Public Image Limited; Linton Kwesi Johnson: Rainbow Theatre, London
Penny Reel, NME, 6 January 1979
ON THE FIRST day of Christmas bondage bretheren and neon siteren children of the Rainbow pace Aswad left their parents' turkey tables en masse for to follow John Lydon's star in the manifestation of His latest public image. This is religion!
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