Saturday, April 21, 2012
Sex Pistols declined Olympics invite as organisers wanted to censor songs
The Sex Pistols turned down an invitation to perform at the opening ceremony of Olympics because the organisers wanted to censor one of their most famous songs, John Lydon has revealed.The Pistols were asked to perform their 1977 single Pretty Vacant but Lydon, formerly Johnny Rotten, would not have been allowed to sing “vacant”, with his provocative emphasis on the final syllable.“They tried to get us involved in the Olympics,” the Independent quoted Lydon as saying.“What they wanted
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