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john lydon is amazing. this is one of the best shows i have ever seen and the venue was beautiful and totally rocked acoustically as well. if i have the opportunity to see pil again i would do it in a heartbeat. i drove to sf from la just for this show and i'd do it all over again!!! thanks :) :) :)
Great music performed brilliantly. John Lydon was ... uh ... charming? Well, he was. The band were terrific. I had a great time.
Great concert. Maybe one of the best I can remember. The band had lots of energy. Sound was great and the chosen playlist had nearly all the hits. This was the first concert I have been to where I felt that the majority of the audience wasn't up for the energy of the band.
I've been a fan for a long time, and as much as I was looking forward to the PIL show, I had no idea that their performance was going to be this fantastic and wonderful!! They were GREAT!! The sound system was excellent,! John Lydon was FANTASTIC! His singing is all it ever was and more! He still has the charisma and stage presence that are captivating! They really put their all into the music, and they played for almost 3 hours, sounding clear and amazing, I can't wait to see them again!
What a great show! The band still has it. John was amazing. Loved that they closed with "Open Up" and "Rise".
I still have chills from this show. The guitar and string man was hypnotic, best band I saw this year
PiL rocked Club Nokia last night for two hours straight! The sound was excellent (music & voice)!! Overall the band was cohesive & enjoying the night by doing what they love for their audience. I totally enjoyed every second. L.A. fans should have gotten more into it though. I recommend people to go see them at least once for this tour. Loved it, loved it, loved it!!!
Public Image Ltd did not dissapoint. In fact, they are back and better than ever! If you are a John Lydon fan, like I am, you will walk away from the PiL concert experience feeling completely satisfied and then some. No opening band, just 2 hours and over 10 minutes of great music and banter. The Club Nokia Theatre is by far the most incredible place to see a show. This was my first experience and cannot wait to go back.
Lydon started out the show by saying "This is for friends and family..." and that is what the night felt like, a private session with one of the most influencial voices of our time. The show was a very personal expression of PIL's music that had been re-thought and improvised in such a way that it all sounded new but familiar at the same time. Lydon put us all in a groove last night that was almost, dare I say it, spiritual. Everyone was quietly, eerily, respectful of the music. We were all locked together in this tightly swaying provocative rythym. In my photos of the show you can see that no one is talking, no one is doing anything but listening to the music. And that brings me back to the element of a great show, audience participation and complete captivation. PIL accomplished all of that on their first night of a new tour. Well done! Thanks!
Super Swell, over the top, i saw the sex pistols reunion in the 90's and it was great but this blew that away. Johnny was playful and not too whinny. The audience was a bit too Los Angeles cool but typical. I was there for PIL and they did not disappoint., a very intimate feeling show.... with Johnny greeting us with "hello neighbors" a show for friends and family with Mr. Lydon's brother in attendance, Johnny hammed it up, even making faces often at his sibling.
The band was great. Venue was great. Lydon was very entertaining.
PiL was great. They played for well over two hours, and were as energetic as ever after 30 years together. I generally hate Club Nokia, but we had VIP balcony seats, which gave us a great view and were super comfy also.
t was great seeing the legend in person again. John Lydon, his music, and his persona have been quite an influence in my life. The very first time I heard the Sex Pistols, I realized that I could make music if I wanted to. I remember the moment vividly. It was literally as if night changed into day and I was suddenly able to see the world clearly for the first time. You don't often have moments like that in life and you certainly don't forget them. The last time I had seen PiL was in July 1992 for the (legendary amongst my friends) video shoot at Iguana's in TJ. John was in top form that night (as always?), and John McGeoch (guitar god) and Mike Joyce (drummer for The Smiths) were in the band. It was a night to remember. The show at Club Nokia was equally memorable, due largely to an amazing two hour setlist that spanned the length of PiL's history. To hear "Albatross" wash over me live and loud for eleven minutes is my idea of heaven. That he played a further four songs from Metal Box made the night immutably brilliant. Perhaps the highlight of the night, though, was the audience singing the refrain "Anger is an Energy" over and over during Rise. I don't normally sing along at concerts, but that idea has resonated so strongly with me over the last 24 years that I couldn't help but sing out. It was indeed great to see the legend in person again. * (This is Not) A Love Song * Poptones * Tie Me to the Length of That * Albatross * Swan Lake (aka Death Disco) * Flowers of Romance * Psychopath * The Warrior * USLS1 * Disappointed Encore (John needs a pee break!) * Religion * Bags * Chant * Memories * Public Image Encore (John needs a smoke and a beer!) * Sun * Rise (with "Anger is an Energy" audience reprise!) * Open Up
PIL held true to my music heart last night, playing brilliantly. And as usual, the Los Angeles crowd, who need to hold tight to their coolness, never moved to a beat (except for us). PIL showed their crowd that after 25 years, they are still more interesting than most current bands today.
Lydon was in top form. He gave a good show for someone of any age, let alone his own, which he jokes about with humor and candor. The musicianship of the band was wonderful - bass player is versatile with an upright electric or a standard electric, the drummer never stopped smiling, and the guitarist was illegally talented. They played the best ofs and a few rarer gems. That was two hours of awesome if you ask me.
I came mainly to hear the hits and he sang all of them to perfection. Club Nokia could have used more air conditioning and the sound could have been a notch or two louder. But otherwise, a fun place and the crowd was great.
Getting to the venue was odd, being across the street from Staples center with a Laker game going on made for an interesting mix in crowds in the parking lots. After waiting what seemed like forever for the show to start (no opener) we were very pleased to see Mr. Lydon hasn't lost his touch. His voice hasn't deteriorated at all over the years and was very animated with his facial expressions and dance throughout the nearly 2 hour set. Most of the set consisted of the more obscure tracks that really aren't dance-able, but flawless nevertheless. When the occasional PiL song that had heavy rotation was played the crowd erupted. Johnny looked quite pleased and was very talkative with the crowd - and pleasant! Unless of course you were a journalist or record exec.... they were warned in the first minutes of the show to leave. Great show, would absolutely see it again.
For fans who like Second Edition era PIL, you are in for a treat. For fans expecting Seattle, you might want to go learn about the early stuff, although they still played some of the post "Generic" stuff, just not very much.
Mr. Lydon was in top form and sang like a banshee for two hours with 2 tiny breaks. Bass , guitar and drums sounding excellent with grandeur. The bass was entrancing and was felt in my bones. I danced alot as did others. This music is is an experience not to be missed and Mr. Lydon is most entertaining.
