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John Lydon's return to Public Image Limited is certainly family affair

05.11.09
The first UK tour of Public Image Limited for 17 years will conclude with an emotional family Christmas for frontman and founder John Lydon... more

Hammersmith Palais is set to be turned into student flats

10.09.09
The Hammersmith Palais is likely to be knocked down and replaced with a students' hall of residence... more

Gigs of the week

21.08.09
Sliimy performs at the Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen, see Wilco at Troxy, Dawn Landes at Water Rats Theatre and The Hot Rats at Old Blue Last ... more

A night of 1,000 ukuleles at the Proms

19.08.09
The sound of more than a thousand ukuleles filled the Royal Albert Hall in one of the most unusual concerts in the festival's 115-year history... more

From teenage crook to Britain’s best-known fugitive

25.06.09
Ronnie Biggs, who will celebrate his 80th birthday in August, was born in Lambeth in 1929 and became involved in crime while still a teenager... more

It's Beethoven on the ukelele, by George

11.06.09
Anyone trying to get in touch with their inner George Formby is being invited to take up the ukelele and join a mass rendition of Beethoven's Ode To Joy... more

Yoplait sale cuts debt at Dairy Crest

27.03.09
Dairy Crest has sold its 49% stake in the UK arm of yoghurt group Yoplait, booking a £50 million profit it will use to pay down sizeable debts... more

Alexis Dubus has done his research

08.01.09
How on earth has comedian Alexis Dubus managed to come up with a seamless monologue about swearing without mentioning Gordon Ramsay?.... more

Never mind the b****cks

14.11.08
The debate on bad language on TV rages again — and one writer is hardly surprised... more

Off the record

05.09.08
Many big names have new albums out in the coming weeks, but only one will make it to the Christmas list. David Smyth finds out who it could be. ... more

What DO they look like...(or can you match the fans to the bands)

03.09.08
James Mollison spent three years photographing fans at their idols' concerts: But can you guess who these larger-than-life followers worship? ... more

One is an anarchist: Johnny Rotten turns country squire for TV butter ad

29.08.08
Fast forward to 2008, and Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon appears to have become more gentrified in his middle-age.... more

Rotten by nature? Sex Pistols' John Lydon accused of racist attack on Bloc Party singer

22.07.08
Sex Pistols singer John Lydon has been accused of involvement in a violent racist attack on a black musician. The 52-year-old, who made his name as Johnny Rotten 30 years ago, is alleged to have abused Bloc Party singer Kele Okereke.... more

No mercy as Rotten Johnny makes Duffy cry at the Mojos

17.06.08
The Welsh songstress attempted to hug and greet the ageing rocker but he shrugged her off by swinging his arm, inadvertently knocking her off balance.... more

Welsh songbird Duffy wins best song for Mercy at Mojo Awards

17.06.08
Welsh singer Duffy, who has been dubbed 'the new Dusty Springfield, has won song of the year for her hit Mercy at the Mojo magazine awards.... more

Festival holds few highlights

16.06.08
A performance from the reunited Police, a show from the Kaiser Chiefs and some strange "champagne socialism" from the Sex Pistols were among the Isle of Wight Festival's more memorable moments.... more

Random Pistol shots at Sid Vicious display

09.06.08
The random chronology of Proud Camden's Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent show offers no sense of the unfolding tragedy, says Sue Steward.... more

'Johnny Rotten punched me and called me fat,' claims TV assistant

06.06.08
Sex Pistols star Johnny Rotten was last night accused of punching a female TV assistant while working as a celebrity judge on a U.S. reality show... more

You can’t have too much joy

01.05.08
Joy Division illustrates that some of the best songs of the latter half of the 20th century were made by rock bands.... more

St Martins up for sale at £60m

17.04.08
The buildings where the Sex Pistols played their first gig, fashion designer John Galliano honed his cutting skills and artists Gilbert and George first met are up for sale... more

Johnny snarls, spits and spoils the crowd Rotten

09.11.07
John Lydon was typically entertaining, showing off his unmistakable snarl as the Sex Pistols played the first of five sell-out comeback gigs. ... more

Freshers week no longer a blur

28.09.07
The Goldsmiths Students' Union has called time on their cheesy disco culture by replacing one of its bars with an art gallery.... more

CDs of the week

29.06.07
This week's new CD releases include the Chemical Brothers, Crowded House, rapper K'Naan and the sweet but knowing voice of Sonya Kitchell.... more

You've been punked

05.06.07
An exhilarating, never-nostalgic show, Panic Attack! explores artists' reactions to the punk age.... more

Never mind the Pollocks at punk art show

04.06.07
The Barbican Art Gallery is preparing to unveil the largest collection of punk art in Britain, with the cover to the Sex Pistols God Save the Queen at the heart of the exhibition.... more

Modern rock and roll 'rebels' too tame

29.01.07
From the Sex Pistols swearing at Bill Grundy, to battles with club bouncers and waking on a snooker table, unable to remember the night before, Paul Connolly shares his best rock tales. ... more

Send him back to Big Brother

11.01.07
Towers of London's unprofessional show would make a school nativity play look like Cirque du Soleil. David Smyth holds his head in his hands.... more

Soundtracks to our lives

10.11.06
It's time to stop being coy about the albums we love, says Garry Mulholland in his new book. So we asked him and a panel of experts to reveal their Top 10s.... more

McTell's Paris classic is London's favourite song

17.10.06
Ralph McTell's Streets Of London has topped a poll of the capital's 50 all-time favourite tracks, with The Kinks' Waterloo Sunset a close second.... more

Never mind the B**bican

19.09.06
Punk rock, the raucous voice of rebellion in the Seventies, is to be celebrated with an exhibition at one of Britain's most august arts institutions.... more

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