Jah Wobble To Commence Autumn & Winter UK Tour Dates

The legendary Jah Wobble continues his extensive touring schedule this year with further dates throughout the autumn, revolving around a number of Metal Box Rebuilt In Dub shows which rework the second Public Image Ltd album with additional tracks from their debut album, First Issue. The Metal Box Rebuilt In Dub dates also feature Jon Klein (Siouxsie & The Banshees) and you can view Jah Wobble’s UK tour dates and purchase tickets here

After an astounding 45-year career that began as the bassist for John Lydon’s post-Sex Pistols band Public Image Ltd, earning immense and lasting praise for his trailblazing musicianship, his solo career has continued throughout to include collaborations with the likes of Holger Czukay (Can), The Edge (U2), Chris Connelly (Ministry), Geordie Walker (Killing Joke), Brian Eno, Sinead O’Connor and Bjork. After all this, one would think that Jah Wobble would have said all he has to say by now. Turns out, he was just getting started.

His new solo album, A Brief History Of Now, finds him returning to the post-punk genre that he had a key role in developing, both in his tenure with Public Image Ltd and later. Co-written, produced and performed with Jon Klein (Siouxsie & The Banshees), the album packs a powerful blow both musically and lyrically as they deliver an innovative collection of musical treatises.

The album’s first single Last Exit, for instance, is a pulsating, psychedelic-tinged track that interweaves Wobble’s distinctive bass with a spoken-word vocal and Klein’s razor-sharp guitar and provokes and processes current events that continually threaten to suffocate us. The accompanying video, made with Vicente Cordero from Industrialism Films, vividly brings the song to life and offers a captivating catharsis for the post-post-postmodern age.

“It’s all about the dopamine rush assault on the senses. Bang! Bang! Bang! Rush after rush after rush. But never satisfied. No satisfaction. Never any conclusion. Always moving. Appearances arising. Ephemeral. Lacking substance. But often so beautiful and exciting. Glorious esoterica.” (Jah Wobble)