John Lydon’s Public Image Ltd. have announced that their tenth studio album, What the World Needs Now…, will be out in September.
Lydon, the sole remaining original member of PiL, is joined by Lu Edmonds, Scott Firth and Bruce Smith. The band recorded the album at Wincraft Studio, owned by Steve Winwood.
Lydon has his hands in all aspects of the album, including the cover design of both the LP and the first single, Double Trouble.
Double Trouble track list
Double Trouble
Know Now
Bettie Page
C’est La Vie
Spice of Choice
The One
Big Blue Sky
Whole Life Time
I’m Not Satisfied
Corporate
Shoom
PiL will also be touring Europe in the fall in support of the album:
09/18 – Glasgow, UK – O2 ABC Glasgow
09/19 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy
09/20 – Newcastle, UK – Riverside
09/22 – York, UK – Fibbers
09/23 – Coventry, UK – The Copper Rooms, Warwick Uni
09/25 – Bristol, UK – O2 Academy Bristol
09/26 – Buckley, UK – The Tivoli
09/27 – Reading, UK – Sub 89
09/29 – Bexhill On Sea, UK – De La Warr Pavilion
09/30 – Norwich, UK – UEA
10/02 – London, UK – O2 Shepherds 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 Grote Zaal
10/09 – Lausanne, Switzerland – Les Docks
10/10 – Venezia, 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
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