Sex Pistols: three live albums from the 1978 US tour are released
They will be published for the first time three albums live of the legendary US tour of the Sex Pistols of 1978. The releases focus on shows in Georgia, Texas and California, stops on his famous, landmark U.S. tour the historic punk band’s last live shows in nearly two decadeswith the surviving members not taking the stage again until their reformation in 1996. Audio testimonials include recordings of the set at South East Music in Atlanta on January 5, 1978, of a stop at the Longhorns Ballroom in Dallas on January 10, 1978 and a show at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco on January 14, 1978.
The lineup for that US tour featured Johnny Rotten (real name John Lydon), Paul Cook, Steve Jones and Sid Vicious, who later died prematurely at the age of 21 in 1979. The concerts saw the group play songs from its only iconic album of 1977, “Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols”, including live renditions of “God Save the Queen”, “Bodies” and “Anarchy in the UK”, which overseas renamed the song “Anarchy In The USA”.
“We came to dance, what did you come to do?”, you can hear Rotten say in the testimony of the concert in Georgia, before the band started playing “God Save The Queen”, as reported in a press release.
The three albums of the respective concerts will be released on three different dates: the recording of the Atlanta show on January 5, 1978 will be released on February 28th, the Dallas album on March 28th and the San Francisco album on April 25th. Further details can be found on the official website dedicated to the Sex Pistols.
