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The Sex Pistols played the Roxy in LA

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Anarchy and punk rock nostalgia reigned on the Sunset Strip on Thursday (Oct 25) as the Sex Pistols played a rare club show in Los Angeles to warm up for a brief reunion tour in Britain next month.

About 500 sweaty fans packed the Roxy Theatre for the private show, the group’s first public performance in four years. The English foursome played almost all of their songs during the hour-long set, including their best-known tunes “Anarchy in the U.K.” and “God Save the Queen.”

The show was predictably a little rusty, with singer John Lydon (a.k.a. Johnny Rotten) forgetting the words to the first song of the night, “Holidays in the Sun.” But he added some bonus lyrics along the way, notably “Paris Hilton, kiss my arse” in “Stepping Stone.”

He also struggled with sound problems and the heat.

“It’s hotter than (expletive) hell up here,” said Lydon, 51, clad in a traditional Indian kurta, tartan pants and blue vest and guzzling red wine from the bottle.[Yahoo]

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