Public Image Ltd announce 2025 UK and Ireland tour

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Public Image Ltd (PiL) have announced a UK and Ireland headline tour for 2025 – you can find all the details below.The post-punk band, fronted by former Sex Pistols vocalist John Lydon, last performed in the UK in September 2023 before embarking on a run of European dates the following month.Those shows came in support of PiL’s 11th and most recent studio album, last year’s ‘End Of World’.Lydon later said that he thought the group may not tour together again.

This came after his lifelong friend and manager, John Rambo Stevens, died suddenly following the last PiL tour, in December 2023.

Lydon’s wife, Nora, also passed away that April.However, the love and support he received from fans when he undertook a spoken word tour of the UK earlier this year led to him wanting to hit the road with PiL once again.In a statement, Lydon explained: “I thought that might be it.

After losing Nora, and Rambo, I couldn’t see a way through.“I’d already committed to the spoken word tour, this spring, and I never let anyone down – I always stick to my word – so I had to do those dates.”He continued: “The thing is, people were so overwhelmingly positive, and they asked me to tour PiL again.