Public Image Limited have announced a 23-date tour of the UK and Ireland for 2025.
In a post announcing the tour, which will kick off in Bristol on May 22 next year, John Lydon admits that he had considered the possibility that his group might not tour again, following the death of his lifelong friend and manager, John ‘Rambo’ Stevens in December 2023, this loss coming just eight months after after the death of Lydon’s wife, Nora, in April 2023.
But the singer says that he was “overwhelmed” by the love and support he received from fans while undertaking his most recent spoken word tour in the UK, and encouraged to take to the road again for what he’s calling the .This Is Not The Last Tour tour.
“I thought that might be it,” Lydon acknowledges. “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.
“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.”
Public Image Limited – This Is Not The Last Tour dates:
May 22: Bristol O2 Academy
May 23: Ware, Stone Valley Festival South
May 24: Bournemouth O2 Academy
May 29: Barnsley Birdwell
May 30: Newcastle Boiler Shop
May 31: Norwich Epic Studios
Jun 12: Dublin 3Olympia, Ireland
Jun 13: Limerick Dolan’s Warehouse, Ireland
Jun 14: Cardiff Depot
Jun 26: Hastings White Rock
Jun 27: Newark Stone Valley Festival Midlands
Jun 28: Oxford O2 Academy
Jul 03: Leicester O2 Academy
Jul 04: Lincoln Engine Shed
Jul 05: Portsmouth Guildhall
Jul 30: Sheffield Leadmill
Jul 31: Northampton Roadmender
Aug 01: Holmfirth Picturedrome
Aug 07: Blackpool Rebellion Festival
Aug 08: Durham Stone Valley Festival North
Aug 09: Coventry Empire
Aug 15: Cork City Hall, Ireland
Aug 16: Belfast, Putting The Fast In Belfast (supporting Stiff Little Fingers)
Tickets go on general sale at 10am on Friday, November 15.
Further shows are to be announced, according to the band’s posts on social media.
