Public Image Ltd add further dates to 2025 UK tour

John Lydon on stage with Public Image Ltd logo in the background

Public Image Ltd have announced additional dates for This Is Not The Last Tour 2025, with further shows in Torquay, Brighton, Warrington and Cheltenham.

Widely regarded as one of the most innovative bands of all time, post-punk originators Public Image Ltd, with their shifting line-up and unique sound, have pushed boundaries for decades.

Formed in 1978 by Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon, the band has amassed 5 UK Top 20 Singles and 5 UK Top 20 Albums with their eclectic fusion of dance, folk, pop, rock and dub influences.

Tickets for the new dates begin presales at 10am Tuesday 17th December. Other dates are on sale now. To buy tickets, head to this page on Ticketmaster.

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First active between 1978 and 1992, Lydon reactivated PiL in 2009 following a 17 year hiatus. Since then, the band has toured extensively, entertaining audiences across the globe, and released a number of critically acclaimed albums including ‘This is Pil’ in 2012 and ‘What The World Needs Now…’ in 2015.

The current line-up comprises of frontman John Lyndon, bassist Scott Firth and drummer Bruce Smith.

The band last performed in the UK in September 2023, and following the death of Lydon’s lifelong friend and manager John Rambo Stevens, soon after the death of his wife Nora in Apil 2023, Lydon thought the band might not tour again.

On the tour, Lydon says: “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.

“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.”

With hits including ‘Rise’, ‘This Is Not A Love Song’, and ‘Don’t Ask Me’, Public Image Ltd continue to shape the post-punk genre. In 2011 the band was awarded ‘Outstanding Contribution To Music’ at the Mojo Honours List.

Tickets for the new dates begin presales at 10am Tuesday 17th December. Other dates are on sale now. To buy tickets, head to this page on Ticketmaster.

Public Image Ltd tour dates:

May 2025

  • 22 – O2 Academy, Bristol
  • 23 – Stone Valley Festival South, Ware
  • 24 – O2 Academy, Bournemouth
  • 26 – The Foundry, Torquay *new date
  • 27 – Chalk, Brighton *new date
  • 29 – Birdwell, Barnsley
  • 30 – Boiler Shop, Newcastle
  • 31 – Epic Studios, Norwich

June 2025

  • 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 2025

  • 01 – Parr Hall, Warrington *new date
  • 03 – O2 Academy, Leicester
  • 04 – Engine Shed, Lincoln
  • 05 – Guildhall, Portsmouth
  • 30 – Leadmill, Sheffield
  • 31 – Roadmender, Northampton

August 2025

  • 01 – Picturedrome, Holmfirth
  • 07 – Town Hall, Cheltenham *new date
  • 08 – Stone Valley Festival North, Durham
  • 09 – Empire, Coventry
  • 15 – City Hall, Cork
  • 16 – Putting The Fast In Belfast, Belfast

Tickets for the new dates begin presales at 10am Tuesday 17th December. Other dates are on sale now. To buy tickets, head to this page on Ticketmaster.

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