After a long hiatus, Public Image Ltd.—the post-punk group frontman John Lydon formed after the Sex Pistols broke up—returned in 2012 with their first new album in nearly 20 years, This Is PiL. Now Pitchfork reports that the band’s sticking around for another album and a tour. The album, What The World Needs Now…, is due out September 4; The tour begins later that month in the U.K.; no North American dates have been announced yet, but the band’s website implies that Lydon and company plan to cross the Atlantic at some point soon.
Public Image Ltd. Tour 2015
September 18—Glasgow, Scotland—02 ABC
September 19—Manchester, England—Manchester Academy
September 20—Newcastle, England—Riverside
September 22—York, England—Fibbers
September 23—Coventry, England—The Copper Rooms & Warwick University
September 25—Bristol, England—02 Academy
September 26—Buckley, Wales—Tivoli
September 27—Reading, England—Sub 89
September 29—Bexhill, England—De La Warr Pavilion
September 30—Norwich, England—UEA
October 02—London, England—02 Shepherds Bush Empire
October 03—Frome, England—Cheese and Grain
October 04—Southampton, England—Engine Rooms
October 06—Paris, France—Le Trianon
October 07—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Paradiso
October 09—Lausanne, Switzerland—Les Docks
October 10—Venice, Italy—Rivolta
October 11—Milan, Italy—Magazzini Generali
October 13—Mannheim, Germany—Alte Seilerei
October 14—Ludwigsburg, Germany—Rockfabrik
October 15—Berlin, Germany—Columbia Theatre
October 17—Bochum, Germany—Zeche
October 18—Antwerp, Belgium—Trix