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SEX PISTOLS COMBINE HARVESTER TOUR 2008
Authorised Sex Pistols Communique via God Save The Sex Pistols
Push on the Russian Front
USA, Europe and Japan - history shows that the Sex Pistols have entered, engaged, and emerged triumphant. They are about to do so again.
However, one particular region has yet to be conquered - Russia.
It's no wonder that the Sex Pistols are set to make their incursions into
St Petersburg and Moscow the highlight of their summer dates.
Feedback from Russia indicates the fans, who never thought they'd ever get to see the Sex Pistols, intend to respond with a reception that'll make the rest of the world sit up and take notice.
30 years after they first peered over the Berlin Wall, it's finally time for the Sex Pistols to embrace the heartland of the former Soviet Union.
All barriers are down. History is about to be made.
Gig list updated 1st May.
Sex Pistols to headline at:
| Saturday, 7th June |
The Joint,
Las Vegas |
USA |
| Wednesday, 11th June |
Carling Academy,
Birmingham |
UK |
| Friday, 13th June |
NovaRock Festival,
Pannonia Field, Nickelsdorf |
Austria |
| Saturday, 14th June |
Isle Of Wight Festival,
Newport |
UK |
| Friday, 20th June |
Heineken Jammin Festival, Venice |
Italy |
| Monday, 23rd June |
Jubeleyny Arena,
St Petersburg |
Russia |
| Wednesday, 25th June |
SSA Luzhnik,
Luzhniki, Moscow |
Russia |
| Friday, 27th June |
Peace & Love Festival, Borlänge |
Sweden |
| Friday, 4th July |
Hodokvas Festival
Nr Bratislava |
Slovakia |
| Sat, 5th July |
Heineken Open'er Festival,
Lotnisko Gdynia-Kosakowo |
Poland |
| Sunday, 6th July |
Bobital Festival,
Parc Du Louvre |
France |
| Friday, 11th July |
Traffic Torino Free Festival, Turin |
Italy |
| Sunday, 13th July |
Exit Festival,
The Petrovaradin Fortress, Novi Sad |
Serbia |
| Friday,
18 July |
Summercase Festivals
Boadilla del Monte, Madrid |
Spain |
| Saturday, 19 July |
Summercase Festivals
Parc Del Forum, Barcelona |
Spain |
| Thursday, 31st July |
Paredes de Coura Festival |
Portugal |
| Saturday, 2nd August |
Lokerse Festival,
Lokeren |
Belgium |
| Sunday, 3rd August |
Live at Loch Lomond Festival,
Balloch National Park |
UK |
| Saturday, 9th August |
Summer Sonic,
Tokyo Marine Stadium |
Japan |
| Sunday, 10th August |
Summer Sonic,
Osaka Maishima |
Japan |
| Friday, 15th August |
Szigetre Festival |
Hungary |
| Saturday, 16th August |
Lowlands Festival,
Biddinghuizen |
Holland |
| Wednesday, 20th August |
Riga Arena, Riga |
Latvia |
| Friday, 22nd August |
Saku Suurhall, Tallinn |
Estonia |
| Saturday, 23rd August |
Helsinki Ice Hall |
Finland |
| Sunday, 31st August |
Electric Picnic Festival,
Stradbally Estate County Laois |
Ireland |
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13th May
The Punk Rock Movie DVD. God Save The Sex Pistols advance review. Click here.
THE LOOK presents an exclusive peak at Roger K. Burton's new documentary Vive Le Punk, featuring the only time Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood talked publicly about their creative collaboration.
THE LOOK is holding a special event on 22nd May at The Hospital, London, which includes
an exhibition of rebel style from the 40s to the 70s, including many items as worn by the Pistols.
12th May
Chelsea on the Rocks, is a new film directed by Abel Ferrara, and featuring Grace Jones, Bijou Phillips, Dennis Hopper, and Ethan Hawke. A study of New York's Chelsea Hotel, it aims to "document the personalities and artistic voices that have emerged from this legendary residence in the heart of New York." Sid Vicious appears in archive footage and the death of Nancy Spungen is reported to have been recreated in the film. It will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on 23rd May.
10th May
On Thursday May 8th, Steve Jones and Paul Cook again took to the stage with Camp Freddy at The Roxy, Hollywood. They performed Chinese Rocks and Bodies (with Steve on lead vocals). Camp Freddy will continue their residency at The Roxy with different guest performers each Thursday until the end of May. http://www.nme.com/news/
A video of Bodies from the show can be viewed at YouTube
View pictures at http://www.mattsorum.tv/
7th May
The 100 Club Picture Show, a photographic show celebrating the history of the 100 Club (100 Oxford Street, London), opens to the public on 9th May. Photographs from the club spanning the last 60 years will include The Punk Festival of 1976 shot by Barry Plummer, Ray Stevenson and Jill Furmanovsky. Open:
Friday 9th May – Sunday 11th May;
12pm – 4pm.
Free Entry. www.the100club.co.uk
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The Punk Rock Movie
Directed by Don Letts.
"Don Letts, the original punk DJ brings his intimate film recordings of the punk movement at its highest powers to DVD."
Starring the Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Slits, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Subway Sect, Generation X....
Released by Fremantle Home Entertainment
on 9th June 2008.
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5th May
The episode of Dirty Sexy Money, titled The Wedding, which featured Steve Jones playing the part of a DJ, is given a UK repeat showing tomorrow night (6th May) at 12.05am.
http://www.channel4.com/listings/C4/
4th May
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Camp Freddy / Steve Jones & Paul Cook
1st May The Roxy Hollywood
Photographs from the Camp Freddy gig have been posted on http://www.letsgokings.com
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3rd May
Steve Jones and Paul Cook took to the stage to perform EMI with Dave Navarro's Camp Freddy at The Roxy, Hollywood on Thursday May 1st. The show was the first in a series of five thursday night shows at The Roxy by the group.
http://www.pr-inside.com/camp-freddy
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/
2nd May
Note regarding artwork for There'll Always Be An England DVD previously
displayed on the site, which had appeared on play.com. The image should not have been supplied to play.com, and approval had not been given to do so. It is no longer on their site. Following discussions with the Sex Pistols managers, we have jointly decided to remove the image from the news page.
Go Home Productions, who were behind the critically acclaimed Pistols/Madonna mash-ups, have unveiled another Pistols "combination", Finally, I Did You No Wrong. The track mashes Did You No Wrong with
Ce Ce Peniston's Finally. gohomeproductions.co.uk/
1st May
It was 10 years ago today..... New Editorial! Click here.
Sex Pistols to play Latvia and Estonia.
Wednesday 20th August. Sex Pistols to play Riga Arena, Riga, Latvia.
Friday 22nd August. Sex Pistols to play Saku Suurhall, Tallinn, Estonia.
"Sugababes looking forward to Pistols set": http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/
Never Mind The Bollocks is number 85 in the best 100 albums ever, organised by the Flemish radio station Studio Brussels http://www.stubru.be/node/ [thanks Bernard Lindekens]
29th April
Sex Pistols - The Graphic Novel. God Save The Sex Pistols advance review of the latest Pistols' book, due for release in June. Click here.
27th April
Six additional pressings of God Save The Queen have been added to the God Save The Sex Pistols guide to vinyl singles issued worldwide.
26th April
Sex Pistols - There'll Always Be An England
DVD available to pre-order now. Click here.
23rd April
A photograph of John Lydon appears in The Sun today, taken at the weekend in LA.
22nd April
Paul Cook is hosting Jonesy's Jukebox again today. http://www.indie1031.fm
In May The Look is taking part in Be Reasonable Demand The Impossible! - Contemporary Wardrobe's 30th anniversary celebration of events which includes the world premiere of the only known footage of designers Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood discussing their ground-breaking work together.
21st April
Paul Cook is hosting Jonesy's Jukebox today. http://www.indie1031.fm
20th April
The sale of Central Saint Martins is reported in The Independent On Sunday : "The art and soul of Britain It's where hundreds of the nation's most creative people cut their teeth. Now Central Saint Martins is leaving its historic home."
[thanks Dave Smitham]
19th April
Six additional pressings of Pretty Vacant have been added to the God Save The Sex Pistols guide to vinyl singles issued worldwide. Includes the UK 1992 re-issues and rare Canadian pressing. Click here to begin viewing the new additions.
Malcolm McLaren features in a three part series, The Baron, starting on ITV1 next Thursday, 24th April (22.35 - 23.35). "Three celebrities compete for a vacant baronial title in a small Scottish coastal town." The show was delayed following the death of fellow contestant, Eastender Mike Reid. Pop singer Suzanne Shaw makes up the cast.
17th April
The site of the very first Sex Pistols gig on 6th November 1975, Central St Martins School Of Art, has been put up for sale. The college expects to receive £60 million for its Central London Campus.
14th April
Sex Pistols to play Helsinki, Finland.
Saturday 23rd August. Sex Pistols to play Helsinki Ice Hall, Finland.
The Sex Pistols have today officially named their summer tour:
Sex Pistols: Combine Harvester Tour 2008
13th April
The God Save The Sex Pistols guide to vinyl singles issued worldwide takes a look at eighteen unique pressings of Pretty Vacant from different territories. Click here.
12th April
The Look investigates
Prick Up Your Ears, one of the last provocative acts from Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood's store in its incarnation as Seditionaries.
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Book news. Destroy by Dennis Morris has just been published in France by Talents Publishing.
It has been given an additional sub-title,
Sex Pistols Anthology.
With the exception of the text, which is in French, the contents are the same the 2002 UK edition.
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11th April
Sex Pistols dates. Confirmations and changes.
The Spanish dates have now been confirmed: Summercase Festivals
Friday July 18th: Madrid, Boadilla del Monte.
Saturday, July 19th: Barcelona, Parc Del Forum.
The Japanese dates on 9th and 10th August have been swapped. The Sex Pistols will now play at Summer Sonic as follows:
Saturday, August 9th: Tokyo, Marine Stadium.
Sunday, August 10th: Osaka, Maishima.
Support acts for Lokeren, Belgium, are reported to include the New York Dolls and Buzzcocks. [thanks
Joeri Cardon]
In yesterday's The Sun: "Pistols will make festival Scream.
Artists Paul Weller, The Sex Pistols and Primal Scream are among those set to appear at this year's Exit Festival." http://www.thesun.co.uk/
10th April
John Lydon on Radio 2 tonight 8pm. "Punk icon and reality TV star John 'Johnny Rotten' Lydon chats to Mark and Stuart."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/ [thanks Keith]
Las Vegas pre-sale starts today at
10am (PDT) (4pm UK). Visit JL.com for password & link.
9th April
The Sex Pistols DVD There'll Always Be An England will be released on 16th June by
Fremantle Home Entertainment. The DVD will receive a worldwide release.
Press information: "The entire recording was shot in high definition 5.1 surround sound, giving the viewer the closest home entertainment experience possible to being in the crowd. Additional DVD extras include the “Pistols Psycho Map of London”, in which each band member takes the viewer to a particular London location that has resonance for them."
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The Sex Pistols Graphic by Jim McCarthy and Steve Parkhouse.
Released by Omnibus Press
on 9th June 2008.
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Never Mind The Bollocks is number 20 in Q Magazine's 50 Best British Albums as voted for by their readers (May issue).
7th April
Sex Pistols to play Las Vegas, USA.
Saturday 7th June. Sex Pistols to play
The Joint, Las Vegas. Tickets go on sale at noon Saturday 12th April via Ticketmaster and the Hard Rock
box office. http://www.hardrockhotel.com/
(Note: This club show is the announcement referred to yesterday by Steve on Indie 103.1)
Sex Pistols to play Saint Petersburg
Monday 23rd June. Sex Pistols to play Jubeleyny Arena (New Arena), St Petersburg. www.muzbilet.ru
Sex Pistols to play Moscow
Wednesday 25th June. Sex Pistols to play SSA Luzhnik, Luzhniki, Moscow. www.parter.ru/
Sex Pistols to play Lowlands festival, Biddinghuizen, Holland. Saturday 16th August. Sex Pistols to play Lowlands festival, Biddinghuizen, Holland. http://www.divento.com/show (New date to replace cancelled Fields of Rock show).
The May edition of Uncut magazine has a four page special on the 100 Club Punk Festival from September 1976. The magazine is asking readers who were there to get in touch with their memories.
6th April
Steve Jones has been trailing a "big announcement" to be made on Indie 103.1 tomorrow, 8am EST. http://www.indie1031.fm/ [thanks Tim]
The Look has published an exclusive, never seen before, photo from 1971 of 430 Kings Road, known then as Paradise Garage. The picture was taken a few months before the shop was taken over by Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood and became Let It Rock. http://rockpopfashion.com/
On Thursday 24th April, tribute band, Sex Pistols Experience, are performing at 100 Club, Oxford Street. Sky TV will be there filming for a Sex Pistols documentary for the 'Biography' channel. Support band is Sweden's Zooparty. www.the100club.co.uk
On Saturday 7th June, Sex Pistols Experience will be playing a River Thames show on the boat Queen Elizabeth. Tickets & further information www.sexpistolsexperience.co.uk
5th April
ITV2 has won the television rights to screen the Isle of Wight music festival from Channel 4. ITV2 will broadcast live programming from the event across all three of its days.
Reuters: "Sex Pistols concert DVD set for summer release" http://www.reuters.com/article
The May issue of Classic Rock includes a fold-out print of the Sex Pistols poster for the gig at King's Hall, Derby, 4th December '76.
4th April
Man Raze have filmed a private show in Los Angeles that will premiere on VH1 Classic.com later this year. The band plans to launch a U.S. tour in 2008.
Photos of the show are available on
http://www.manraze.com/ [thanks Erik]
1st April
Lodestar 1976. New information has been unearthed by Marshal Peters which corrects the date of this Pistols show, previously believed to have taken place in September 76. Click here.
The Enemy have been playing God Save The Queen
as one of their encores during their current dates.
31st March
Total Film (May 08) magazine list their Top 40 Music Movies. The Filth And The Fury is number 7. Number 1 is 24 Hour Party People, which includes a brief Pistols segment.
30th March
Six additional pressings of God Save The Queen have been added to the God Save The Sex Pistols guide to vinyl singles issued worldwide, which was launched last week. Pressings from Australia, Italy, South Africa, Netherlands, plus a UK jukebox copy and a genuine A&M pressing, are available to view. Click here.
29th March
Today's Sun reports in its Bizarre column: "Geriatric punks the Sex Pistols can still clearly pull in a crowd. Their first show in Birmingham for 32 years sold out in just under an hour. The rockers play the city's Academy venue on June 11 as a warm-up for their headlining turn at the Isle of Wight festival on June 14."
28th March
Book news:
The Sex Pistols Graphic by
Jim McCarthy, originally scheduled for June last year, is now set for release by Omnibus Press on 9th June 2008.
Click to order The "Sex Pistols" Graphic
A new paperback book Flowers in the Dustbin written by Mick O'Shea & Alan Parker, will be published by Helter Skelter Books in November 2008. Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent will be issued in paperback by Orion Books on September 5th, with a new cover to tie in with the film Who Killed Nancy?
An exhibition, Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent will run from June 4th till August 14th at The Proud Galleries, Camden Market, London. The Exhibition will feature the first public showing of Eileen Polks' Sid pictures, along with the work of 8 other photographers.
27th March
Today's Northern Ireland Daily Mirror has a 1 ½ page feature on the Pistols playing the Electric Picnic Festival.
26th March
Sex Pistols to play Birmingham, UK.
Wednesday 11th June. Sex Pistols to play Birmingham Carling Academy. Capacity 3000.
Pre-sale on Thursday 27th March, followed by general sale on Friday.
There will be a pre-sale via johnlydon.com starting at 9am tomorrow.
Sex Pistols to play Ireland.
Sunday, August 31st.
Sex Pistols to headline at Electric Picnic Festival,
Stradbally Estate, County Laois, Ireland. http://www.electricpicnic.ie
It has been announced today that the Fields of Rock Festival in the Netherlands has been cancelled. The Pistols were due to headline on 21st June.http://www.graz.nl [thanks Jos]
24th March
Gibson Custom website Steve Jones page http://www.gibsoncustom.com/
22nd March
The God Save The Sex Pistols guide to vinyl singles issued worldwide takes a look at the many pressings of God Save The Queen from different territories. Click here.
19th March
Man Raze - Surreal. Release date for the album has been confirmed as 3rd June.
Don't forget the exclusive God Save The Sex Pistols advance review of Surreal, the forthcoming debut album by Paul Cook's band Man Raze. Click here.
18th March
Sex Pistols to play Italy.
Friday 11th July. Sex Pistols to headline at Traffic Torino Free Festival, Turin, Italy.
http://www.trafficfestival.com/
Chelsea Hotel Manhattan by Joe Ambrose (Headpress) is published on 20th March 2008. The book "is the first factual book on the building...
One hotel, its superstars, bohemians, junkies, losers and outsiders." Sid and Nancy were of course two famous inhabitants at the hotel. Click to order Chelsea Hotel Manhattan
14th March
Sex Pistols to play France.
Sunday 6th July. Sex Pistols to headline at Bobital Festival, PARC DU LOUVRE - 22100 BOBITAL- FESTIVAL DES TERRAS NEUVAS, Brittany, France.
http://new.festival-terre-neuvas.com/index.fr.php
12th March
Sex Pistols to play Hungary.
Friday 15th August. Sex Pistols will headline at the Szigetre Festival in Hungary. http://www.sziget.hu/fesztival/
8th March
Converse Footware are featuring "cultural heroes and legendary icons" as part of their 100th birthday campaign. Included are Sid Vicious, James Dean, and Ian Curtis.
7th March
New fashion label THE LOOK PRESENTS, has, as one of its first designs, a version of WILD THING, the shirt worn by Sid Vicious in 1974 and Steve Jones in 2007. The shirts will be in-store and online in May. God Save The Sex Pistols will let you know as soon as they are available. http://rockpopfashion.com/
5th March
Sex Pistols to play Venice, Italy.
Friday, June 20th: Sex Pistols will play the Heineken Jammin Festival, Venice, Italy.
4th March
Sex Pistols to play Spain.
Sex Pistols will play the Summercase Festival.
The festival takes place on
18th & 19th July in Barcelona at Parc Del Forum and in Madrid at Boadilla del Monte. Note,
the actual play dates in each city for all acts on Summercase is still to be confirmed. http://www.summercase.com/
1st March
The Look investigates the story behind the
controversial Seditionaries Snow WhiteT-shirt.
