The Sex Pistols: Finsbury Park, London
Sylvie Simmons, Rolling Stone, Summer 1996
"WELL?" Johnny Rotten asked the 30,000-strong crowd dotting the park — not a sell-out, despite weeks of hype and a festival-sized bill, though more than saw them in their heyday — "Were not that fucking bad, are we?" The crowd yelled back as one, like a Christmas pantomime audience: "Fuck off, you fat bastard".
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