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. With so many people asking and with the band meaning so much to them, I couldn’t just stay on my sofa and not tour – tempting though that obviously is.”
PiL has announced a major tour of the UK and Ireland for summer 2025. See https://t.co/qdn31ud8dI for confirmed dates, with more shows TBA.
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— Public Image Ltd (@pilofficial) November 12, 2024
PiL are set to embark on their 23-date ‘This Is Not The Last Tour’ trek in May. This includes shows in Bristol, Newcastle, Dublin, Cardiff, Oxford, Sheffield, Northampton, Holmfirth, Coventry and Cork.
Additionally, there will be festival appearances at Stone Valley South in Ware, Stone Valley Midlands in Newark, Rebellion Festival in Blackpool, Stone Valley North in Durham, and Putting The Fast In Belfast.
Further gigs are to be announced later, according to a post from the band on social media.
Tickets go on general sale at 10am GMT this Friday (November 15) – you’ll be able to buy yours here. An O2 Priority pre-sale is scheduled to go live at the same time tomorrow (Wednesday November 13).
PiL’s ‘This Is Not The Last Tour’ 2025 UK and Ireland dates are:
MAY
22 – O2 Academy, Bristol
23 – Stone Valley Festival South, Ware
24 – O2 Academy, Bournemouth
29 – Birdwell, Barnsley
30 – Boiler Shop, Newcastle
31 – Epic Studios, Norwich
JUNE
12 – 3Olympia, Dublin
13 – Dolan’s Warehouse, Limerick
14 – Depot, Cardiff
26 – White Rock, Hastings
27 – Stone Valley Festival Midlands, Newark
28 – O2 Academy, Oxford
JULY
03 – O2 Academy, Leicester
04 – Engine Shed, Lincoln
05 – Guildhall, Portsmouth
30 – Leadmill, Sheffield
31 – Roadmender, Northampton
AUGUST
01 – Picturedrome, Holmfirth
07 – Rebellion Festival, Blackpool
08 – Stone Valley Festival North, Durham
09 – Empire, Coventry
15 – City Hall, Cork
16 – Putting The Fast In Belfast, Belfast
Lydon will then head out on another UK and Ireland spoken word tour next autumn.
Meanwhile, Frank Carter and the Sex Pistols’ Glen Matlock, Paul Cook and Steve Jones recently joined forces to perform ‘Never Mind The Bollocks’ in its entirety on a run of UK concerts.
Lydon did not participate in the shows. The musician lost a lawsuit against his former bandmates in 2021.
Earlier this year, Lydon said he thought immigration had created “division and animosity” in the UK.