Guardian Music — Willis Earl Beal, LondonThe life of an "outsider artist" is genuinely lived on a knife edge. If things go well, you could find yourself like Willis Earl Beal, signed to a quality UK label such as XL. If they don't, you remain a homeless person, shout... more info

ContactMusic — Punk icon John Lydon escaped arrest during the Sex Pistols infamous gig on a boat in 1977 - by telling cops music mogul Richard Branson was the bands frontman The controversial group performed a show on the River Thames outside the Houses of Parliame... more info

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Guardian Music — Rock may be uncool, but it's not dead – as long as it accepts its new status as the music of the ageingOn 18 June this year, Paul McCartney will turn 70. "There's a little cell in my brain that's never going to believe that," he says in the latest ... more info

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Stereogum — Back in 2009, John Lydon started touring with a reconstituted version of his legendary postpunk group Public Image Ltd. And on 4/21, Record Store Day, they’ll return with a new vinyl EP, their first new studio material since 1992. Below, listen to ... more info

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Guardian Music — John Lydon says This Is PiL, the band's first album in 20 years, is 'folk music, not pop fodder'Public Image Ltd are preparing to release their first album in 20 years. John Lydon said their new record is finished, mastered and due in May or June, wi... more info

ContactMusic — Punk icon John Lydon has reportedly threatened to launch legal action against his former Public Image Ltd bandmate Jah Wobble over the rights to their album Metal Box Wobble and his fellow ex-PiL star Keith Levene have teamed up for a series of Metal... more info

Guardian Music — As Public Image Ltd complete their back catalogue reissue programme, we take another visit to Rock's Backpages – the world's leading archive of vintage rock journalism – for an encounter between New York Rocker magazine and John Lydon It is two o... more info