Iconic punk band The Sex Pistols have been forced to cancel their upcoming tour due to an injury from one of the main members.
The London band currently fronted by Frank Carter – whose former frontman recently revealed he ‘hates’ Oasis’ music – had a slate of North American tour dates beginning with Dallas on September 16.
However, original guitarist Steve Jones broke the news on social media Tuesday that he had broken his wrist and the band would need to postpone the series of concerts.
The 70-year-old musician wrote: ‘I’ve got some good news and bad news. What do you want first? Okay, the bad news: I’ve broken my wrist, so unfortunately we won’t be doing any shows for a while.
‘The good news is the surgeon said I will be back playing guitar in the not-too-distant future. The other good news is I’ll be 70 tomorrow! God bless, and God save the wrist.’
The band followed up Jones’ statement with one on behalf of the entire act which read: ‘The performances will be postponed and rescheduled when Steve has fully recovered.
Iconic punk band The Sex Pistols have been forced to cancel their upcoming tour due to an injury from one of the main members
‘Please check local venue websites and our social media for more information. We appreciate your understanding and support.’
For the tour Jones was set to be joined by his fellow original members Steve Jones and Glen Matlock.
Matlock departed the Sex Pistols in 1977 to make way for infamous bass player Sid Vicious.
However, when they get back on the road, the band will be without notorious frontman John Lydon, aka, Johnny Rotten, with singer Frank Carter taking on the singing duties.
No stranger to the stage, Carter began his musical career as the frontman for British hardcore band Gallows, as well as Pure Love and Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes.
There is certainly no love lost between the Sex Pistols and their former frontman, Lydon.
After the band, fronted by Carter, reunited for a string of UK shows in 2024, guitarist Steve Jones revealed he hadn’t spoken to Lydon in 16 years.
Speaking on the Rockonteurs podcast, he said: ‘I haven’t spoke to him in years, 2008 was the last time I spoke to him, we did 30 shows around Europe.’
Original guitarist Steve Jones (pictured in London in March) broke the news on social media Tuesday that he had broken his wrist and the band would need to postpone the concerts
The band will be without notorious frontman John Lydon, aka, Johnny Rotten, (pictured far right in January 1978) with Frank Carter taking on the snarling duties
No stranger to the stage, Carter, pictured left with Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones in September 2024, began his musical career as the frontman for British hardcore band Gallows followed by Pure Love and Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes
‘We did a bunch of festivals and all that… we ended up at Hammersmith Odeon (now Hammersmith Apollo), and then we had one more show in the Basque Country, and that was it.’
The musician admitted: ‘I was done after that, no more, it’s too much, too old, too much, not enough done.’
Lydon has had an ongoing feud with the group since their split in 1978, as he has tried to stop its music being used in TV shows.
In 2022, a Danny Boyle-directed six-part series documenting the rise and fall of punk pioneers was released on Disney+, reigniting the feud between John and his former bandmates.
John, who had no involvement in the show’s production, was highly critical about the project and condemned its perceived historical inaccuracies.
But Steve hit back at his remarks and urged him to ‘grow up and move on’ as he said he didn’t understand why John is so upset about the series.
He insisted the show is about him and not John as it is based on his memoir Lonely Boy: Tales From A Sex Pistol.
‘I ain’t got time for all that c**p any more,’ Steve told The Sun at the time.
There is certainly no love lost between the Sex Pistols and their former frontman, Lydon (seen in New York in August 1996)
Lydon has had an ongoing feud with the group since their split in 1978, as he has tried to stop its music being used in TV shows (the band are seen in January 1978)
‘You’ve just got to grow up and move on. The show is about me, it ain’t about John, even though he is obviously a big part of it.’
Steve and Paul were recently locked in a High Court battle with John, who wished to block the use of their songs in the TV series.
After he lost the legal fight, John went on to brand his former bandmates ‘greedy’, ‘nasty’ and ‘evil, later claiming the case financially ‘ruined’ him.
The Sex Pistols were formed in 1975 as one of the first British punk groups, but disbanded in 1978.
They went on to perform several live shows together, with the Filthy Lucre tour in 1996, and shows in 2002, 2003 and 2007 and the last being the Azkena Rock Festival in 2008.
