diff --git a/pylast.py b/pylast.py
index 2fc2efc..bc351c2 100644
--- a/pylast.py
+++ b/pylast.py
@@ -1474,8 +1474,8 @@ class _BaseObject(object):
         """
         Returns a section of the wiki.
         Only for Album/Track.
-        section can be "content", "summary" or "published"
-            (for published date)
+        section can be "content", "summary" or
+            "published" (for published date)
         """
 
         doc = self._request(self.ws_prefix + ".getInfo", True)
@@ -1959,35 +1959,32 @@ class Artist(_BaseObject, _Taggable):
         return bool(_number(_extract(
             self._request(self.ws_prefix + ".getInfo", True), "streamable")))
 
+    def get_bio(self, section, language=None):
+        """
+        Returns a section of the bio.
+        section can be "content", "summary" or
+            "published" (for published date)
+        """
+        if language:
+            params = self._get_params()
+            params["lang"] = language
+        else:
+            params = None
+
+        return self._extract_cdata_from_request(
+            self.ws_prefix + ".getInfo", section, params)
+
     def get_bio_published_date(self):
         """Returns the date on which the artist's biography was published."""
-
-        return _extract(
-            self._request(self.ws_prefix + ".getInfo", True), "published")
+        return self.get_bio("published")
 
     def get_bio_summary(self, language=None):
         """Returns the summary of the artist's biography."""
-
-        if language:
-            params = self._get_params()
-            params["lang"] = language
-        else:
-            params = None
-
-        return self._extract_cdata_from_request(
-            self.ws_prefix + ".getInfo", "summary", params)
+        return self.get_bio("summary", language)
 
     def get_bio_content(self, language=None):
         """Returns the content of the artist's biography."""
-
-        if language:
-            params = self._get_params()
-            params["lang"] = language
-        else:
-            params = None
-
-        return self._extract_cdata_from_request(
-            self.ws_prefix + ".getInfo", "content", params)
+        return self.get_bio("content", language)
 
     def get_upcoming_events(self):
         """Returns a list of the upcoming Events for this artist."""
diff --git a/test_pylast.py b/test_pylast.py
index d93b2f3..513ceda 100755
--- a/test_pylast.py
+++ b/test_pylast.py
@@ -656,6 +656,17 @@ class TestPyLast(unittest.TestCase):
         # Assert
         self.assertEqual(lastfm_user, loaded_user)
 
+    def test_bio_published_date(self):
+        # Arrange
+        artist = pylast.Artist("Test Artist", self.network)
+
+        # Act
+        bio = artist.get_bio_published_date()
+
+        # Assert
+        self.assertIsNotNone(bio)
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(len(bio), 1)
+
     def test_bio_content(self):
         # Arrange
         artist = pylast.Artist("Test Artist", self.network)
@@ -1335,11 +1346,13 @@ class TestPyLast(unittest.TestCase):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-        description = "Integration (not unit) tests for pylast.py",
-        formatter_class = argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter)
-    parser.add_argument('-1', '--single',
+        description="Integration (not unit) tests for pylast.py",
+        formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-1', '--single',
         help="Run a single test")
-    parser.add_argument('-m', '--matching',
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-m', '--matching',
         help="Run tests with this in the name")
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -1358,7 +1371,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         tests = []
         for method, _ in methods:
             if method.startswith("test_") and args.matching in method:
-                print method
+                print(method)
                 suite.addTest(TestPyLast(method))
 
         unittest.TextTestRunner().run(suite)