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Sex Pistols recall Vietnam vets with cattle prods hired to keep them in line on tour

The infamously fraught American tour concluded with John Lydon announcing the band’s break-up

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“The audience was throwing everything from bottles to rats to pig’s ears at the stage." The Sex Pistols look back on their wild, dangerously out-of-control and ultimately doomed first US tour

"We were thrown into the lion’s den and it was a pretty dark time."

Louder

“I've got no hard feelings towards John”: Sex PIstol Steve Jones is open to a truce with John Lydon

But Lydon is certainly not up for new Sex Pistols output: "Never Mind the Bollocks Part 2'? "F*** off, you idiot'"

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John Lydon doesn't understand why anyone would 'expect' a second Sex Pistols album

John Lydon doesn't understand why anyone would "still expect" a follow-up to the sole Sex Pistols album because his taste in music was so eclectic to begin with.

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Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones wants to make peace with Johnny Rotten

Steve Jones has revealed that he is keen to make peace with his former Sex Pistols bandmate Johnny Rotten, even though the pair haven't spoken since 2008.

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Lars von Trier is exciting and enraging – his Parkinson’s diagnosis spells doom for cinema

INSIDE FILM: As the controversial director behind ‘Antichrist’ is admitted to a care centre for Parkinson’s weeks after the death of David Lynch, Xan Brooks wonders whether this may be the endgame for a certain strain of uncompromising left-field cinema

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“It wasn’t even worth asking John about the reunion tour”: Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones hasn’t spoken with John Lydon since 2008

Lydon recently hit out at Sex Pistols’ comeback with Frank Carter on vocals, calling it “karaoke”

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John Lydon feels ‘half’ the man he was since death of his wife

In an emotional interview about the devastating impact of her passing on his life, John Lydon has admitted he feels like “half” the man he was since the death of his wife.

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John Lydon struggling with 'deep pain' after losing wife

John Lydon has lost "about 50 per cent" of himself following the 2023 death of his wife Nora Forster.

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“They’re absolutely going to kill all that was good with the Pistols by eliminating the point and the purpose of it all”: John Lydon writes off Sex Pistols tour as "karaoke"

As the band prepare to head out on tour without their original frontman, Lydon has a few things to say about it

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John Lydon processing grief through new PiL music

John Lydon has found working on Public Image Ltd's new album helpful in working through his grief for late wife Nora Forster.

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“There was a full moon and the curtains were open. Every time I looked up for ideas, I looked at the moon”: How teen prodigy Kate Bush created her timeless classic Wuthering Heights

“Those shrieks and warbles are beauty beyond belief,”said John Lydon

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How The Face magazine turned style into an art form

4/5 This pulsating show at the National Portrait Gallery explores the photographs that defined what was cool in Britain from 1980 to the present

The Independent UK

John Lydon is "pissed off" about the Sex Pistols replacing him with Frank Carter: "they’re trying to trivialise the whole show to get away with karaoke"

Former Pistol John Lydon says he's annoyed that the punk icons reunited without him

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John Lydon slams new Sex Pistols revival which doesn’t feature him as ‘karaoke’

‘They’re trying to trivialise the whole show to get away with karaoke,’ former band member said

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Sex Pistols planning a US tour

Steve Jones has revealed the Sex Pistols are planning their first US tour since 2003.

Louder

"I hadn’t heard of him, to be honest": Steve Jones on the return of the Sex Pistols and how new frontman Frank Carter joined the fun

When the Sex Pistols re-formed with three original members plus singer Frank Carter, they hadn’t sounded so vital in years. And there’s more to come

Evening Standard

Signed Beatles photo and Sex Pistols lyrics sell for more than £130,000

RR Auction’s Marvels of Modern Music sale achieved a total of 1,132,981 dollars (£904,178) with several notable items.

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"I was done after that, no more." Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones hasn't spoken to Johnny Rotten since 2008

Any chance of Johnny Rotten fronting the Sex Pistols again seems slim as bandmate Steve Jones says 2008 tour was "too much"

The Independent UK

Sex Pistols member says he has not spoken to Johnny Rotten for years

They last played together in 2008

Evening Standard

Sex Pistols’ Steve Jones says he has not spoken to singer John Lydon since 2008

In an interview on the Rockonteurs podcast, Jones described the part-reformed band with Frank Carter as ‘a different vibe’ from playing with Lydon.

Louder

“I couldn’t just stay on my sofa and not tour, tempting though that obviously is.” Public Image Ltd announce 23-date This Is Not The Last Tour tour

John Lydon will be touring the UK and Ireland with PiL in 2025

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'I’m beginning to slowly think about writing some new stuff...' Sex Pistols legend Glen Matlock reveals plans for new album

Sex Pistols and Blondie bassist Glen Matlock has revealed his plans to make a new solo LP.

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John Lydon announces massive I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right 2025 spoken word tour across the UK and Ireland

Punk legend John Lydon is coming to a town near you next year, "untamed, unscripted and uncensored"

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“We were held together by Sellotape and sealing wax… We knew our days were numbered”: Tired, broke and losing members, Van der Graaf Generator went down fighting with The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome

Peter Hammill remembers trimming down the music and the name to spend 18 months in a ferocious punk-tinged endgame that resulted in stunning live album Vital

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