s tonight, and other than moving forward once to signal for a reveller to get down off someone’s shoulders, it was easy going for him.

Talking of policing the evening, this was very much down to Lydon who on two occasions reminded folk that there is a live performance going on and to live the moment, or in his words “Don’t do that Britney Spears shit” when referencing people who were filming the gig and taking photos on their mobile phones. I was very pleased that he called people out, although I was secretly making notes on my phone throughout the gig so that I can give you this report. However, the woman next to me had up until that point been very annoying by continuously barging me when she was repeatedly filming herself, her boyfriend and the band.

‘Albatross’ from 1979’s ‘Metal Box’ was their second selection and this sounded a particularly fine version and on reflection sounded the improvement in tune delivery throughout the set. After which Lydon sang “Oh no; You’re being stupid again” from new album track four, ‘Being Stupid Again’ , which segued straight into 1984’s ‘This Is Not A Love Song’ smash hit. The backbeat of the delivery this evening reminded me of ‘Relax’ by Frankie Goes To Hollywood meets Tubeway Army’s (Gary Numan) ‘Me, I Disconnect From You’, which in my eyes is praise indeed.

Two tunes from ‘Metal Box’ were our next treats, these being a mighty fine version of ‘Poptones’ and a somewhat remixed edition version of ‘Death Disco’. After 2012’s ‘The Room I Am In’ we had a good rendition of 1981’s ‘Flowers Of Romance’, after which they played an absolutely storming version of ‘Memories’ (another from ‘Metal Box’ ) which really got me bopping along, and quite possibly sneaked in as track of the night for me. ‘Memories’ then segued directly into ‘Car Chase’ (which for me is the standout track from the new LP) with its “Car chase; I don’t get bothered; I don’t get bored; I get ignored” chorus.

They concluded their main set with 1987’s ‘The Body’ (from the ‘Happy?’ album), which segued into the wonderful dance beat of 1989’s ‘Warrior’ (from the ‘9’ album) and then ‘Shoom’ (from 2015 ‘What The World Needs Now…’ album). I had noted that tonight’s set had a more solid dance vibe than on previous occasions, the sound was clear and crisp and Lydon and the lads were well on form. There was also hardly any Lydon putdowns, favouring the quality music to do all the talking, well that is until the arrival of thee Frankie Goes To Hollywood styled ‘Shoom’ with its 24 swear words which Lydon sarcastically dedicated to Generation Sex, which is the superband featuring two of his old Sex Pistols chums* (*delete last word if required) Jones and Cook, as well as Billy Idol and Tony James. After this Lydon informed us that they would “be back in about 4 minutes after we have consumed some combustibles”.

The encore was a trio of big hitters which commenced with 1978’s ‘Public Image’, (cue moshpit!) which was released as a newspaper wrapped 7” single, which I still treasure, despite the spelling mistake on the day “Tursday”, anyone else spotted that? The Leftfield Lydon ‘Open Up’ was the penultimate number. It was quite dancey but not quite as much as the original single.

They signed off with 1986 timeless classic ‘Rise’, after which we were encouraged by Lydon to give Nora a wave. The punters then chanted “Nora! Nora! Nora!” and clearly Lydon was taken aback by this and welled up as he vacated the stage. It had been a pure masterclass and anyone that decided not to attend for the reasons listed at the start, you lost out, and anyone present this evening, will know exactly what I mean. Terrific stuff!

Public Image Ltd: John Lydon – vocals Bruce Smith – drums, percussion, programming Lu Edmonds – guitar, saz, banjo, backing vocals Scott Firth – bass, backing vocals

Public Image Ltd setlist: ‘Penge’ (from 2023 ‘End Of World’ album) ‘Albatross’ (from 1979 ‘Metal Box Second Edition’ album) ‘Being Stupid Again’ (from 2023 ‘End Of World’ album) ‘This Is Not A Love Song’ (from 1984 ‘This Is What You Want… This Is What You Get’ album) ‘Poptones’ (from 1979 ‘Metal Box Second Edition’ album) ‘Death Disco’ (from 1979 ‘Metal Box Second Edition’ album (as ‘Swan Lake’ ) & ‘Death Disco’ single) ‘The Room I Am In’ (from 2012 ‘This Is PiL’ album) ‘Flowers Of Romance’ (from 1981 ‘The Flowers Of Romance’ album) ‘Memories’ (from 1979 ‘Metal Box Second Edition’ album) ‘Car Chase’ (from 2023 ‘End Of World’ album) ‘The Body’ (from 1987 ‘Happy?’ album) ‘Warrior’ (from 1989 ‘9’ album) ‘Shoom’ (from 2015 ‘What The World Needs Now…’ album) (encore) ‘Public Image’ (from 1978 ‘ Public Image First Issue’ album) ‘Open Up’ (from 1993 ‘Open Up’ single) (Leftfield Lydon tune) ‘Rise’ (from 1986 ‘Album’ album)

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In a theme following on from PiL’s last track ‘Rise’ which includes the repeated lyrics of “Anger Is An Energy” , we turn the clock back two and a half hours and we are in the hands of Meryl Streek who began his verbal onslaught at us from 7pm until 7:34pm. Meryl describes his act (or is it?) as “Irish avant-garde punk” and although in the same format as Billy Nomates – who sadly got hammered from some quarters after her Glastonbury performance, thus forcing her to re-evaluate whether or not to carry on – tonight it’s just Meryl, a microphone and a backing track, oh and a handheld torch that he uses.

Seldom will you witness such a diatribe of this magnitude outside of the Sleaford Mods. I’m not sure what they put in the Dublin water when he was young, but Meryl is supercharged almost beyond belief. Whether this is a case of internal adrenalin or aided via chemical assistance (cue pupil check), it’s hard to say. But this is actually irrelevant as Meryl’s message (to him) is key, whether he’s ranting on about the ‘Death Of The Landlord’, or a ‘Demon’ , or ‘Educated Mates’ or ‘Suicide’ or even about his grandfather, which was probably ‘Paddy’, Meryl is one angry man, who blasts across the length of the Chalk stage like a caged animal. In fact the cage couldn’t hold him in as he initially came down to the barrier and then marched up and down in the centre of the crowd, to the amusement of some and the bewilderment of others.

It is quite possible that this is an act as he apologised in advance for the swearing, of which there are copious amounts of pent up injustice. His handheld torch gets a workout as well as it’s spun on its lead and used at times to shine on his face in order for us to see his emotions even clearer. Musically the backing track, which I’m not sure if he actually made himself or called on the services of others, was a fusion of punk through to edgy dance. Some next to me danced to it, many just stood and observed his shouty spoken deliveries. The key line I took from the performance was “And the old nuns have more than I do record sleeves”, which I get where he’s coming from.

Let’s face it, a Meryl Streek performance is very much an acquired taste and if your idea of a night out in Brighton involves a Dubliner ranting for half an hour into the mic about the injustices of the world, then you need to get yourself a ticket for the ‘Mutations’ festival (tickets HERE ) in November as Meryl is one of the acts on the bill. Failing that, you can wait until 28th February next year, when he will be headlining at the Green Door Store  – tickets HERE . On a personal level, I shan’t be bothering, but you can decide for yourselves can’t you!

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It was indeed a great gig 😁

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a spot on review of a wonderful performance by PIL. Seeing John so emotional at the end ,when the Brighton crowd vocally demonstrated their love, support and respect for John’s loss was truly touching. The set was perfect, the new songs sounded awesome. What a great crowd as well. Everyone had a lot of fun and enjoyed every second

Meryl wears reflective contact lenses on stage to give him a scary look. Certainly not chemically enhanced. I’d be offended if I was him reading that!

Why is nobody calling out Lydon over his anti-trans comment in Being Stupid Again?

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