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With the release of a new Public Image Ltd. album seemingly now imminent, the band’s principal member John Lydon has taken aim at TV talent shows such as the X Factor for creating an environment in which innovative acts struggle to find attention, claiming the medium has ‘taken over’ the music industry.

Public Image Ltd. are to re-issue their entire back catalogue next year, according to reports today.

Public Image Ltd. mainman John Lydon has revealed a fire at his London residence has destroyed new songs intended for the band, reports the BBC.

In response to the lost tracks, Lydon simply said: “Welcome to Rotten World.”

John Lydon’s post-Sex Pistols band kick off UK tour at Coventry Kasbah.

Just what happens to a punk after the demise of the ‘70s? The hardcore ones seem to have kept hold of their Doc Martin boots and colourful mohicans – for as long as their scalp can bear – and define anything and everything thereafter the decade as ‘shit’. John Lydon however was fairly quick to develop his post Pistols band Public Image Ltd when he formed the group in 1978, developing his style to adopt a more experimental dance rock persona.

Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon has described himself as a ‘mad barker’ during his early days with the punk legends.

The Sex Pistols could be set to work on new material for the first time in over three decades, according to the band’s frontman John Lydon.

Public Image Ltd. leader John Lydon has criticised his former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, saying he ‘didn’t inspire’ and took credit for work which wasn’t his.

Damon Albarn’s Gorillaz project has included many famous faces over the past decade, but one man not interested in being involved is former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon.

Our latest Soundbites has news on new tour dates for Public Image Ltd., the details of The National’s latest single, how The Drums are comfortable with their progress, as well as Jimmy Page’s thoughts on his late, great bandmate John Bonham.

Johnny Lydon has revealed Public Image Ltd. are set to reform, with plans for a UK tour in December.

Lydon formed PiL shortly after the disintegration of the Sex Pistols in 1978, along with former Clash member Keith Levene and long-term friend Jah Wobble. They released eight studio albums between 1978 and 1992, and issued the classic single ‘Rise’ in 1986. In keeping with the many line-up changes the band have gone through since ’78, Lydon will tour with new musicians including The Damned guitarist Lu Edmonds and ex-Slits drummer Bruce Smith.