In October 1977 the Sex Pistols release their first and only studio album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. Only a couple months later the band became a victim of their own succes and started to fall apart. After their, what was going to be, last performance on UK soil in December the same year, the Sex Pistols went on their first and last American tour (January 1979).

Meanwhile Sid Vicious' drug abuse continued to swirl, while Johnny Rotten was becoming tired of the scene altogether. He started to realize he was now fully involved in the same entertainment industry that he so detested.

Rotten would later state: “ I felt cheated and I wasn’t going on with it any longer. It was a ridiculous farce. The whole thing was a joke at that point.”

At the end of this last show he made clear to everyone how fed up he was. Before the last song from their set, Rotten asked his fans “Tell us, how does it feel to have bad taste?” After they played that song, “Anarchy in the UK/USA”, they were called back by the audience for an encore to which he replied “You get one number and one number only, because I’m a lazy bastard”.

During that final song, ’No Fun’ (originally by the Stooges), he can be heard singing “This is no fun, no fun / This is no fun at all, no fun”.

Rotten left the stage after sneering his very last words as Sex Pistols singer to the audience “ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated? hahaha..”

And so he decided to leave the band after this final tour date on 1/14/1978 - Winterland (San Francisco, CA).

The band was now decapitated and was left with a gimmick ….

Sid Vicious tried to take over Rottens duties by posing on pictures with runaway train robber Ronnie Biggs and covering Frank Sinatra's "My Way" ….

But when he overdosed and died on February 2, 1979, just little more than one year after the ‘final’ show, the Sex Pistols came to a de facto end.

Sex Pistols reunions, with original bass player Glen Matlock back on bass, followed in1996 and 2007.

Setlist:
God Save The Queen
I Wanna Be Me
I'm A Lazy Sod
New York
EMI
Belsen Was A Gas
Bodies
Holidays In The Sun
Liar
No Feelings
Problems
Pretty Vacant
Anarchy In The UK
No Fun

Line-up:

Johnny Rotten - lead vocals
Sid Vicious - bass, vocals
Steve Jones - guitar, vocals
Paul Cook - drums

In their short existence of barely four years, Joy Division played only 12 shows in total outside the UK.

One of those shows was in an Antwerp movie theatre called King Kong on January 14th, 1979. Some sources talk of only 80 tickets sold while other witnesses say there where 'only' about 200 people. And in fact most of them didn't even come to see Joy Division, they came to see and support the at that time popular and local post-punk band 'De Kommeniste'.

The low turnout is said to have been due to the fact that the organizer was arrested by the police while hanging out posters promoting this show. They forced him to remove all posters already hung, while the rest of his posters, and even his car, were confiscated with a prohibition to hang out any more posters.

The complete story can be read here!

Joy Division - European tour dates (*Outside the UK)

16 Oct Plan , Brussels
18 Dec Les Bains Douches, Paris
11 Jan Paradiso, Amsterdam
12 Jan Paard Van Troje, The Hague
13 Jan Doornroosje, Nijmegen,
14 Jan King Kong, Antwerpen,
15 Jan The Basement, Cologne
16 Jan Lantaren, Rotterdam
17 Jan Plan K, Brussels
18 Jan Effenaar, Eindhoven
19 Jan Club Vera, Groningen
21 Jan Kant Kino, Berlin

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Astari Nite, the alternative rock, new romantics unveil their new single "Bowie In Daydreams". The track pays tribute to the legendary David Bowie and is released in honor of the anniversary of his death. It follows last summer's release of their electronic-driven single, “Ashtray Ballet".

Steering towards a dark electronic glam rock constellation in this tribute to innocence and dark fantasy, the quartet caresses the dark alt rock ballads from the 90’s with massive - distorted guitars and underground EBM synths. Yet somehow, they bring you home by staying true to their occult riddled-cinematic themes.

Expect uncompromising lyrics along with obstinate sonic fields in their composition as the band guides you through their alternative rock influences, from Placebo to Nine Inch Nails and deeper down the underground.

"Bowie In Daydreams" is available on all major digital platforms including Bandcamp. Stream the single HERE: https://lnk.fu.ga/astarinite_bowieindaydreams

"Reflecting on the filming of "Bowie In Daydreams", I felt it was very important for me to conjure my friends who I care for so much. I had this sort of cartoonish idea floating around for a bit that turned out to be a psychedelic nightmare if you will. Illena Frey (Videographer) once again made my thoughts flow naturally as she normally does. I tend to obsess over different periods of music, so here comes Astari Nite’s contributions to the 90’s, respectfully."

– Mychael

Astari Nite 2023 Live Dates

January 14 - Riverside, CA @ The Concert Lounge

March 17 - West Palm beach, FL @ Respectable Street

W/ Clan of Xymox & The Bellwether Syndicate

March 25 - Tampa, FL @ N&ew World Music Hall

May 13 - Portland, OR @ Out from the Shadows festival

July 29 - Louisville, KY @ Dark Castle Festival

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American singer, writer and film director Rob Zombie, born as Robert Bartleh Cummings (Haverhill (Massachusetts), January 12, 1965) and founder of the now disbanded metal band White Zombie in 1986, started a solo career in 1996 under the name Rob Zombie. Zombie's career as a director began with the horror film House of 1000 Corpses, which has now gained cult status.

With White Zombie he released 4 studio albums and the remix album ‘’Supersexy Swingin’ Sounds".

As Rob Zombie he released 8 studio albums and the remix album American Made Music To strip By".

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