Happy Birthday Siouxsie Sioux, 60 today

Glen Matlock ... The Anarchy Arias

 Glen Matlock has helped the Royal Philharmonic make a record and there is supposedly going to be ... (are you sitting down?)  a punk musical on the west end  ...

I don't know what to say about this... I noticed John Robb (Louder Than War) pointed out there was an album called Classical Punk a long time ago...

John Lydon Q&A following the screening of the documentary "The Public Image is Rotten" (filmed by Mags Piper)

May 18 - Jeanette Lee w/Jarvis Cocker PRIVATE IMAGE PIL

Jeanette Lee has a new book of her polaroids called PRIVATE IMAGE  from when she worked with PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED in the early days.

It's published by IDEA and available to buy from May 18 2017

Jeanette AND Jarvis Cocker who helped with the book, will sign 100 copies at Dover Street Market, London, from 6pm - 7:30 on May 18, 2017.

New Photography book by Jeanette Lee - behind the scenes of PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED early days

http://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/9825/behind-the-scenes-polaroids-of-public-image-limiteds-heyday

May 13 ... Tonight in London, 229 The Venue ... Tomorrow the rest of the tour... WRECKLESS ERIC

This is where you get the tickets:  http://wrecklesseric.com/  DO NOT MISS THIS MAN is all I can say...  see you on the road ...

Roxy signing ...May 9 2017 CONSIDER THIS YOUR INVITATION There will be a Q&A May 9 2017

Blondie in LONDON

4 and 5 May - WIRE at The Garage, London

SILVER/LEAD is the 15th studio album from WIRE ... 40 years since their first record ... Yet it's about as far from nostalgia as you get ... it's "uniquely addictive 21st century psychedelic post-punk"  
The show on 5 May was awesome ... I don't know how they make the sound they make - at some point in the evening you find yourself in a trance-like state ... you notice the drummer has his eyes closed, the guitarist's hair covers his face, Graham is almost wringing the notes out of the bass to make it deeper and deeper and cool as ever on the front line, Colin Newman...  since the first time i saw them at the 100 club, when they stood still and so did everyone in the audience, and the lights were low and the dream began to here ... seems no time at al....  I can't believe it's 40 years since their first record... It's truly as far from nostalgia as you can get. 
"THIS IS THE SOUND OF A UNIQUELY ADDICTIVE 21st CENTURY PSYCHEDELIC POST-PUNK BAND"
Their website where you can catch up on their recordings and t-shirts etc is www.pinkflag.com 

Colin Newman