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God Save The Queen Re-released For Queen's Platinum Jubilee
The Sex Pistols are re-releasing 'God Save The Queen' in time for The Queen's Platinum Jubilee.The anti-establishment purveyors' 1977 hit was released amid the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations, and now it's set to make a...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 03 May 2022
John Lydon Does Not 'Endorse Or Support' New Sex Pistols Compilation
John Lydon does not approve of the upcoming Sex Pistols compilation.This week, Universal Music Group announced a 20-track collection, dubbed 'The Original Songs', is being released as a companion to the Disney+ series 'Pistol', which...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 31 March 2022
Sex Pistols To Release 20-Track Companion Compilation To Pistol
A new 20-track Sex Pistols compilation is being released as a companion to the Disney+ series 'Pistol'.In celebration of Danny Boyle’s six-episode limited series on the streaming service, the notorious punk rockers are releasing 20...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 30 March 2022
John Lydon Describes Sex Pistols As 'Hell On Earth'
John Lydon has described the Sex Pistols as "mostly hell on earth".The 65-year-old punk legend has opened up on the iconic group's heyday and insisted his "soppy little pop songs" got him in a lot...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 28 September 2021
John Lydon Brands Sex Pistols Bandmates 'Greedy And Nasty'
John Lydon has branded his Sex Pistols bandmates "greedy" and "nasty".The punk band's former drummer Paul Cook and guitarist Steve Jones were locked in a High Court battle with Lydon - who performed in the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 09 September 2021
John Lydon Brands Pistol Court Ruling 'Destructive'
John Lydon has branded the outcome of his lost court battle against his Sex Pistols bandmates as "destructive" and "disingenuous".The punk band's former drummer Paul Cook and guitarist Steve Jones were locked in a High...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 01 September 2021
John Lydon Loses Pistol Lawsuit
John Lydon has lost his lawsuit against his Sex Pistols bandmates.The punk band's former drummer Paul Cook and guitarist Steve Jones were locked in a High Court battle with Lydon - who performed in the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 23 August 2021
John Lydon Brands Sex Pistols Music Request For Tv Drama To 'Slave Labour'
John Lydon has compared a 1998 music licensing agreement struck by the Sex Pistols to "slave labour".The 'Anarchy in the U.K.' band's former frontman appeared in court in London on Wednesday (21.07.21) to give evidence...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 22 July 2021
John Lydon Is Furious Over Danny Boyle's Sex Pistols Series
John Lydon is taking legal action over ‘Pistol’.The Sex Pistols frontman is furious with director Danny Boyle’s plan for a six-episode limited series, which is based on ‘Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol’, the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 26 April 2021
Sex Pistols 'Locked In Lawsuit Over Money'
The Sex Pistols are reportedly locked in a fresh lawsuit over royalties. Steve Jones and Paul Cook have filed papers suing their ex-bandmates John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) and Glen Matlock for breach of contract, as they believe...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 25 March 2021
Johnny Rotten Revelled In Being A Football Hooligan
Johnny Rotten revelled in his days as a football hooligan.The Sex Pistols frontman and die-hard Arsenal supporter - whose real name is John Lydon - has claimed the police were "murderous" when fending off angry...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 12 January 2021
John Lydon's Memory Fear
John Lydon feared waking up and not remembering who he was.The Sex Pistols singer took drugs to try and keep him awake as he was terrified about falling asleep and then not being able to...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 23 December 2020
Liam Gallagher Rebuffs Arch-nemesis Noel's Claim He Pretends To Be A Hardman
Liam Gallagher has rebuffed his estranged brother Noel's claim he pretended to be a hardman in front of John Lydon.In his latest swipe at his former Oasis bandmate, the 53-year-old star - who is involved...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 03 December 2020
John Lydon's Penis Bitten By Flea
John Lydon got a fleabite on his penis.The former Sex Pistols frontman loves to leave the front door of his Venice Beach villa open so local wildlife is free to explore, but he was left...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 01 November 2020
John Lydon Scrapped Public Image Ltd Album To Look After His Wife
John Lydon had to scrap a planned Public Image Ltd album because he was too preoccupied on his wife’s Alzheimer’s disease.The 64-year-old rocker had gone into the recording studio with the band earlier this year...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 24 October 2020
'He's The Only Sensible Choice': John Lydon Voting For Trump
John Lydon is voting for Donald Trump because he’s “the only sensible choice”.The Sex Pistols legend, 64, has revealed he wants the current President of the United States to remain in power at the White...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 12 October 2020
John Lydon Is Now Wife's Full-time Carer As She Lives With Dementia
John Lydon is now a full-time carer for his wife as she live with dementia.The Sex Pistols singer - who was known as Johnny Rotten during his time with the iconic punk band - has...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 08 June 2020
Why You Shouldn't Be Surprised That Johnny Rotten Is Defending Donald Trump
John Lydon (better known as Johnny Rotten) has caused some degree of shock among fans after speaking out in defence of President Donald Trump during an interview on 'Good Morning Britain'. But, really, no-one should...
By Holly Williams in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 28 March 2017
John Lydon Voices Support For Brexit And Donald Trump
The ever-outspoken John Lydon has voiced his support for Brexit, saying that “the working class have spoken”, and saying that he would like to shake the hand of the “fantastic” Nigel Farage.The former Sex Pistols...
By Ed Biggs in Movies / TV / Theatre on 27 March 2017
Graffiti-filled Former Sex Pistols Home Given Grade 2 Listed Status
A London building, which was once home to the Sex Pistols in the mid-1970s, has been awarded Grade 2* Listed Status by heritage body Historic England. Number 6 and 7 Denmark Street in Tin Pan...
By Stephanie Chase in Music / Festivals on 22 March 2016
John Lydon Scared Of Pork Chops
John Lydon is terrified of pork chops.The former Sex Pistols singer has admitted he won't go ''near'' the slab of meat out of fear he'll get sick after he was hospitalised for meningitis when he...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 19 October 2015
Annie Lennox And Perry Farrell Featured On New Music Interview Series
Longtime Rolling Stone writer Steve Baltin fronts the programme, which premiered on Thursday (15Oct15) on Internet streaming service Hulu. Lennox and Farrell, along with Sex Pistols' star John Lydon and the Flaming...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 16 October 2015
John Lydon Warned Of Cancer Risk Over Mole Self-removal
The Sex Pistols star regularly carries out the gruesome procedure by scratching the raised skin away with an emery board and then 'burning' it with acidic cider vinegar. But leading skincare experts...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 01 October 2015
John Lydon More Positive After Lockerbie Near-miss
The Sex Pistols frontman was booked onto Pan Am flight 103 in December, 1988 but missed check-in because his wife Nora had become held up while packing her suitcase. All 243 passengers...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 30 September 2015
John Lydon Claims He Was Banned From The Bbc Because He Spoke Out About Jimmy Savile
John Lydon has said that his ban from BBC radio for speaking out against Jimmy Savile at the start of his career still rankles with him nearly forty years later.Lydon, the former lead singer of...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 24 September 2015
John Lydon Angered Neil Young With Cake Prank
The bizarre incident occurred at a hotel when Lydon heard the Heart of Gold hitmaker was in the building with his then-bandmates and decided to try to impress them with an acrobatic stunt....
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 26 August 2015
John Lydon Thrown Off Alcatraz For Smoking
The Sex Pistols frontman visited the famous former federal jail in San Francisco Bay in 1978 hours before what would become the iconic band's final gig, at the city's Winterland Ballroom. He...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 25 August 2015
John Lydon: 'Last Year Was Very Difficult After Musical Cancellation'
The former Sex Pistols star signed up to play Biblical villain King Herod alongside ex-Destiny's Child singer Michelle Williams, 'N Sync star JC Chasez and Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd in a U.S. touring...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 14 August 2015
John Lydon's Genius Song Inspired By Toilet
John Lydon has written a ''genius'' song inspired by his broken toilet.The Public Image Ltd frontman got into a row with his wife about a plumbing problem and their dispute sparked an idea that became...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 19 July 2015
Ever Get The Feeling You've Been Cheated? The Soul Of Punk Dies As Sex Pistols Credit Cards Are Unveiled
Virgin Money has unveiled a new range of credit cards featuring punk-themed designs based around the artwork of Sex Pistols albums and singles. That noise you just felt was punk’s final death rattle, by the...
By Ed Biggs in Bizarre / Weird Wonderful on 10 June 2015
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