“Playing songs from all parts of his career, two off The Metal Box, four off the newbie, Lydon brought absolute power and conviction, letting the songs develop at their own pace as he powered them with that world beating voice, and in a performance of “Death Disco” letting his back up band play with both the disco and the classical elements. Like every song he played tonight, except the ones off the second album where his 1979 performance at the Palladium was unbeatable, these were the best imaginable” That was me writing about PiL three years ago (here) and what can I tell ya? It was the best Johnny I’d seen since 1979, even the album he was pushing, This Is PiL wasn’t that heart.
The one song we’ve heard off the What The World Needs Now… is pretty solid stuff so news Johnny is touring behind it is not such bad news after all. indeed if he is half as good as he was last time, it should make for an interesting evening.
Here is the full PiL tour and the less than glamorous “Double Trouble” video beneath that.
09-18 Glasgow, Scotland – 02 ABC
09-19 Manchester, England – Academy
09-20 Newcastle, England – Riverside
09-22 York, England – Fibbers
09-23 Coventry, England – The Copper Rooms at Warwick University
09-25 Bristol, England – 02 Academy
09-26 Buckley, Wales – Tivoli
09-27 Reading, England – Sub 89
09-29 Bexhill, England – De La Warr Pavilion
09-30 Norwich, England – UEA
10-02 London, England – 02 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
10-03 Frome, England – Cheese and Grain
10-04 Southampton, England – Engine Rooms
10-06 Paris, France – Le Trianon
10-07 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
10-09 Lausanne, Switzerland – Les Docks
10-10 Venice, Italy – Rivolta
10-11 Milan, Italy – Magazzini Generali
10-13 Mannheim, Germany – Alte Seilerei
10-14 Ludwigsburg, Germany – Rockfabrik
10-15 Berlin, Germany – Columbia Theatre
10-17 Bochum, Germany – Zeche
10-18 Antwerp, Belgium – Trix
10-31 New Orleans, LA – Voodoo Music + Arts Experience Festival
11-01 Memphis, TN – New Daisy Theatre
11-03 Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre
11-05 Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room
11-06 St. Petersburg, FL – The State Theatre
11-07 Orlando, FL – The Plaza Live
11-10 Washington, DC – U Street Music Hall
11-11 Philadelphia, PA – The Trocadero Theatre
11-12 Pittsburgh, PA – The Altar Bar
11-14 Montreal, Québec – La Tulipe
11-15 Toronto, Ontario – The Opera House
11-16 New York, NY – Best Buy Theatre
11-18 Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall
11-20 Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre
11-22 Vancouver, British Columbia – Vogue Theatre
11-23 Seattle, WA – The Showbox
11-25 Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl
11-27 San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
11-28 Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
11-29 Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre
