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1987 PiL Tour T-Shirt

$385.00

Original Public Image Ltd. “Happy?” tour T-shirt, worn and softened through decades of use.

Category: Curated
File under: Music Ephemera, Post-Punk, Artist Merchandise 1987

Description

The Sex Pistols without Johnny Rotten — Rotten without the Pistols. The brief moment when perfect ignorance met perfect pomposity and accidentally changed culture forever.

Public Image Ltd. was what came after: John Lydon’s attempt to reassemble punk into something smarter, stranger, and more self-aware. For a few albums, it worked. PiL blurred dub, funk, and art-rock into a new kind of tension — equal parts aggressive and articulate.

This T-shirt comes from the 1987 Happy? tour, printed by Artists’ Merchandise. The front shows Lydon in washed-out grayscale, with the HAPPY? logo stamped beside his shoulder. The back lists tour cities now nearly vanished into the cloth.

Gifted by Josh and Chantelle of In Vintage We Trust (Toronto, c. 2017). Worn continuously since — softened, stretched, and sun-faded from natural use.

Original Public Image Ltd. “Happy?” tour T-shirt, worn and softened through decades of use.

Category: Curated
File under: Music Ephemera, Post-Punk, Artist Merchandise 1987

Description

The Sex Pistols without Johnny Rotten — Rotten without the Pistols. The brief moment when perfect ignorance met perfect pomposity and accidentally changed culture forever.

Public Image Ltd. was what came after: John Lydon’s attempt to reassemble punk into something smarter, stranger, and more self-aware. For a few albums, it worked. PiL blurred dub, funk, and art-rock into a new kind of tension — equal parts aggressive and articulate.

This T-shirt comes from the 1987 Happy? tour, printed by Artists’ Merchandise. The front shows Lydon in washed-out grayscale, with the HAPPY? logo stamped beside his shoulder. The back lists tour cities now nearly vanished into the cloth.

Gifted by Josh and Chantelle of In Vintage We Trust (Toronto, c. 2017). Worn continuously since — softened, stretched, and sun-faded from natural use.

Details

Provenance: Gifted by In Vintage We Trust, Toronto
Year: 1987
Label: Artists’ Merchandise
Print: Screen print front and back, monochrome
Material: Cotton/poly blend (single stitch)
Condition: Worn, softened, print loss throughout
Sizing: Tag missing, fits modern unisex S/M
Care: Handwash cold, hang to dry