Sex Pistols return all guns blazing

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LONDON (AFP) — Punk pioneers the Sex Pistols blasted back into London on Thursday to kick off a comeback mini-tour marking the 30th anniversary of their iconic first album.

Frontman John Lydon, also known as Johnny Rotten, said the band agreed to do five nights at the Brixton Academy, a show in Manchester and one in Glasgow by popular demand, despite having initially announced only a one-off gig.

The snarling singer, 51, vowed to "kick some bottom" with their return to the stage.

"We thought maybe 5,000 will want to see us, but it's turned into a bigger monster than any of us had any concept of," he told The Daily Telegraph newspaper.

"It'll be awfully tiring on the old tonsils. That's a lot of screaming to get out of the way. And we're not what...