He claims his former bandmates will "kill all that was good with the Pistols."
What John Lydon Thinks of Sex Pistols Tour With New Singer
John Lydon is furious that his former band, the Sex Pistols, has decided to tour without him.
“When I first heard that the Sex Pistols were touring this year without me it pissed me off,” the singer known as Johnny Rotten declared in a recent interview with The I Paper. “It annoyed me. I just thought, ‘They’re absolutely going to kill all that was good with the Pistols by eliminating the point and the purpose of it all.'”
Singer Frank Carter is fronting the reunited Sex Pistols, who have a run of dates lined up for 2025, including major festivals and a few gigs opening for Guns N’ Roses. In Lydon’s view, the band’s other classic members – Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock – launched the tour as a cash grab.
“They’re trying to trivialize the whole show to get away with karaoke but in the long term I think you’ll see who has the value and who doesn’t,” the rocker declared. “I’ve never sold my soul to make a dollar. It’s the Catholic in me – that guilt I don’t want to trip.”
‘I Wrote he F—ing Songs’
In a separate interview with Classic Album Review, Lydon again decried the validity of Sex Pistols touring without him.
"I wrote the fucking songs, didn't I? I gave them the image. I was the frontman,” Lydon declared. “I am the voice, what made the whole world sing. And now you're going out, as they did the year before with Billy Idol. It's just karaoke, really.”
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