PUBLIC IMAGE LTD (PIL) COACHELLA PERFORMANCE CLIPS ONLINE; U.S. TOUR NOW UNDERWAY

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DT: APRIL 20, 2010

PUBLIC IMAGE LTD (PiL) gave a triumphant performance at Coachella on Friday, April 16 in Indio, CA. Clips from PiL’s performance can be seen at the links below.

"We would like to thank Coachella in the furtherance of our quest to lead where others can only dream to follow.”

–John Lydon, Public Image Ltd, April 20th 2010

Clips of PiL’s Coachella performance:

PiL: Death Disco, Coachella Festival, April 16th 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=hk_EpTezIYA

PiL: Albatross, Coachella Festival, April 16th 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=uERYlg8XCf4

PiL: Public Image & Rise, Coachella Festival, April 16th 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=ap2lrsk_71g

PiL is now on their first U.S. tour in 18 years. For a full list of dates including the addition of a second show in NYC (May 19, terminal 5), click here: http://www.pilofficial.com/shows.html. Below is a sampling of critical soundbites from PiL reviews:

NEW YORK TIMES (Coachella)

“Mr. Lydon’s voice, as strong and cantankerous as ever, was a sneer, a taunt, a howl, a bleat and a cry of pain. His production values were in his hair, spiked skyward, and in the various instruments–including a long-necked electric sax–played by the guitarist Lu Edmonds, who was a member of Public Image Ltd. in the 1980s. …PiL has kept the skeletons of its songs, but it lets Mr. Edmonds and a new rhythm section take them over. Mr. Edmonds likes reverb, leaving fewer stark open spaces, and Middle Eastern music, coming up with modal leads that add a different kind of angularity to the music. Scott Firth on bass and keyboards and Bruce Smith on drums make the beats jauntier than they were in PiL’s old recordings. But Mr. Lydon’s voice is still corrosive, with additional decades of knowing sarcasm. ’Hello, Coachella, I’m a nice fella,’ he rhymed as he introduced ‘Flowers of Romance.’ He ended PiL’s set, which outlasted Jay-Z’s, with ‘Open Up,’ a song he recorded in 1993 as Leftfield Lydon, collaborating with the electronic group Leftfield. ‘Lose yourself inside your schemes/Go for the money, honey,’ he cackled. ‘Burn, Hollywood, burn.’”

–Jon Pareles, New York Times, Saturday, April 17

LOS ANGELES TIMES (Coachella)

“…snarling post-punk pioneers Public Image Ltd. offered a master class in the volatile blend of disco, dub and the avant-garde that informed LCD Soundsystem’s rapturous punk-funk and many of Coachella’s previous breakout bands, such as Bloc Party.”

–Margaret Wappler and August Brown, Los Angeles Times, Monday April, 19

ROLLING STONE.COM (Club Nokia, Los Angeles)
http://tinyurl.com/y623o5m

“… PiL operated amid swirling dark clouds of noise, emphasizing the brooding, uncompromising tone of PiL’s sound. The group’s early signature song, ‘Public Image,’ was not far removed from the raw, straight-ahead rock of the Pistols, but with a guitar sound that became the template for U2’s the Edge and other players. ‘Albatross’ was all post-punk gloom and slicing riffs, while the deep grooves of ‘Religion’ were provocative and riveting…”

–Steve Appleford, Rolling Stone, Wednesday, April 14

SPIN.COM (Club Nokia, Los Angeles)
http://www.spin.com/gallery/public-image-ltd-first-gig-18-years

“From the set's opening number–the band's biggest hit, 1983's ‘This Is Not A Love Song’–PiL held a firm grasp on the audience's attention with Lydon's spasmodic dancing and monstrous bursts of scream-singing. The band played old songs like ‘Rise,’ ‘Death Disco,’ and ‘Flowers of Romance.’ Edmonds slashed his way through the riff-heavy songs as Firth unleashed hard-hitting baselines on tracks like ‘Sun’ and ‘Warrior.’ …both young music lovers and old school rockers–who danced and moshed, eager to act out the punk days of the past. Coachella fans take note: PiL's performance Friday night at 11:20 PM at the Outdoor Theatre is not to be missed.”

–Nicholas Bowden, SPIN, Wednesday, April 14

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For PUBLIC IMAGE LTD (PiL) publicity, contact:

Mitch Schneider 818-380-0400 ext. 235 mschneider@msopr.com

Libby Coffey 818-380-0400 ext. 224 LCoffey@msopr.com

Bari Lieberman 818-380-0400 ext. 222 Bleiberman@msopr.com

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