Public Image Ltd. Promise to Fart on Fans with North American Fall Tour

BY Alex HudsonPublished Aug 20, 2015

Punk legend John Lydon is about to release an album with his post-Sex Pistols band Public Image Ltd., and before What the World Needs Now… lands on September 4, the group have announced a North American fall tour.

This will be PiL's first trip to North America in three years. It will kick off with a festival gig at New Orleams' Voodoo Music + Arts Experience Festival on Halloween (October 31). The group will then spend November touring around the continent, playing numerous U.S. cities and making three Canadian stops along the way: Montreal on November 14, Toronto on November 15, and Vancouver on November 22.

Regarding the appearance at Voodoo Music + Arts Experience Festival, Lydon said this in a press release: "Bring a gas mask and I'm going to fart continuously. P.S.: I want to see Donald Trump misrepresented with the greatest possible glee." We can't wait to find out if Johnny Rotten's farts live up to his foul name.

Speaking of Lydon's bathroom behaviour, check out the video for PiL's toilet-fixing anthem "Double Trouble" at the bottom of this page.

Tour dates:

09/18 Glasgow, UK - 02 ABC
09/19 Manchester, UK - Academy
09/20 Newcastle, UK - Riverside
09/22 York, UK - Fibbers
09/23 Coventry, UK - The Copper Rooms at Warwick University
09/25 Bristol, UK - 02 Academy
09/26 Buckley, Wales - Tivoli
09/27 Reading, UK - Sub 89
09/29 Bexhill, UK - De La Warr Pavilion
09/30 Norwich, UK - UEA
10/02 London, UK - 02 Shepherd's Bush Empire
10/03 Frome, UK - Cheese and Grain
10/04 Southampton, UK - 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, QC - La Tulipe
11/15 Toronto, ON - 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, BC - 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

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