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Handwritten John Lydon Sex Pistols lyrics sell at auction for over £50,000

The lyrics were part of a private collection of artwork, posters and documents which sold at Sotheby’s auction house for a total of £354,567.

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022

Brit punk artist launches first major art exhibition dedicated to late Queen

The prestigious Saatchi Gallery hosts the annual StART event later this month

Wales Online · Oct 10, 2022

Sid Vicious bleeding from a knife wound, on a bus with Paul Dacre – Bob Gruen’s best photograph

‘Sid’s reading Mad magazine beside his cowboy hippy bodyguard. He was drinking so much he didn’t even think about the three-inch cut in his arm’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022

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‘Extraordinary’ collection of Sex Pistols artwork and memorabilia to go on sale

Sotheby’s in London will host a sale of the items during October.

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

Anarchy in the auction house: the Sex Pistols ephemera that’s pogoing, going, gone

Fancy a Never Mind the Bollocks poster stained with blood from Sid Vicious’s syringe? Two canny collectors are unloading artefacts that reveal the Pistols to be an art project as much as a punk band

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2022

In London, punks will be punks – even in a national ‘period of mourning’

LONDON — In London, punk’s not dead.

Tribune News Service · Sep 20, 2022

John Lydon says it's tasteless for Sex Pistols to benefit from the Queen’s death

The band was famous for its anti-establishment lyrics, but the former lead singer said the family “deserves some respect in this difficult time”

Chronicle Live · Sep 16, 2022

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John Lydon hits out at former Sex Pistols bandmates for 'cashing in' on Queen's death

John Lydon has angrily accused his former bandmates of trying to 'cash in' on the death of Queen Elizabeth II with the use of their 1977 single 'God Save The Queen'

Daily Mirror · Sep 16, 2022

Sex Pistols respond to John Lydon claims over ‘tasteless Queen cash-ins’

The punk band said nothing new relating to God Save The Queen is ‘being promoted or released in any way’.

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022

John Lydon: It’s disrespectful for Sex Pistols to benefit from the Queen’s death

The singer wrote the lyrics to the punk band’s 1977 hit God Save The Queen.

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022

John Lydon says it’s ‘tasteless’ if Sex Pistols benefit from the death of Queen Elizabeth II

Lydon, better known as Johnny Rotten, wrote the lyrics for 1977 punk hit ‘God Save the Queen’

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022

British pop music has a fraught relationship with Queen Elizabeth

Since the 1970s, the UK's punk, alternative and hip-hop artists have used music to share their feelings about the late monarch and what she represents.

WEKU · Sep 11, 2022

Idealised, gilded or defaced, Queen Elizabeth's image dominated our age

From Beaton to Warhol, from the Sex Pistols to the coins in our pockets, the Queen’s face has been everywhere

The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2022

Sex Pistols’ John Lydon quotes original ‘God Save the Queen’ in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

Punk band’s 1977 single of the same name included controversial opinions about the monarchy

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2022

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The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2022

Post your questions for Timothy Spall

Ahead of the release of thriller It Snows in Benidorm, the actor is taking your questions on his life, career and bizarre way of making tea

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2022

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 28-Sept. 3

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Aug. 28-Sept. 3 include guitarist Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, actor Keanu Reeves and singer Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2022

Classic film posters including Star Wars and James Bond up for auction

More than 530 posters will go on sale in September.

Manchester Evening News · Aug 11, 2022

'Dangerous' lost venue where Sex Pistols played 'under a hail of gob and bottles'

The Electric Circus in Collyhurst was a scary venue for gig-goers both inside and outside

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Zenger · Aug 2, 2022

Sex Pistol Artist Has Created A Giant Double Anarchy Symbol From Wildflowers In A British Garden

The Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall, in the United Kingdom, has revealed its new floral wildflower design by Jamie Reid.

Manchester Evening News · Jul 23, 2022

We just lost Paul Ryder. And all these other Manchester music legends were taken far too soon

We look back at some of pivotal figures from the city's illustrious musical history who we lost prematurely

Bangkok Post · Jul 14, 2022

Passion play

I was a little hesitant before going into Pistol, a music biographical drama miniseries, as I wasn't that convinced how the filmmaker is ever going to pull off such a story. The Sex Pistols was no doubt an important group in rock music history, having so much influence on the…

Daily Mirror · Jun 28, 2022

How George Harrison and Eric Clapton made the Hard Rock Cafe a museum of rock'n'roll

The Hard Rock Cafe in London is home to rock'n'roll treasures, and has hosted some truly remarkable objects over the years, from Sid Vicious' jeans, to Jimi Hendrix's guitar

The Conversation · Jun 27, 2022

What it really meant to be punk in Britain

There is a current surge of interest in punk. The Sex Pistols’ God Save the Queen topped the UK singles charts during the Platinum Jubilee. This was 45 years to the day after it controversially didn’t when originally released at the time of the Silver Jubilee.

Belfast Live · Jun 21, 2022

Sex Pistols star John Lydon plants his first tree with Belfast's Phantom Planters

"You have no idea how good this feels for me knowing that my ripples are having an impact on the likes of Johnny Rotten"

The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2022

‘I know what it’s like to be frightened’: John Lydon on loneliness, lyrics and life as a Sex Pistol

After 45 years of picking fights, the former Johnny Rotten is squaring up to his ex-bandmates, director Danny Boyle and anyone who disrespects the Queen. But what’s really impressive is his capacity for love

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