PiL will start their April / May North American tour with a show at Club Nokia in Los Angeles on Tuesday April 13th. Tickets go on sale this Saturday (March 20th) via Ticketmaster.
John Lydon is interviewed on Billboard.Com talking about the forthcoming PiL North American tour and his hopes for the future of the band. Read interview via this link.
March
4th 2010
PiL will make their first US TV appearance in 18 years on ABC’s 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' on Wednesday, April 7th.
They have also added 3 dates to their previously announced North American Tour.
Following on from the previously announced European Festival dates PiL will also headline the Rock Zottegem Festival in Belgium on Saturday, July 10th.
February
24th 2010
PiL North America 2010
Public Image Ltd have announced a North American Tour – their first in 18 years – beginning at San Francisco, Regency Center, Grand Ballroom on Saturday April 17th 2010. The day after their appearance at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. See below for dates.
Tickets for the San Francisco show go on sale this Sunday, February, 28th via Ticketmaster.com. The other dates will go on sale the following weekend (March 5/6).
Public Image Ltd North America Tour 2010 Press Release: February, 24th 2010 (courtesy PiLOfficial.Com)
Since returning in December 2009 for seven monumental concerts in the United Kingdom–their first shows in 17 years–PUBLIC IMAGE LTD (PiL) now continue into 2010 with a headlining North American tour starting Saturday, April 17 in San Francisco.
After fronting the Sex Pistols, John Lydon formed Public Image Ltd in 1978. With their experimental sound fusing Rock, Dance, Folk, Ballet, Pop and Dub, PiL are regarded as producing some of the most diverse music of the 70s and 80s. As a band, the music and vision constantly evolved like no other, culminating in an incredible live experience.
The North American tour will be preceded by a special performance at the COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL on Friday, April 16 (opening day of the three-day event) in Indio, CA. It marks their first show in the United States in 18 years.
Cited as one of the most innovative and influential bands in music history, PiL return to a country where they enjoyed a special relationship throughout their career for what are set to be stunning shows. The North American dates will be followed by a series of high-profile summer European Festival appearances.
John Lydon, Lu Edmonds, Bruce Smith and Scott Firth earned critical and public acclaim for their concerts in December 2009, with many British media outlets championing them as the shows of the year.
John Lydon: "I sound like a bag of kittens thrown down the staircase."
2010 sees the 30th anniversary of the band’s first U.S. tour and also their U.S TV debut on "American Bandstand," where singer John Lydon invited the audience onstage to dance with the band! Host Dick Clark famously introduced their appearance as "a memorable moment in rock n roll, something special and interesting."
With a wide and varied back catalogue spanning three decades, Public Image Ltd will be showcasing the unique sounds of tracks such as "Public Image," "This Is Not A Love Song," "Rise," and "Disappointed," with many further surprises in store.
Lu Edmonds: Multi instrumentalist and former guitarist in The Damned Lu joined PiL in 1986 recording and playing on the album Happy? and co-writing the album 9 adding yet another dimension to the PiL sound. Lu is also associated with a variety of eclectic and acoustic bands including The Mekons and Siberian band Yat-Kha.
Bruce Smith: Former drummer in The Pop Group and The Slits became percussionist for PiL also in 1986 playing and recording on the albums Happy? and 9. Seen as a drumming virtuoso, Bruce Smith brought his unique style into the fold. Bruce has also played with the likes of Björk and Terence Trent D’Arby.
Scott Firth: A bass player/multi instrumentalist that has collaborated and played with a variety of top musicians and bands including Steve Winwood, John Martyn, Elvis Costello and The Spice Girls. Scott’s arrival into the band in 2009 resulted in John Lydon declaring him "Genius at work!"
DATE CITY VENUE
Fri 4/16 Indio, CA Empire Polo Field/Coachella
Sat 4/17 San Francisco, CA Grand Ballroom @ Regency Center
Tue 4/20 Seattle, WA Showbox at The Market
Wed 4/21 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
Fri 4/23 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot
Sat 4/24 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
Mon 4/26 Kansas City, MO Midland Theatre
Sun 5/2 Chicago, IL House of Blues
Tue 5/4 Boston, MA Royale Boston
Wed 5/5 Boston, MA Royale Boston
Fri 5/7 Toronto, ON Kool Haus
Sat 5/8 Montreal, QC Theatre L’Olympia de Montreal
Tue 5/11 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
Wed 5/12 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Fri 5/14 Pittsburgh, PA Club Zoo
Sat 5/15 Atlantic City, NJ The Borgata Music Box
Tue 5/18 New York, NY Terminal 5
Lu Edmond's ESP telecaster guitar that he used on the 2009 PiL tour has been stolen. Lu contacted Fodderstompf with information about the guitar and asked that PiL fans keep an eye out for it and help spread the word... Please email us with any information.
From Lu:
Stolen ESP Telecaster Guitar
I'd like to offer a reward for anyone getting my guitar back to me. It is not a very valuable guitar, in fact it has been so re-modgered over the years that it is in fact unique - and nobody will ever be able to get up onstage and use it without it being clearly clear that it is mine, stolen...
Place of Stealing: out of a Vauxhall car. Wandsworth, London approx 1:30pm on Wednesday 17th February.
Description: ESP telecaster, mushroom colour with red tortoiseshell scratchplate (unusual!)
Block of wood inserted behind the bridge (unusual!)
Fills in where once was a Kahler whammy bar (unusual!)
ESP rubbed out on the neck, but faintly visible if you look (unusual!)
Super-duper custom Australian hand-made pickups (unusual!)
Weird triangular neck profile (unusual!)
Stealer an utter Fekker who wont get a decent price for it as it is such a dog's dinner of a guitar. But... it is my guitar and sounded good with PiL!!!
Help please
Thnx Lu
The Look website have stills and info from the shooting of Jah Wobble's new promo video 'Blow Up'. The track – which was partly inspired by the cult 60s film of the same name (hence the video) – will feature on his new 21 track album 'Welcome To My World' which is shortly due for release on 30 Hertz. Another album 'Japanese Dub' is also being readied for release.
Music producer Chris Brokaw has reviewed 'Metal Box' / 'Second Edition' for the 'Artist-on-Albums' feature on Adequacy.net. Read review here.
You'll also find a review of the 2009 3 CD re-issue of 'Metal box' on yesbuthowever.com.
Magazine keyboard player Dave Formula released his solo album 'Satellite Sweetheart' via Wire-Sound on February 15th. The album features previously unreleased recording's from the late John McGeoch which Formula found in his archives.
February
10th 2010
Following on from the Coachella Festival announcement PiLOfficial.Com has confirmed a further two PiL 2010 live dates.
The band will headline the main stage at the Les Ardentes Festival in Liège, Belgium on Sunday, July 11th 2010 and will also headline the second stage at the Benicàssim International Festival in Spain on Saturday, July 17th 2010.
PiL to play Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, USA, Friday April 16th, 2010
PiLOfficial.Com has
confirmed Public Image Ltd will play the 2010 Coachella Festival on April 16th. PiL will perform at the first day of the 3 day festival in Indio, California. This will be PiL's first North American show in 18 years!
After returning in December 2009 for seven monumental concerts in the United Kingdom–their first shows in 17 years–PUBLIC IMAGE LTD (PiL) are now set to play their first show in the United States in 18 years at the COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL on Friday, April 16 (opening day of the three-day event) in Indio, CA.
Cited as one of the most innovative and influential bands in music history, PiL return to a country where they enjoyed a special relationship throughout their career—and the Coachella date is set to be a stunning performance.
PiLOfficial.Com has
added further press reviews from the December UK Tour including this quote from The Guardian.
The Guardian F&M Playlist December 31st, 2009 Public Image Limited Religion II
PiL's pre-Christmas shows proved that John Lydon should not be remembered either as panto punk or eccentric butter salesman, but as arguably Britain's greatest musical adventurer of the last 30 years. By the time this song closed the set at stomach-churning volume, one could only wonder at the extraordinary severity and extremity of his vision. Michael Hann
After
being on sale instantly at the 2009 live shows PiL ALiFE CD's are
also still available to order for home delivery via the Concert
Live website.
You can now listen to Rise
- Live at Birmingham 2009 via PiLOfficial.Com. Or
via their MySpace page. Full track available.
See PiLOfficial.Com for full info, plus encore download info and tracklistings etc.
The PiL keyrings and posters which were on sale at the 2009
live shows are now available to order via the official PiL webstore.
All merchandise from
the tour, including t-shirts, is available.
January
1st 2010
The
previously mentioned John Lydon
Culture Show special debuts on
BBC4 this Tuesday, January 5th.
The show is an expanded version of the
10 minute PiL feature on The Culture Show
from December.
As well as additional footage, John talks
about 'Flowers of Romance', Shakespeare,
Mozart, and his childhood. The show will
be repeated on BBC4 and will also be available
on the BBC iPlayer service for 7 days. 'John
Lydon - A Culture Show Special', BBC4
Tuesday 5th January 22.30-23.00.
December
18th 2009
PiLOfficial.Com has
posted links to reviews and
pictures from PiL's triumphant
return. The band has been playing a 2
hour set covering
virtually every aspect of their career; plus
a few bonus John Lydon tracks including a
stomping version of 'Open Up'! PiLOfficial.Com has
posted the set list from
the first couple of shows on their news
page.
PiLOfficial.Com has
also launched an official PiL merchandisewebstore featuring
a variety of t-shirts, plus posters and
keyrings etc.
The first PiL tour in 17 years starts
tomorrow, Tuesday, December 15th, at the
Birmingham Academy. Insiders report
the band are sounding "absolutely
stunning" and judging
by the live TV performances, and from
John Lydon's recent comments in the press,
these shows are
set to be something very special.
Lu has apparently
stockpiled a variety
of weird and wonderful instruments. Bruce
is sounding rock solid. Apparently Scott
Firth settled into the band straight away
and they are really gelling (he was pictured
on The Culture Show with a stand-up bass
during 'Religion' which will be something
new). John
Lydon has real fire in his
belly and sounding as good as he ever has.
It's been a long, long17 years,
but the Public Image are back...
PiLOfficial.Com has
mentioned a "lengthy and varied
set, with a few surprises" and
Fodderstompf can't wait!
We are
fully expecting fan reviews from every gigso
don't let us down! Submit
reviews here…
John
Lydon – with PiL performing 'Public
Image' live
at rehearsals – was interviewed on Sky
News, Saturday,
December 12th. You can watch the interview
via the Sky
News website. "Goodbyee Skyy!"
Fodderstompf
reader Edward
Thompson has posted some pictures
on his blog of
the 3 CD remastered 'Metal
Box'
– which along with 'Plastic Box' – is re-released
this week.
December 5th
2009
Not
long now… Judging by Thursday's
excellent appearance on The Culture Show
PiL fans are in for a real treat. Get some
PiL
for Xmas!
Absolute
Radio are airing a John Lydon
special tomorrow night, Sunday, December
6th, at 9pm. John will be picking the
music and speaking about PiL. Absolute
Radio, John Lydon Hour.
Look out for PiL on Sky News in
the coming days. PiLOfficial.Com have
announced the band were filmed performing
'Public Image' and 'This Is Not a Love
Song'.
PiLOfficial.Com has
also announced, that following on from Thursday's
superb appearance on The Culture
Show, BBC4 will be showing a special
extended version of the PiL
feature in January. The 30 minute
special will include an extended interview
and additional footage! The show debuts
on BBC4, January
5th 2010 at 10pm; and will also
be repeated.
PiL
have announced they will be releasing instant
live CD's from the December UK
tour. The
limited edition 4CD sets
will be available immediately after
shows, and via ConcertLive.co.uk.
3 discs will cover the live recording of
the gig, while a 4th bonus
disc will
include photographs of
the band and a
video interview (including
rehearsal footage).
"PiL live on CD instantly,
immediately, available after the gig.
Now, how good is that?" - John
Lydon
As previously
mentioned, PiL will be appearing on BBC2,
The Culture Show this Thursday at
7pm. John Lydon will also be appearing on
BBC1, The
One Show on Friday at 7pm.
