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Threatened 100 Club has sell-out show by Sir Paul McCartney

16.12.10
Sir Paul McCartney threw his weight behind the campaign to keep threatened music venue the 100 Club open... more

Mick Jagger rolls in to rescue the 100 Club

04.11.10
Mick Jagger is backing a fight to save one of London's legendary live venues - even though the Rolling Stones were not allowed to play there in the band's early days... more

Sex Pistol Lydon's step-daughter dies at 48

21.10.10
Former Sex Pistols star John Lydon mourns the death of his singer step-daughter Ari Up... more

Closure threat to 100 Club

22.09.10
The 100 Club in Oxford Street - described by Aerosmith's Joe Perry as 'the finest rock'n'roll club in the world' - could close within a few months because of soaring overheads unless it can find a buyer... more

Bankers’ bash marks new economic hope

04.08.10
Party in Devonshire Square in the City for more than 1,500 bankers, traders and analysts to celebrate signs that the economy is stabilising... more

Anarchy rules over Malcolm McLaren funeral as Sex Pistols manager is laid to rest with pomp, finery and jokes

22.04.10
London gave an appropriately anarchic send-off to Malcolm McLaren, the man who gave the world the Sex Pistols... more

Sex Pistols' John Lydon leads tributes to Malcolm McLaren, the gob-father of punk

09.04.10
Sex Pistol John Lydon paid tribute to the band's former manager Malcolm McLaren, who died aged 64... more

Rock band The Thirst win police apology after gunpoint arrest

15.02.10
Brixton rock band The Thirst have their DNA records destroyed after police admit to wrongly arresting them at gunpoint... more

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

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

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

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

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

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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