With such a strong music and art scene, it's no wonder that John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, is bringing his first tour in four years to Rock City with his band Public Image Ltd. However, it's not his first trip to Nottingham as he recounts a famous court case he helped to win and a legendary triumphant pub crawl.
The court case centred over the word B****** on the front of the Sex Pistol's 1977 album, Never Mind the B*******. While most stores obscured the word, Nottingham's Virgin Megastore which proudly displayed the full artwork. This resulted in an arrest for the store's manager.
Mr Lydon recalled: "I travelled to Nottingham with Richard Branson and we won the case because we managed to prove that the word is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Although it can be confused with testicles, it could also mean personal images of the vicarage or church. Everyone was really frightened at the time because they were worried about getting arrested."
