Archived news from the OLD John-Lydon.Com site

January 6, 2004

The Mojo Magazine article/interview can be read here.

December 10, 2003

MOJO Magazine now shows the cover of the January issue (due to hit stores 12/15) that features the interview with John.

The Online Sun is reporting the following about I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here (UK version)...

Already signed up for the series, starting next month, are busty babe Jordan and Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten. It was only recently rumored that he was a possible contestant.

- Thanks to Mark and Gareth for the info.

December 9, 2003

An interview with John is in this month's issue of MOJO Magazine.

October 23, 2003

An article over at CNN.com titled 'Johnny Rotten disses punk box set' is available for your reading pleasure.

A movie, based on John's autobiography, has been rumored for some years, but remains in development-hell. However, this recent NME.com article discusses renewed energy in the project, coinciding with a 10-year-anniversary re-releasing of his book.

Some more pictures have been added to the fan art section.

Lastly, Fodderstompf has been covering some recent information about vocals John did a while back for the group Blacksmoke. The currently unreleased track(s) was played on a recent BBC Radio1 session, however the group indicates there are no plans to release the songs at this time. Visit Fodderstompf for more information.

September 16, 2003

An interview with John from September 2nd is available at Zero Magazine.

September 9, 2003

The Sex Pistols tour has wrapped with a final stop in Tempe, Arizona last night. With a hoarse voice, John announced that it would be last Pistols concert - ever. Of course, he said he'd never get back together with them in the first place, but that was two Pistols tours and one KROQ show ago. :)

An mp3 interview with John from a few days ago is available half-way down the page at 91X.com.

Final TV reminder, read the news below and tune in to The Belzer Connection tonight.

September 7, 2003

TV Alert: John will be a panelist on the Sci-Fi Channel's new show, The Belzer Connection this coming Tuesday. TvGuide.com lists the premiere episode, 'The Diana Conspiracy', below. As always, check your local listings.

10:00 PM SCIFI Tuesday (Sept. 9)
Belzer Connection: The Diana Conspiracy
30 min.
Richard Belzer and his mismatched guests address the circumstances of Princess Diana's death. Panelists include Johnny Rotten, G. Gordon Liddy, Ice-T, Amy Carlson and Michael Musto.

Video clips of the Sex Pistols on The Jimmy Kimmel show have been added to the multimedia section.

A couple fan photos from the tour have been added to the images section.

September 4, 2003

Some great pics have been added to the images section. Several from the Jones Beach concert after-party held at the Chelsea Hotel and a few of John doing some grocery shopping, interestingly enough.

And, as a final reminder, read yesterday's TV news below and tune in tonight.

September 3, 2003

TV Reminder: John Lydon will be the guest (again) and the Sex Pistols are set to perform on Thursday night's Jimmy Kimmel show. Check your local listings.

August 26, 2003

The Filth and the Fury website has posted a message reportedly from inside the Pistols tour camp. Excerpt below...

"...We are rewriting our tour schedule as we go..."
"...It's amazing how many venues are deciding they now want us..."
"...A couple of shows are cancelled but we can't remember which ones..."

- Visit their site for more information.

WashingtonPost.com has posted an interview with John from last Friday (you'll need to fill in some info before accessing the free interview).

A few images have been added to the fan art section.

August 22, 2003

BREAKING NEWS: ACCORDING TO TICKETMASTER.COM, SEX PISTOLS CANCEL AT LEAST TWO OF THEIR SCHEDULED TOUR DATES. CLEVELAND AND DETROIT CONFIRMED CANCELLED. SEX-PISTOLS.NET REPORTING DENVER ALSO CANCELLED. TEMPE, AZ GETS ADDED TO TOUR ON SEPTEMBER 8.

ClevelandScene.com has a good interview with John online.

We've added video of John's recent Jimmey Kimmel appearance to the multimedia section. The video clip of John's cameo in 'The Independent' is available again.

WireImage.com has thumbnails of pics from the Jones Beach after-party which was held last night at the infamous Chelsea Hotel. Subscribers can access the full size images.

August 21, 2003

The Boston Herald has a review of last night's first leg of the Pistols tour.

Photos from last night's gig are in the images section.

August 16, 2003

The Sex Pistols were a no-show on the Jimmy Kimmel Show tonight. However, John showed up (video soon) during the last few minutes to explain the band's visa problems and to clarify that the Pistols will be on the show September 4th.

August 11, 2003

The Filth and the Fury has posted part 1 of an interview they conducted with John in June. Head over there to check that out.

August 7, 2003

Yesterday, John conducted a chat with USATODAY.com. Click HERE read it. Here's an excerpt...

Houston, TX: When will the new P.I.L. album be released. How will it differ from your earlier work/and will you tour?
John Lydon: The new PiL album isn't coming. I've got a new solo album and it will be excruciatingly different for the cliche ridden.

August 5, 2003

Server upgrade status... over the next few days we'll be back up to full speed. Images, multimedia, etc. will all be back online. In the mean time, I've opened up the forum section so that you no longer need to register to view, just to post.

July 29, 2003

We're in the process of changing servers. While this news section will continue to be updated as necessary, the rest of the site may be unavailable.

There's a new tour article/interview over at MSNBC.com.

July 21, 2003

Check out billboard.com for a new interview with John. Here's an excerpt:

Wanting to play Baghdad certainly makes for a good soundbite, but how serious are you to see it through?

"I'm deadly serious. Deadly serious. It's very close to happening. Let's be logical, for what reason on earth would the people over there want to blow me up? That's the bit that's not understood. Unlike forcing Metallica on the Iraqi prisoners, I'm giving them a choice. They don't have to come. The show will be free of charge. It would be a mean-spirited to be charging them in U.S. dollars. I will do it. I see no reason not to. They could use a good bleeding view of how the world is."

July 17, 2003

We just added an interview with John from the Toronto Star. Among many interesting things, John confirms a rumored incident with Goofy one day at Disneyland. Visit the interviews section for that one.

And a couple new photos were added to the images section.

July 9, 2003

The interviews are starting to roll in. The most recent one can be found HERE at vh1.com. John talks about the upcoming Pistols tour, his movie and a NEW PiL ALBUM.

A new photo of John in Toronto can be found in the images section.

- Thanks to Brad Boothe for sending it in.

July 1, 2003

The Los Angeles Times published an interview with John on June 29th. You can read it HERE.

- Thanks to piltot for the info.

June 25, 2003

By request, the links and store sections has been updated with additional website links.

June 24, 2003

There's a 5 minute audio interview over at CBC Radio 3 . It was done before John's keynote speech and has a pretty hilarious ending.

- Thanks to u;r;b;a;n and Dr. Batchelor for sending that in.

There's a pretty harsh print article of the NXNE appearance over at warrenkinsella.com done around the same time. (it should be noted, that attendees are disputing facts in this article as false and unfairly biased against John Lydon. In particular, the racist comments were not said, but were taken completely out of context by the author.

- Thanks to everyone who sent this one in.

June 13, 2003

The official 2003 Sex Pistols US tour dates have been confirmed. This was posted first and exclusively at sex-pistols.net earlier. The dates are as follows:

Aug 20 Boston - Fleetboston Pavillion www.fleetbostonpavilion.com
Aug 21 Wantagh, NY-Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theatre www.tommyhilfigerjonesbeach.com
Aug 23 Atlantic City, NJ - Trump Marina Casino / Grand Cayman Ballroom
Aug 24 Washington, DC - 9:30 club www.930.com
Aug 25 Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheatre www.hob.com
Aug 27 Cleveland, OH - Scene Pavilion www.hob.com
Aug 28 Detroit, MI - Cobo Arena
Aug 29 Chicago, IL-Aragon Ballroom
Aug 31 Englewood, CO - Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre www.hob.com
Sept 3 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre www.thefillmore.com/warfield.asp
Sept 5 Las Vegas, NV-The Joint www.hardrockhotel.com
Sept 6 Los Angeles, CA-Greek Theatre www.greektheatrela.com
Sept 7 San Diego, CA - San Diego Street Scene / Best Buy stage www.street-scene.com

They will also be performing on the Jimmy Kimmel Show on August 14th.

Visit sex-pistols.net for more information

- Thanks to sex-pistols.net for getting the exclusive and thanks to Robert for sending it in first.

June 11, 2003

More coverage of the recent NXNE appearance... This article from canoe.ca details the appearance and discussion.

June 10, 2003

A recent article in the San Fransisco Gate talks about how airline security 'no-fly' lists affects innocent travelers, including John Lydon. Excerpt below...

In their efforts to prevent a repeat of the Sept. 11 tragedy, the U.S. government and the airline industry are relying on software so outdated that it can't distinguish between the last name of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden and punk rocker Johnny Rotten Lydon.

June 9, 2003

A bunch of photos from NXNE are in the images section, page 3. Thanks very much to John and Beverley for sending those in! Also a visitor is working on a transcript of the event, so we hope to have that up soon too.

June 4, 2003

There is a pretty good interview with John on his upcoming Toronto visit, his state of recording, the Pistols and more over at canoe.ca. It (not John) mentions there will be a Sex Pistols date in Toronto at the Molson Amphitheatre on August 25th. However, a list of officialy confirmed tour dates is still forthcoming.

May 23, 2003

John will be delivering the NXNE 2003 industry keynote address on June 6th in Toronto. Read all about it here. And if you go, please send us a report and any photos... and watch out for SARS!

Reset your bookmarks to our new site! In addition to the original john-lydon.com, we are now...

www.johnlydon.com

Coming soon... Doppelganger and Fan Art sections. Stay tuned for more info...

May 7, 2003

John's one and only scene from 'The Independent' has been added to the multimedia section.

May 5, 2003

Rumors continue to abound regarding yet another Sex Pistols reunion (with dates in the US). The only date we can confirm right now is August 21st at Jones Beach, NY.

May 2, 2003

The Independent, featuring a cameo by John will finally be aired here in the US. It will be on Monday and re-aired Tuesday on Comedy Central! Check your local listings.

May 1, 2003

The multimedia section is now online. Let us know if there are any bad links. We're going to be adding a lot more over the next several weeks, including... Rotten Day mp3's!

April 21, 2003

I received word that John was featured in recent issues of Loaded and F1 Magazine. I wasn't able to locate Loaded and the newest issue of F1 didn't have him in it. It could very well be that he was in last month's issues. Happy hunting! If you find something, please let us know.

Several new photos have been added to the images section, including the Long Beach Grand Prix visit a couple weeks ago that was posted in the Forums. A new poll has been added. It should be to your right...

March 11, 2003

There is a good article about John's interest in Formula One racing over at Times Online. (There's also a new related poll on our main page.)

January 31, 2003

john-lydon.com wishes a very happy birthday to Mr. John Lydon, who celebrates his 47th birthday today. Enjoy!!

January 17, 2003

Some previously unposted pics and interviews are now available as well as a new polling feature on the main page.

The broken image links should be fixed now.

We're still working on a very cool content-rich multimedia section which is coming soon!

January 12, 2003

After a nine-month hiatus, we're back! You'll notice some areas are still "under construction". These sections will be going online over the next week. Also look for some brand new sections to be rolled out very soon.

We're aware some of the image links in the Images sections are broken. This should be fixed tomorrow. If you happen to notice any other broken links on the rest of the site, please let us know so we can fix it.

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