VIP Taylor Swift ticket holders get obstructed view – are pricey packages worth the cash?
Pricey deals on the Eras tour shows are part of a growing trend – but some acts offer more for less cash
August 2023
Public Image Ltd: End of World review – a frustratingly mixed bag
John Lydon and band once again veer between hit and miss, from the poignantly affecting to the particularly annoying
July 2023
‘I won’t let the bastards grind me down’: John Lydon on grief, feuds and being an unlikely optimist
Covid, court, bereavement: although the PiL man’s new album could not have been made against a worse backdrop, his glass of non-alcoholic cider remains half full
June 2023
Anarchy in High Wycombe! The real story of the Sex Pistols’ earliest gigs
The punk band are famous for culture-changing gigs in Manchester and London, but what about ones in Keighley and Dunstable? Attendees at their first UK tour remember the protests, raw power – and cider-drinking hippies
February 2023
John Lydon loses out on Eurovision selection as Wild Youth chosen to represent Ireland
Former Sex Pistol came fourth in vote to select country’s entry to the song contest
January 2023
From the Guardian archive
Rotten day for punks: the Sex Pistols break up – archive, 1978
20 January 1978: Manager Malcolm Mclaren said: ‘The group is bored with being a successful rock’n’roll band’
John Lydon hopes to highlight ‘torture’ of Alzheimer’s with Eurovision bid
Former Sex Pistol competing to represent Ireland with love letter to wife of 44 years who is living with the illness
John Lydon’s Public Image Ltd compete to represent Ireland at Eurovision
Former Sex Pistols’ frontman, who was born in London to Irish parents, has entered the song Hawaii, a love letter to his wife who has Alzheimer’s disease
November 2022
Keith Levene obituary
Guitarist and musician who was a founding member of the Clash and Public Image Ltd
October 2022
John Lydon’s handwritten Sex Pistols lyrics sell for over £50,000
Lyrics were in collection of artwork, posters and documents sold at auction for total of £354,567
June 2022
The G2 interview
‘I know what it’s like to be frightened’: John Lydon on loneliness, lyrics and life as a Sex Pistol
Observer comment cartoon
Boris Johnson as Johnny Rotten – cartoon
May 2022
TV review
Pistol review – Danny Boyle’s wonky Sex Pistols show is like Punk: the Panto!
Still a fascist regime? Sex Pistols’ God Save the Queen reissued to mark platinum jubilee
August 2021
John Lydon: court decision on Danny Boyle film ‘so destructive’ for Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols win legal fight against Johnny Rotten over songs
July 2021
Life and death looked straight in the eye: the legacy of Tony McGrath
The Observer’s picture editor from 1981 to 1993, who has died aged 80, saw photographic reportage as an agent of change. He first started taking photos for the paper in 1968, covering war, famine and the icons of his age
Sex Pistols in legal battle over music licensing for new Danny Boyle series
Steve Jones and Paul Cook are suing John Lydon, who has refused to give permission for Pistol to use the band’s music
Brief letters
Rotten luck for England? Never mind the lyrics
Brief letters: Sex Pistols | HGV rules | Named driver | Milking cows | Oscar Wilde | Masks
March 2021
Poly Styrene's inspiring sensitivity should be the true legacy of punk
Rachel Aggs
Mixed race, with braces on her teeth, Poly broke the mould of UK punk. A new documentary explores her struggle to find meaning in the Day-Glo chaos of modern life
