{"id":211809,"date":"2026-03-19T19:13:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/211809\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T19:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:13:16","slug":"heaven-help-us-public-image-ltd-is-coming-to-san-antonio-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/211809\/","title":{"rendered":"Heaven help us, Public Image Ltd. is coming to San Antonio next year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"572\" data-attachment-id=\"400284\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sacurrent.com\/music\/concert-announcements\/heaven-help-us-public-image-ltd-is-coming-to-san-antonio-next-year\/attachment\/607159263_1441608320657354_1461825588053119331_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/607159263_1441608320657354_1461825588053119331_n.jpg?fit=1000%2C733&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,733\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Paul Heartfield&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"607159263_1441608320657354_1461825588053119331_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Public Image Ltd. is known for its experimental and catchy \u201canti-rock,\u201d and for the antics of its controversial frontman, Johnny Lydon. The band will perform San Antonio in 2027.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/607159263_1441608320657354_1461825588053119331_n.jpg?fit=300%2C220&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/607159263_1441608320657354_1461825588053119331_n.jpg?fit=780%2C572&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/607159263_1441608320657354_1461825588053119331_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-400284\"  \/>Public Image Ltd. is known for its experimental and catchy \u201canti-rock\u201d and for the antics of controversial frontman Johnny Lydon. The band will perform San Antonio in 2027. Credit: Courtesy \/ Public Image Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>Public Image Ltd., the post-punk band led by former Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Lydon, is scheduled to perform San Antonio, but fans will have to wait almost a year.<\/p>\n<p>The group this week unveiled details about its first North American tour in more than a decade, which will include a stop at San Antonio\u2019s Aztec Theatre on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets go on general sale at 10 a.m. Friday, March 20 at 10 a.m. via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilofficial.com\/tour\/#\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">band\u2019s website<\/a>. An artist pre-sale is already underway via the code PUBLICIMAGE.<\/p>\n<p>The series of dates, titled This Is Not The Last Tour, will be split into two legs over 2026 and 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Following the San Antonio show, the band will perform a string of other Texas dates including Austin\u2019s Mohawk on Tuesday, Feb. 23; the Echo Lounge &amp; Music Hall in Dallas on Wednesday, Feb. 24: and Houston\u2019s White Oak Music Hall on Thursday, Feb. 25.<\/p>\n<p>So, SA fans who didn\u2019t get enough of Johnny\u2019s rotten attitude \u2014 or his, at times, pro-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/john-lydon-on-donald-trump-ill-never-like-him-ill-vote-for-him-but-thats-about-it-3839343\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MAGA sentiments<\/a> \u2014 will have several more chances to get pissed off but also enjoy some dancey, experimental \u201canti-rock\u201d in the process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacurrent.com\/sanantonio\/NewsletterSignup\/Page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign Up for SA Current newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.news\/TiFMu3wPkRj6PC4xS5L36bg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEWE5oWTNWeWNtVnVkQzVqYjIwb0FBUAE?hl=en-US&amp;gl=US&amp;ceid=US%3Aen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599768?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/SanAntonio_Current\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/sacurrent\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sacurrent\" 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Here\u2019s a rundown of free showcases featuring acts from our city.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Public Image Ltd. is known for its experimental and catchy \u201canti-rock\u201d and for the antics of controversial frontman&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211810,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[22618,82927,82928,82929,82930,82,84,83,75454],"class_list":["post-211809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-aztec-theatre","tag-johnny-lydon","tag-johnny-rotten","tag-public-image-ltd","tag-public-image-ltd-north-american-tour","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-sex-pistols"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}