{"id":44890,"date":"2026-03-21T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=44890"},"modified":"2026-03-18T20:16:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T00:16:37","slug":"public-image-ltd-are-coming-for-you-north-america-and-theyre-nowhere-near-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=44890","title":{"rendered":"Public Image Ltd are coming for you, North America \u2014 and they\u2019re nowhere near done"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

John Lydon isn\u2019t retiring. Not yet. Not on your watch, and apparently not on his either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public Image Ltd \u2014 the post-punk institution Lydon forged from the ashes of the Sex Pistols back in 1978 \u2014 have announced an extensive North American tour kicking off September 3rd in Pioneertown, California. They\u2019re calling it \u2018This Is Not\u2026The Final PiL Tour\u2019, which is exactly the kind of declarative, paradoxical statement you\u2019d expect from a band that has spent nearly five decades refusing to be pinned down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first leg runs through October 9th in Nashville, hitting heavy hitters like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Minneapolis, New York, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, and Boston along the way. A second leg picks back up in February 2027, sweeping through Texas, the South, and the Midwest before wrapping in Cleveland in late March. Tickets are on sale now through venue box offices and pilofficial.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tour follows a run of UK and European shows and festival appearances in 2025 \u2014 a return to the road that came after a genuinely difficult stretch for Lydon personally. The loss of his wife Nora and his longtime friend and manager John \u201cRambo\u201d Stevens, both in 2023, had him questioning whether he\u2019d tour again at all. Turns out the fans had other ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAfter losing Nora, and Rambo, I couldn\u2019t see a way through<\/em>,\u201d Lydon said. \u201cThe thing is, people were so overwhelmingly positive, they really showed me a lot of love, and they asked me to tour PiL again. With so many people asking and with the band meaning so much to them, I couldn\u2019t just stay on my sofa and not tour \u2014 tempting though that obviously is.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The timing couldn\u2019t be more loaded with new material. A live album, \u2018Alive\u2019 \u2014 recorded during last year\u2019s European run \u2014 is set for a Spring release (details still forthcoming, pre-order link live now). And the band is currently in the studio working on a full album of new material due in early 2027. PiL\u2019s current lineup features Lydon on vocals alongside Lu Edmonds (guitar), Scott Firth (bass), and drummer Mark Roberts, who stepped in following Bruce Smith\u2019s departure at the end of 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A band with five UK Top 20 singles and five UK Top 20 albums under their belt, and a catalog stretching from the jagged dub-funk of \u2018Metal Box\u2019 to the sun-scorched weirdness of \u2018Album,\u2019 PiL have earned every ounce of their iconoclast reputation. The fact that they\u2019re still here \u2014 still writing, still touring, still refusing to be a nostalgia act \u2014 is frankly remarkable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to playing to our friends in North America,<\/em>\u201d Lydon added. \u201cIt feels like it\u2019s been a long time and we\u2019re pleased to be coming back. You\u2019ll be hearing a lot more from PiL.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ve been warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public Image Ltd \u2014 \u2018This Is Not\u2026The Final PiL Tour\u2019 North American Dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 2025
\u2219 September 3 \u2014 Pioneertown, CA \u2014 Pappy & Harriet\u2019s
\u2219 September 5 \u2014 Santa Cruz, CA \u2014 Rio Theatre
\u2219 September 8 \u2014 Santa Ana, CA \u2014 The Observatory
\u2219 September 10 \u2014 Los Angeles, CA \u2014 The Belasco
\u2219 September 11 \u2014 San Diego, CA \u2014 House of Blues
\u2219 September 12 \u2014 San Francisco, CA \u2014 The Fillmore
\u2219 September 14 \u2014 Portland, OR \u2014 Wonder Ballroom
\u2219 September 15 \u2014 Seattle, WA \u2014 Neptune Theatre
\u2219 September 16 \u2014 Boise, ID \u2014 Treefort Music Hall
\u2219 September 22 \u2014 Minneapolis, MN \u2014 First Avenue
\u2219 September 23 \u2014 Milwaukee, WI \u2014 Turner Hall Ballroom
\u2219 September 25 \u2014 Detroit, MI \u2014 St. Andrew\u2019s Hall
\u2219 September 26 \u2014 Toronto, ON \u2014 Danforth Music Hall
\u2219 September 28 \u2014 New York, NY \u2014 Webster Hall
\u2219 September 29 \u2014 Pittsburgh, PA \u2014 Roxian Theatre<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 2025
\u2219 October 1 \u2014 Washington, D.C. \u2014 9:30 Club
\u2219 October 2 \u2014 Philadelphia, PA \u2014 Union Transfer
\u2219 October 3 \u2014 Boston, MA \u2014 Paradise Rock Club
\u2219 October 5 \u2014 Richmond, VA \u2014 The National
\u2219 October 6 \u2014 Raleigh, NC \u2014 Lincoln Theatre
\u2219 October 8 \u2014 Atlanta, GA \u2014 Variety Playhouse
\u2219 October 9 \u2014 Nashville, TN \u2014 Brooklyn Bowl<\/p>\n\n\n\n

February\u2013March 2027
\u2219 February 17 \u2014 Salt Lake City, UT \u2014 The Grand At The Complex
\u2219 February 18 \u2014 Denver, CO \u2014 Gothic Theatre
\u2219 February 20 \u2014 Oklahoma City, OK \u2014 Tower Theatre
\u2219 February 21 \u2014 San Antonio, TX \u2014 Aztec Theatre
\u2219 February 23 \u2014 Austin, TX \u2014 Mohawk
\u2219 February 24 \u2014 Dallas, TX \u2014 Echo Lounge & Music Hall
\u2219 February 25 \u2014 Houston, TX \u2014 White Oak Music Hall
\u2219 February 27\u2013March 6 \u2014 New Orleans, LA \u2014 The 80\u2019s Cruise 2027
\u2219 March 8 \u2014 St. Petersburg, FL \u2014 Jannus Live
\u2219 March 9 \u2014 Fort Myers, FL \u2014 The Ranch
\u2219 March 10 \u2014 Fort Lauderdale, FL \u2014 Revolution Live
\u2219 March 12 \u2014 Orlando, FL \u2014 The Plaza Live
\u2219 March 13 \u2014 Ponte Vedra Beach, FL \u2014 Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
\u2219 March 14 \u2014 Charlotte, NC \u2014 The Underground
\u2219 March 16 \u2014 Louisville, KY \u2014 Mercury Ballroom
\u2219 March 17 \u2014 Lexington, KY \u2014 Manchester Music Hall
\u2219 March 19 \u2014 St. Louis, MO \u2014 The Sovereign
\u2219 March 21 \u2014 Cincinnati, OH \u2014 Bogart\u2019s
\u2219 March 23 \u2014 Columbus, OH \u2014 Newport Music Hall
\u2219 March 24 \u2014 Cleveland, OH \u2014 Globe Iron<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More info and full ticketing at pilofficial.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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