Buckle up and turn that dial way up, because Phil Zimmerman‘s not purely dropping another track – he’s lobbing a sonic grenade right into our collective comfort zone. “Lines in the Sky” hit the streets on June 20th, 2025, and it delivers exactly what you’d expect: a blistering, fuel-injected anthem that grabs you by the shirt and won’t let you go. Who needs subtle? This is pure, in-your-face rock ‘n’ roll with a punk attitude and that unmistakable Stones groove – think Sex Pistols crashing a Rolling Stones party.
Zimmerman – that unstoppable British singer-songwriter, comedian, actor, and Buddhist peace activist – has never been one to back down from a fight. “Lines in the Sky” takes on the incendiary topic of geo-engineering and chemtrails head-on, a subject he woke up to back in 2010 when the track was originally penned. Zimmerman saw this track as prophetic, stating, “I wrote ‘Lines in the Sky’ in 2010 when it was way ahead of its time… Now, its time has come.” It’s a bold, controversial stance that’s seen him labelled a conspiracy theorist and face censorship (like the cancellation of his show “Bill Gates Killed My Hamster” in 2022), but does he care? Not one bit. The man’s convinced his warnings are finally hitting home, and he’s not backing down now.
Adding to the track’s unforgettable character is its visual presentation. The music video teaser and full spectacle bring back Zimmerman’s legendary ‘pigeonman’ character from his anarchic early-2000s comedy days. It’s absurd, and it matches the song’s in-your-face attitude perfectly.
“Lines in the Sky” gives us a killer taste of what’s coming on Zimmerman’s new album, ‘Can You Touch, Can You Feel’ – and man, this project’s something else. He’s pulled together songs written with four different collaborators over 27 years, and you can really hear that artistic evolution. After spending a decade organizing Buddhist peace events at Glastonbury, Zimmerman’s back with a mission that hits hard: “to use performance art to entertain, inspire and empower people and to help awaken us to our limitless power. That is true freedom.”
“Lines in the Sky” catches Phil Zimmerman at his absolute peak: he’s fearless, he’s provocative, and he’s wielding a rock anthem that won’t let you look away. This is what happens when an artist throws every bit of his singer-songwriter-performer-activist soul into one track – it’s gonna shake the fucking rafters, guaranteed. Can’t wait to see The Freedom Flowers tear it up live!