ShareJohn Lydon’s iconoclastic band Public Image Ltd (PiL) has announced a major tour of the UK and Ireland for summer 2025, billed as This Is Not The Last Tour.
PiL’s tour dates for 2025 comes after Lydon thought the band might not tour again. His lifelong friend and manager, John Rambo Stevens passed away suddenly following the last PiL tour, in December 2023, soon after the death of Lydon’s wife, Nora, in April 2023.
Lydon thought that might be the end of his touring days. However, he was overwhelmed by the love and support of fans when he undertook a spoken word tour of the UK in spring this year.
Lydon said: “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.”
After fronting the Sex Pistols, John Lydon formed post-punk originators Public Image Ltd (PiL). Widely regarded as one of the most innovative bands of all time, their music and vision earned them five UK top twenty singles and five UK top twenty albums.
With a shifting line-up and unique sound – fusing rock, dance, folk, pop and dub – Lydon guided the band from their debut album First Issue in 1978 through to 1992’s That What Is Not, before a 17 year hiatus.
Lydon reactivated PiL in 2009, touring extensively and releasing three critically acclaimed albums, This is PiL (2012), What The World Needs Now… (2015) and End Of World (2023).
TOUR DATES 2025
June
| Date | Venue |
|---|---|
| Thu 12th | 3Olmpia Dublin |
| Fri 13th | Dolan’s Warehouse Limerick |
| Tue 24th | Dreamland Margate |
| Thu 26th | White Rock Hastings |
| Sat 28th | O2 Academy Oxford |
July
| Date | Venue |
|---|---|
| Tue 1st | Parr Hall Warrington |
| Thu 3rd | O2 Academy Leicester |
| Fri 4th | Lincoln Engine Shed |
| Sat 5th | Guildhall Portsmouth |
| Wed 30th | Leadmill Sheffield |
| Thu 31st | Roadmenders Northampton |
August
| Date | Venue |
|---|---|
| Fri 1st | Picturedrome Holmfirth |
| Sat 2nd | Empire Coventry |
| Thu 7th | Town Hall Cheltenham |
| Sat 9th | Rebellion Festival Blackpool |
| Fri 15th | City Hall Cork |
| Sat 16th | Putting The Fast In Belfast Festival |
Tickets are now on sale
