PUBLIC Image Ltd will being their End of the World tour to Blackburn in September.

The band, fronted by former Sex Pistol John Lydon, are celebrating their 45th anniversary with a series of dates across the UK.

Widely regarded as one of the most innovative and influential bands of all-time, PiL’s music has earned them five UK Top 20 singles and five UK Top 20 albums.

The band got back together after a 17 year break in 2009 and the current line-up of John Lydon, Lu Edmonds, Scott Firth, and Bruce Smith is the longest stable line-up in the band’s history.

Details of the tour were confirmed just days after it was announced that John Lydon’s wife Nora Foster had died, aged 80, following a long battle with Alzheimer’s.

PiL competed to represent Ireland in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest but their song Hawaii was not selected.

Public Image Ltd, King George’s Hall, Blackburn, Friday September 15. On sale 10am tomorrow from www.bwdvenues.com