This is not the first time the Sex Pistols have reformed. Punk rock’s original shock troops reunited in 1996 for the aptly named Filthy Lucre tour, then did so again for similar cash-in arena jaunts in 2002/3 and 2007/8. This time around, though, is very different.
The band are playing three fundraising gigs for the 400-capacity Bush Hall, a struggling grassroots venue in the Shepherds Bush area of London where guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook grew up. Jones has long since decamped to Los Angeles to be a radio DJ, but Cook, who had the idea for these benefits, remains local.
