Frank Carter and the Sex Pistols announce four new UK shows

Frank Carter and the Sex Pistols have just announced four new UK shows.

After the glorious thrill of their trio of London dates last week, and following the news (and instant selling-out) of their September gig at the O2 Forum Kentish Town, the band have now revealed additional performances in Nottingham, Birmingham, Glasgow and Manchester.

“There was an overwhelming response on social media from fans asking to play different parts of the country,” enthuses Steve Jones. “So guess what? It will be done. We will be tighter than a rat’s arse by the time we get to Kentish Town.”

Lovely…

Catch Frank and the Sex Pistols at the following:

September:

20 Nottingham Rock City
21 Birmingham O2 Academy
22 Glasgow O2 Academy
24 Manchester Academy
26 London O2 Kentish Town Forum

Tickets go on sale this Friday, August 23 at 9am.

In our review of last week’s second London fundraiser, we said that, “Despite what many critics would have you believe, the Pistols at Bush Hall are not good despite the absence John Lydon – rather, they are great because of it. In the group’s later iterations, first in the ’90s and then in the ’00s, it was John, playing the role of Johnny Rotten, who cut the cynical pantomime figure screeching his way over songs through which his vocals once cut like razor wire. It was him that made it all feel like an exercise in give-us-your-cash nostalgia. Naturally, the group’s musical core – Paul Cook on drums, Glen Matlock on bass and the forensic Steve Jones on guitar – grew to hate him. In 2024, meanwhile, the injection of fresh blood, and fresh energy, centre-stage means that the Pistols cohere as a unit, as a complete band, in a way they didn’t always manage back in the ’70s, let alone in subsequent years. Up front, by the barrier, the purity of it all is a joy to behold.”

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