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Live Review: Jah Wobble & The Invaders Of The Heart – Blues Kitchen, 23/11/2023

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Live Review: PiL & Meryl Streek – O2 Ritz Manchester Sept 22nd 2023

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Words & pictures by Andi Callen – All Rights Reserved The Blues Kitchen in Manchester is a fairly new venue to the city, which to be honest has no shortage of live music spaces. One of its previous existences was as Aussie watering hole the Outback, now converted into a bar restaurant with music upstairs. …

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John Lydon has history with Manchester. The two Free Trade Hall gigs with his band Sex Pistols, back in the summer of 1976. Those spawned a whole host of punk and thereafter, post-punk bands and of course the bands first live TV performance on Tony Wilson’s Granada TV show, “So It Goes”. There’s a good …

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Public Image Ltd (PiL) unveil the video for their latest single ‘The One’. Taken from their much acclaimed album, ‘What The World Needs Now’ the release comes very near the end of their UK & European tour and just ahead of their North American sojourn. The video see’s Johnny and the boys in his home …

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A rather nonchalant Mr Lydon, stridently bimbles his way to the front, and a minor eruption occurs in front of him. Amongst the welcoming cheers and raised arms, plastic pint pots are launched skyward and a rain of beer falls on our heads. Seems quite befitting the occasion, and apart from one punter who cops …

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PiL’s latest album, ‘What The World Needs Now’ has been very well received in all quarters. Hitting the official UK charts last week at No.29, the band have just released the behind the scenes film of the making of their self-funded long player. PiL will be touring extensively over the next few months. With dates …

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Looks like Johnny’s been getting nagged at by the missus… ‘Double Trouble’ is the opening track from PiL’s 10th studio album ‘What The World Needs Now…’, which is released on 4th September on the band’s own label PiL Official. Backed with ‘Bettie Page’, “an homage to the late ‘Queen of the Pin-Ups” and ‘Turkey Tits’. The 10″ …

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Apparently Mr Lydon has been rowing with the missus about plumbing !?! Not quite sure what the issue was, but it lead to a discussion about relationships and concluded with John been so inspired he conjoured up this little gem… ‘Double Trouble’ is the opening track from PiL’s 10th studio album ‘What The World Needs Now…’, …

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How can you encapsulate the essence of the Jah Wobble experience for beginners and long-standing fans alike? The release of `Redux’ – a sumptuous six CD Boxset anthology, complete with mini-book of sleeve-notes – would be a pretty good start. Containing the old, new and reworked, it’s not the complete works of, but something of …

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Even if you only have a modicum of taste, the next sentence should genuinely excite you. Public Image Limited (PiL) are releasing a new album AND going to tour the UK and Europe in September! What more do you need to know other than where and when and how to get tickets … UK Tour …

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