
January
5: The Great Southeast Music Hall, Atlanta (recorded + filmed). Set List: God
Save The Queen / I Wanna Be Me / Seventeen / New York / Bodies / Submission /
Holidays In The Sun / EMI / No Feelings / Problems / Pretty Vacant / Anarchy In
The USA.
Parts of the gig can be seen in "DOA" with sound dubbed
from the Winterland gig. Some parts also feature in the NBC "Time and Again"
documentary and the "Classic Chaotic / Cuts and Clips" or "Kill
The Hippies" bootleg videos (it depends on the version you have because a
mistake has been made and some copies of both videos have the same content).
The
American NBC TV channel reported the event, with the presenter trying to interview
Sid Vicious and Paul Cook in the hotel.
The audio recording of the show features
on several bootlegs such as the "Kill The Hippies" CD (minus Anarchy
In The USA) and "Pistols Shock USA" LP. January
6: Talyesin Ballroom, Memphis (recorded). Set List: God Save The Queen / I Wanna
Be Me / Seventeen / New York / EMI / Bodies / Belsen Was A Gas / Submission /
Holidays In The Sun / No Feelings / Pretty Vacant / Anarchy In The USA. January
8: Randy's Rodeo, San Antonio (recorded + filmed). Set List: God Save The Queen
/ I Wanna Be Me / Seventeen / New York / EMI / Holidays In The Sun / Bodies /
Belsen Was a Gas / Submission / No Feelings / Problems / Pretty Vacant / Anarchy
In The USA.
Brief parts can be seen in "DOA" and "Classic Chaotic"/"Kill
The Hippies" with sound dubbed from the Winterland gig. Audio recording available
on "Randys Rodeo 1978" (TMOQ). January
9: Kingfisher Club, Baton Rouge (recorded + filmed). Set List: God Save The Queen
/ I Wanna Be Me / Seventeen / New York / EMI / Bodies / Belsen was a Gas / Submission
/ Holidays In The Sun / No Feelings / Problems / Pretty Vacant / Anarchy In The
USA / No Fun / Liar.
Video of the show partially available in "DOA"
and "Classic Chaotic"/"Kill The Hippies" (still with sound
dubbed from the Winterland). Audio recording features on "Spirit of '76"
CD and "Psychotic Reaction" LP (incomplete).
January
10: Longhorn Ballroom, Dallas (recorded + filmed).Set List: God Save The Queen
/ I Wanna Be Me / Seventeen / New York / EMI / Bodies / Belsen Was a Gas / Holidays
In The Sun / No Feelings / Problems / Pretty Vacant / Anarchy In The UK / No Fun.
The gig is broadcast
on radio and features (minus Holidays In The Sun and Belsen Was A Gas) on the
"Welcome To The Rodeo" bootleg LP. A bootleg CD with the same title
contains the whole gig. The video is available (minus the first four tracks) on
the "Live at Longhorns" official video and DVD.
January
11: Cains Ballroom, Tulsa (filmed). Brief parts of the concert
available on "DOA" and "Classic Chaotic"/"Kill The Hippies" (again with
the Winterland audio recording dubbed). In 2010, a video clip of God
Save The Queen filmed in Tulsa appears on YouTube. The video contains
half of the song along with members of the audience interviews.
January 13: Paul Cook and Steve Jones are interviewed
on KSAN radio. January
14: Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco (recorded + filmed). Set List: God Save
The Queen / I Wanna Be Me / Seventeen / New York / EMI / Belsen Was A Gas / Bodies
/ Holidays In The Sun / Liar / No Feelings / Problems / Pretty Vacant / Anarchy
In The USA / No Fun.
Today, KSAN radio interviews Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten.
This
is Sid Vicious' last concert with the Sex Pistols. In the late 70's, the concert
surfaced on a bootleg LP called "Gun Control". Video and audio official
versions are available on the "Winterland Concert" releases.
Sounds
magazine includes a review of the American tour. January
17: The Sex Pistols split. It's all over.
January 21: Melody Maker runs an article "America
learns to loathe the Pistols"; it deals with the American tour with a
report by journalist Michael Watts.
January 28: New Musical Express runs an article "Pistols Paranoia" about the split in San Francisco. |