Review and pictures by Robert Åslund

On the way to the PIP-festival (I went by car) I drove through really heavy rain and it took quite a time to get there because of it. The main stage where PiL would play was situated the farthest from the entrance. I got to the place about 40 minutes before the show and to my surprise there was just a few people waiting (3-4) at the big stage so I immediately made my way right to the front and right in the centre. There was another band playing just 100 meters from the PiL-stage and they played almost up to the minute PiL was to begin.

00.30. It was quite muddy on the ground but it didn't rain. I was standing next to a guy who was a total Pistols fan and all excited he was going to see a legend. On the other side was a young girl totally into Johnny and everything about him. Both of them had travelled a long way across the country to see PiL.

When the band came on they were met with a loud cheer. I looked back and was shocked to see there were so few people attending. I guess it must have been only about 150 people..? What the...? But John and the band didn't seem to mind and they played to us lucky few like it was a big important gig. It felt that way. Then the skies opened and it was like standing in a shower trying to see PiL through the water showering your face. Unbelievable weather. Johnny seemed to be really amazed himself and the band just laughed.

The security guys reached out to give some people at the front water in bottles and John laughed and said: "Of all things they need it is not more WATER is it??!" The more it rained, the harder the band seemed to play and Johnny got into it more and more. He told us how brave he thought we were standing here in spite of the weather.

Every song was amazing and they seemed to want to give us more just because we put up with the rain. John made us laugh several times with his Pope-Nazi-imitation and other fun stuff. They went off for just a minute at the end and came back to give us the last gems: Public Image, Rise and Open Up. I went home, happy. Soaking wet on the outside but warm on the inside!