Lydon’s PiL to headline Rebellion Festival 2025. “I never let anyone down.”
REBELLION FESTIVAL have announced post punk icons PUBLIC IMAGE LTD will return to Blackpool’s Winter Gardens next year – having previously played the festival in 2012 and 2018 – to headline on Saturday August 9 as part of their ‘This Is Not The Last Tour’ tour.
Led by former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon, PiL’s tour dates for 2025 come after Lydon initially believed his band may never tour again following the passing of his wife Nora, and lifelong friend and manager John Rambo Stevens in 2023.
“I thought that might be it,” he said. “After losing Nora, and Rambo, I couldn’t see a way through. I’d already committed to the spoken word tour this spring, and I never let anyone down, I always stick to my word, so I had to do those dates.
“The thing is, people were so overwhelmingly positive, and they asked me to tour PiL again. With so many people asking and with the band meaning so much to them, I couldn’t just stay on my sofa and not tour, tempting though that obviously is.”
Among the acts already confirmed to join PiL at the annual event are, Peter Hook & The Light, Hugh Cornwell, UK Subs, and 999.
DETAILS/TICKETS: Rebellion2025
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