The rejiggered Public Image Ltd. made its first U.S. television appearance in 18 years last night with a performance of “Rise” on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” to promote the band’s upcoming appearance at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival and subsequent U.S. tour (see video above).
The band also performed “This Is Not a Love Song” — or “This Ain’t a Love Song,” as Kimmel’s people have labeled it on YouTube — during the show’s closing credits, while John Lydon also sat for a Web-only interview with Kimmel (see those clips below). Perhaps they didn’t want to broadcast that part on TV on the off chance Lydon called his host a “wanker,” as he did during PiL’s last American TV appearance on the short-lived “The Dennis Miller Show” in 1992 (which you can watch here).
PiL opens its U.S. tour next Tuesday with a pre-Coachella set at Club Nokia in Los Angeles.
See more PiL and John Lydon on ‘Jimmy Kimmel’ after the jump…
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Thx for posting this. Some funny moments in interview. John Lydon is awesome.
Why would John Lydon call Jimmy Kimmel a wanker when he was already on the show several times doing stuff for the Sex Pistols?? WTF???? Who they hell pulled that out of their ass?
He said “wanker” as a term of endearment. Like when friends joke around and call each other names.