Sex Pistols gig ‘splenetic, spitting drizzle’ say reviewers

THE Sex Pistols snarled and shouted their way through their greatest hits at the start of a brief reunion tour, and early reviews praised the 50-somethings for maintaining the filth and fury.

“Half a century young,” a defiant lead singer John Lydon shouted to thousands of fans at a packed Brixton Academy in south London.

Sporting his trademark spiky orange hair, the performer best known as Johnny Rotten wasted no time in poking fun at the British establishment.

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