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John Lydon leads Public Image Ltd the band prepares to return to Australia and New Zealand for the This Is Not… The Final PiL Tour in January 2027

Public Image Ltd Announce Australian Dates For This Is Not… The Final PiL Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Public Image Ltd return to Australia and New Zealand in January 2027 with the This Is Not… The Final PiL Tour, their first local shows in over a decade.

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John Lydon Starts Work On A Novel

by Music-News.com

Former Sex Pistols singer John Lydon is writing a novel.

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John Lydon Announces A Spoken Word Tour

by Paul Cashmere

John Lydon won’t be joining the reformed Sex Pistols tour but he does have his own spoken word tour to do.

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John Lydon To Release PiL Album and Tour As Planned

by Music-News.com

John Lydon’s PiL will still release their new album ‘End of World’ in August and embark on a lengthy tour as planned following the passing of his wife Nora Forster.

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John Lydon Announces The Passing of his Wife Nora Foster

by Music-News.com

John Lydon’s Twitter account shared the sad news on Thursday that the star’s wife Nora Foster has died at the age of 80.

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Public Image Limited To Compete To Represent Ireland At Eurovision 2023

by Paul Cashmere

John Lydon has announced that Public Image Limited will compete to represent Ireland at Eurovision in 2023.

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John Lydon is Mouthing Off Again And No-One Knows What He Is On About

by Paul Cashmere

John Lydon is mouthing off about his ex-band The Sex Pistols once again in relation to the death of the Queen and no-one seems to know why because the other members of the band haven’t done anything public this week.

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John Lydon Still Pissed Off With Danny Boyle Over ‘Pistol’

by Music-News.com

John Lydon has branded Danny Boyle “disgusting” for dismissing his complaints about Pistol, the director’s new Sex Pistols series on Disney+.

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Danny Boyle’s ‘Pistol’ Set To Send Sex Pistols Back To The Charts

by Music-News.com

Sex Pistols re-released two very special vinyl pressings of their controversial anti-monarchist anthem God Save The Queen and are looking to re-enter the Top 5 for the first time in 43 years, since C’mon Everybody reached Number 3 in 1979.

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Disney Release Sex Pistols Official Trailer

by Paul Cashmere

Disney has premiered the official trailer for the upcoming Sex Pistols biopic mini-series ‘Pistol’.

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John Lydon’s Peeps Call ‘Pistol’ Series “A Fairytale”

by Paul Cashmere

John Lydon is continuing his rage against the Disney machine, labelling their upcoming Sex Pistols mini-series ‘Pistol’ “a fairytale”.

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Pistols Trailer Debuts And John Lydon Isn’t Happy

by Paul Cashmere

The first trailer for the Danny Boyle Sex Pistols series ‘Pistols’ is here.

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John Lydon Wants Nothing To Do With New Sex Pistols Soundtrack

by Music-News.com

John Lydon does not approve of the upcoming Sex Pistols compilation.

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John Lydon Says The Sex Pistols Are Rotten

by Music-News.com

John Lydon has branded his Sex Pistols bandmates “greedy” and “nasty”.

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John Lydon Loses Sex Pistols Lawsuit

by Paul Cashmere

John Lydon has lost his lawsuit against his Sex Pistols bandmates.

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Sex Pistols Sue John Lydon

by Music-News.com

John Lydon is facing legal action from his former Sex Pistols bandmates after refusing to license the group’s music for Danny Boyle’s upcoming biopic series.

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Because Its A Slow News Day A Flea Bit John Lydon’s Dick

by Music-News.com

John Lydon says he loves to leave the front door of his Venice Beach villa open so local wildlife is free to explore, but he was left with a painful itch when one of them carried a parasite into his abode.

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John Lydon To Host Quarantine Listening Party

by Music-News.com

John Lydon will host a virtual party on Sunday morning, June 7th, at 7pm EST Australia www.facebook.com/pilofficial to celebrate the initial digital release of the feature documentary, The Public Image is Rotten.

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John Lydon’s Venice Beach Home Targeted by Thugs

by Music-News.com

Sex Pistols star Johnny Rotten has asked Los Angeles police officials to help him keep punk invaders from his Venice Beach home.

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PiL The Doco Is Coming

by Greg Phillips

In celebration of Public Image Ltd.’s (PiL) 40th Anniversary, Abramorama and Verisimilitude have released the first official trailer and poster of the new music documentary The Public Image Is Rotten. 

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John Lydon Says He Never Sold His Soul

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John Lydon chose to walk away from pop star fame and fortune as it was too boring.

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John Lydon Hit With Bottle During Chile Show

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) was performing with his band Public Image Ltd. (PiL) in Santiago, Chile on Sunday night when a concert goer hit him in the head with a thrown glass bottle.

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Johnny Rotten Shares Passion For Bee Gees and Bingo

by Music-News.com

Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten is getting too old for unabashedly brazen hobbies.

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John Lydon Takes PiL Out For UK And US Dates

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Public Image Ltd will be on the road starting September 18 for dates in England, Europe and North America, all in support of their upcoming album What the World Needs Now… (out September 4).

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New Public Image Ltd Double Trouble #LISTEN

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

John Lydon’s Public Image Ltd. have announced that their tenth studio album, What the World Needs Now…, will be out in September.

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John Lydon Writes A Book

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Few would have ever imaged John Lydon could even read a book let alone write one.

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Jesus Christ Superstar Resurrection Fails In USA

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The new American Jesus Christ Superstar has been cancelled before it even started.

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Johnny Rotten, Brandon Boyd Of Incubus Joins Jesus Christ Superstar US Cast

by Paul Cashmere

John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols and Public Image, Ltd. is taking on a new career role as King Herod in the touring company of Jesus Christ Superstar.

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Public Image Limited Want You Photos For Doco

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

John Lydon’s Public Image Limited is asking fans to help them with material for an upcoming documentary on the band.

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John Lydon Calls Carrie Bickmore The Sexist

by Paul Cashmere

John Lydon has called The Project presenter Carrie Bickmore the sexist, not him, after his unpleasant appearance on The Project across Australia on Tuesday night.

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