John Lydon Dismisses New Sex Pistols Tour

“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
John Lydon admits he was furious at the Sex Pistols for touring without him
John Lydon has revealed he was “p***ed off” to discover the Sex Pistols were set to tour without him last year. The frontman, 69, rose to fame with the punk band under the stage name “Johnny Rotten” in the mid-Seventies with songs such as “God Save the Queen” and “Anarchy in the UK”.
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John Lydon Dismisses New Sex Pistols Tour As ‘Karaoke’
It annoyed me," said Lydon. "I just thought, "they’re absolutely going to kill all that was good with the Pistols by eliminating the point and the purpose of it all.'"
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