PIL announce UK and Euro tour

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John Lydon and co schedule dates in support of What The World Needs Now

Public Image Limited are setting off on a European tour in May, which includes 11 UK dates.

Fronted by former Sex Pistol John Lydon, the four-piece are kickstarting the 22-date run in Valencia Noize Club, Spain, on May 6, and wrapping up at Sheffield’s O2 Academy, UK, on June 7.

Last year the band released What The World Needs Now, the follow-up to 2012’s This is PiL – which was their first studio effort in 20 years after they went on hiatus in 1993.

The band released a video for their track Bettie Page last year, and also performed Double Trouble on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Pre-sale tickets will be available from 9am on January 15, followed by general sale on January 18 via the band’s website.

PiL European tour 2016

May 06: Valencia Noize Club, Spain,
May 07: Santander Escenario, Spain
May 08: Madrid Joy Eslava, Spain,
May 10: Wiesbaden Schlachtof, Germany
May 11: Dusseldorf Zakk, Germany
May 12: Hamburg Markthalle, Germany
May 14: Berlin Huxleys, Germany
May 17: Bratislava MMC, Slovakia
May 18: Warsaw Proxima, Poland
May 20: Kiev Club Atlas, Ukraine
May 21: Kharkiv Cinema Concert Hall, Ukraine
May 24: Coventry The Copper Rooms @ Warwick University, UK
May 25: Wakefield Warehouse 23, UK
May 26: Wrexham William Aston Hall, UK
May 28: Walton-On-Trent Bearded Theory Festival, UK
May 29: Cardiff Tramshed, UK
May 30: Sunderland The Point, UK
June 01: Lincoln Engine Shed, UK
June 02: Blackburn King George’s Hall, UK
June 04: London Indigo at O2, UK
June 06: Oxford O2 Academy, UK
June 07: Sheffield O2 Academy, UK

Christina O'Neill

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