PUBLIC IMAGE LTD return later this year with a new album - their tenth - and a new single. What The World Needs Now... is out on 4 September, preceded on 21 August by the single 'Double Trouble' on 10" vinyl. Both releases will be on their own Pil Official label distributed by Cargo. They'll be followed by an extensive tour of the UK, Europe and the US.
The eleven-track album features the same line-up - John Lydon, Lu Edmonds, Bruce Smith and Scott Firth - that made 2012's This Is PiL and was recorded last year at Steve Winwood's Wincraft studio in the Cotswolds.
Formed by Lydon when he quit the Sex Pistols in 1978, Pil released eight albums (including the classics Metal Box and album) before splitting in 1992. They returned in 2009 with Lydon reuniting with former members Edmonds and Smith, and recruiting new boy Firth.
UK and European tour dates are below. Tickets go on general sale on Thursday 21 May. Further info is available from http://www.pilofficial.com/
UK Tour Dates
Glasgow, 02 ABC, Scotland, Friday, September 18th 2015
Manchester Academy, UK, Saturday, September 19th 2015
Newcastle, Riverside, Sunday, September 20th 2015
York, Fibbers, UK, Tuesday, September 22nd 2015
Coventry, The Copper Rooms @ Warwick University, UK, Wednesday, September 23rd 2015
Bristol, 02 Academy, UK, Friday, September 25th 2015
Buckley, Tivoli, Wales, Saturday, September 26th 2015
Reading, Sub 89, UK, Sunday, September 27th 2015
Bexhill, De La Warr Pavilion, UK, Tuesday, September 29th 2015
Norwich, UEA, UK, Wednesday, September 30th 2015
London, 02 Shepherds Bush Empire, UK, Friday, October 2nd 2015
Frome, Cheese and Grain, UK, Saturday, October 3rd 2015
Southampton, Engine Rooms, UK, Sunday, October 4th 2015
Europe Tour Dates
Paris, Le Trianon, France, Tuesday, October 6th 2015
Amsterdam, Paradiso, Netherlands, Wednesday, October 7th 2015
Lausanne, Les Docks, Switzerland, Friday, October 9th 2015
Venice, Rivolta, Italy, Saturday, October 10th 2015
Milan, Magazzini Generali, Italy, Sunday, October 11th 2015
Mannheim, Alte Seilerei, Germany, Tuesday, October 13th 2015
Ludwigsburg, Rockfabrik, Germany, Wednesday, October 14th 2015
Berlin, Columbia Theatre, Germany, Thursday, October 15th 2015
Bochum, Zeche, Germany, Saturday, October 17th 2015
Antwerp, Trix, Belgium, Sunday, October 18th 2015
