Reunited Sex Pistols' middle-aged anarchy in the USA

Last updated at 12:30 02 November 2007


Johnny Rotten seems to have lost none of his bad boy rancour during the last 30 years.

The Sex Pistols frontman snarled and shrieked his way through the band's comeback performance in an LA club ahead of their reunion tour.

In the group's first public performance in four years, John Lydon, 51, was a little rusty, forgetting the words to the first song, Holidays In The Sun.

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But he made up for it by ad-libbing some of his own characteristic lines, including "Paris Hilton, kiss my a**e."

Swigging from a wine bottle, he told the audience: "It's hotter than f***ing hell up here."

When a fan jumped on the stage to hug a bandmate, Lydon shouted: "Steve Jones always gets the fat ones!"

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Later he nipped to the gents', informing the audience on his return that he was "15lbs lighter".

Lydon lost his temper when he was hit in the face with a drink, threatening to kill the "coward" who threw it if he caught him.

The Pistols played old favourites like Anarchy In The UK and God Save The Queen at the concert, at the Roxy in West Hollywood. Their UK tour starts at Brixton Academy on 8 November.

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