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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

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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

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"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

Louder

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

Evening Standard

"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

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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 Guardian - 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

The Independent UK

“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."

Louder

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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John Lydon slams new Sex Pistols revival which doesn’t feature him as ‘karaoke’

‘They’re trying to trivialise the whole show to get away with karaoke,’ former band member said

The Independent UK

The Who and Frank Carter and Sex Pistols confirmed for Teenage Cancer Trust gigs

The 25th anniversary edition of Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall will see performances from The Who, Frank Carter and the Sex Pistols, The Corrs and more.

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Sex Pistols and The Who to return to stage for Teenage Cancer Trust shows

The Who singer Sir Roger Daltrey is remaining honorary patron of the TCT, after helming the charity gigs for more than two decades.

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Louder

"I hadn’t heard of him, to be honest": Steve Jones on the return of the Sex Pistols and how new frontman Frank Carter joined the fun

When the Sex Pistols re-formed with three original members plus singer Frank Carter, they hadn’t sounded so vital in years. And there’s more to come

Metal Hammer

"Anybody who thinks they can do exactly the same thing they did 50 years ago is mad": Ian Paice on how drummers keep playing as they get older

Life is tough on drummers

The Guardian - UK

Never mind the back pain: how rock’s drummers cope with furious sets in their 70s

From Rat Scabies of the Damned to Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols, we ask rock and punk’s greatest drummers how they deal with long nights of fast songs – and uncover a story of arthritis, cardio and turmeric oil

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"I was done after that, no more." Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones hasn't spoken to Johnny Rotten since 2008

Any chance of Johnny Rotten fronting the Sex Pistols again seems slim as bandmate Steve Jones says 2008 tour was "too much"

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“From the deepest lows to the highest highs, in grief, in anger, and in joy, our band has been a celebration of being alive.” Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes announce hiatus

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes announce hiatus, but their upcoming UK and European tour dates are unaffected

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"I think that’s what makes the Pistols' album different from The Clash or The Damned – we didn’t just go in and crash, bang, wallop”: Steve Jones breaks down the Sex Pistols' seminal statement

"I played bass on most of Never Mind The Bollocks"

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“I’m having the time of my life here!” Watch The Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter play ferocious versions of Bodies and God Save The Queen at the first of their three sold-out shows in London

Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter add fourth London show following riotous Bush Hall gig

The Guardian - UK

Sex Pistols and Frank Carter review – rip-roaring punk rock redux

Fronted by the impassioned Rattlesnakes singer in place of John Lydon, the band show off the thunderous chops that critics claimed they never had

The Independent UK

Sex Pistols review, Bush Hall: No John Lydon, but the Seventies icons are still plenty punk without him

The band are a little rusty around the edges, but there is much to enjoy tonight – not least Frank Carter’s admirable impersonation of the matchless Johnny Rotten

Evening Standard

Frank Carter and Sex Pistols at Bush Hall review: unadulterated punk rock mayhem

This fundraising night was a joyful homage to the legacy of the Pistols and independent local venues

Louder

“We were going to be The Fabulous Stains for real.” How a cult movie featuring Diane Lane, Ray Winstone, and members of The Sex Pistols and The Clash inspired a new generation of women to play punk rock

The impact of Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains was felt long after the film died a death at the cinema, particularly among riot grrrl punks

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