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"I heard something on an ABBA record and it inspired the riff I needed. I said, ‘Guys, I’ve got it!'" The Sex Pistols, pop legends, Danny Boyle and the Olympics: the unlikely story of one of the most important punk songs of all time

The surprising tale behind the pop-influenced, Oscar-winning director-approved punk rock classic

Louder

John Lydon makes devastating admission about Sex Pistols bandmates after wife’s death

Punk singer’s wife of almost 50 years died in 2023

The Independent UK

10 hard-rocking Christmas songs, from AC/DC to Christopher Lee

IN FOCUS: If you’re sick of hearing the same old festive cheese at this time of year, allow Kevin E G Perry to suggest an alternative playlist of full-throttle seasonal songs guaranteed to blow away the Christmas cobwebs

The Independent UK

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“I’ve got nothing but love for John. He was brilliant back in the day… We’ve just grown apart”: Steve Jones on the Sex Pistols’ legacy, their ill-fated second guitarist auditions and how a new singer has rejuvenated the band

Original Sex Pistols Steve Jones, Glen Matlock and Paul Cook are about to kick off a rare U.S. tour with 41-year-old Frank Carter on vocals. And Jones is finally enjoying himself

Guitar World

Ibbotson's Imp inches up to second in Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport Rankings

Ali Bray's large lead at the top of the Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport National Rankings has been cut after a triple success for James Ibbotson last weekend.

Autosport

“Am I supposed to feel jealous or something? Sid Vicious had his moments – but I can have my moments as well. I’m no shrinking violet!” Glen Matlock on how the Sex Pistols have changed, while his bass rig never has and never will

The punk icons’ most accomplished musician explains what Frank Carter has brought to the band, the financial advantages of not using a pick, and the chance of new music with their latest recruit

Guitar World

"Total bollocks!" Contrary to what you may have heard, Rick Wakeman wasn't responsible for the Sex Pistols getting dumped by their record label in 1977, just seven days after signing their contract

The music business can be brutal, as the Sex Pistols discovered in March 1977 when they signed and then lost a record deal in a single week

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Watch Sex Pistols and Primal Scream form an impromptu supergroup while rehearsing in the same building

Ladies and gentlemen, for one night only, please welcome to the stage... Sex Scream!

Louder

Wheatley's Welsh wins power him to Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport Rankings top six

Caterham star Ben Wheatley is the chief improver among the Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport National Rankings this week having leapt into the top 10.

Autosport

Short twice at the head of squabbling MX-5 Cup pack at Silverstone

Some close MX-5 Cup contests were among the highlights of last weekend’s Silverstone 750 Motor Club event with the first race featuring 40 entrants, four leaders and a frontrunning group with as many as nine cars in it.

Autosport

"John’s always been super opinionated. It doesn’t bother me." Billy Idol laughs off John Lydon's criticism of his work with Steve Jones and Paul Cook in Generation Sex, gives a thumbs up to the new Sex Pistols line-up

Billy Idol is having far too much fun to worry about John Lydon's sniping

Louder

Windley tops new 750MC winners with 750 Formula glory at Brands Hatch

Relentless sunshine, a blustery headwind on the Brabham Straight and countless dramas on Brands Hatch’s Indy Circuit characterised a 750 Motor Club season-opener that Mark Windley, Ross Boorman, Neil Dudman and Tom Holland will remember as first-time winners.

Autosport

"I am the Pistols, and they’re not.” John Lydon is getting ever more salty about the success and acclaim currently being enjoyed by his revitalised former Sex Pistols bandmates

For a man who supposedly moved on from the Sex Pistols decades ago, John Lydon isn't half spending a lot of time talking about the Sex Pistols

Louder

Sex Pistols star once confessed to stealing from David Bowie: ‘He thought it was funny’

‘I was like the Phantom of Hammersmith Odeon,’ musician said

The Independent UK

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In Pictures: The week in Culture

If a picture paints a thousand words... Here’s all you need to know or may have missed about this past week in Culture (24-28 March 2025).

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"Everybody needs this band right now. America is screaming out for a band like the Sex Pistols." Sex Pistols, with Frank Carter, announce first North American tour in over two decades, starting at a venue where they had pig hooves thrown at them in 1978

America, prepare yourselves for the return of the world's greatest punk band

The Independent UK

The Sex Pistols announce first North American tour in 2 decades

The Sex Pistols will tour North America for the first time since 2003 this fall

Louder

"Open the dance floor, you’ll never get to do it again." Forget John Lydon's bitter and boring "karaoke" jibes, with Frank Carter up front, the Sex Pistols sound like the world's greatest punk band once more

The rejuvenated Sex Pistols - or Frank Carter, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock and Paul Cook if we must legally refrain from using that name - deliver a joyous start to this year's Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall gig week

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Sex Pistols at the Royal Albert Hall review: 'excitement threatening to explode'

4/5 The Teenage Cancer Trust gigs kick off with Sex Pistols storming the venerable Hall with Frank Carter replacing John Lydon up top

Evening Standard

Sex Pistols delight fans at Royal Albert Hall gig for Teenage Cancer Trust

It came as the first in a series of gigs raising money for the cancer charity

MusicRadar

"How many of you were here the first time around?": The Sex Pistols are back at the 100 Club after nearly 50 years

Band play the Royal Albert Hall tonight

The Guardian - UK

Kane, Ronaldo and 16,154 throw-ins – the making of Anthony Barry as Tuchel’s No 2

The former Accrington player turned England coach has worked obsessively to reach his status with national team

The Independent UK

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

Louder

“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."

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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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