UPDATE: CANCELLED.
Tickets to be refunded at point of purchase.
Forming from the ashes of the Sex Pistols, John Lydon‘s Public Image Ltd are regarded by some as the world’s first post-rock group. But you knew all that. And they, in their current incarnation, are coming here to Berlin for a one night only gig. Which you probably also knew. You’re smart like that.
Yeah, the reformation might be a shameless cash in, what with many questioning the value of a reformation in the first place, but Lydon has repeatedly insisted that PiL was always his first love. He was in 2009 quoted in an interview as saying
“The Sex Pistols were too rigid. PiL allowed me to express proper emotions. So I really wanted to get out and do [Death Disco] properly live again.”
…which seems fair enough.
There is talk about a new album being produced with the new lineup of original members, Lu Edmonds on guitar and Bruce Smith on drums, with the addition of new-comer Scott Firth on bass. The new work relies solely on the success of the European tour and shows last year to raise the cash, that or some level of interest from record companies, but given the speed in which Lydon is famed for producing his work, how much money can the guy really need? Any which way you look at it, if you’re hoping for new stuff from PiL, then support the gig and you’re a part of it, no matter how indirect.
The hiatus extended for seventeen years, with very sporadic appearances and even vehement opposition to the idea that PiL would ever reform from Lydon himself. That being the case, we should both snap up this opportunity to catch the show, it might be the only time we can, but then again, maybe not.
Recent live review here: http://reviews.wikinut.com/John-Lydon-and-PiL-does-not-leave-this-fan-Disappointed/luw9a8bq/
