“Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?” – Sex Pistols to release three ‘Live In The USA 1978’ albums for first time

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Sex Pistols are set to release three live albums of their legendary 1978 US tour for the first time.Centring around shows in Georgia, Texas and California, the three albums all come from the legendary punk band’s famous tour of the States in 1978.

These marked their final live shows in nearly two decades, with the members not taking to the stage again until their reformation in 1996.Comprising Johnny Rotten (real name John Lydon), Paul Cook, Steve Jones and Sid Vicious, the British band broke out tracks from their iconic 1977 album ‘Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols’ during the shows, including live renditions of ‘God Save the Queen’, ‘Bodies’ and ‘Anarchy in the UK’.

For the latter, they rebranded the song ‘Anarchy In The USA’.“Now, we came to dance – what did you come for?” Rotten can be heard saying during the Georgia show, before the band ripped into ‘God Save The Queen’.

After the rendition, he also branded the track as “the new British National Anthem.”The three shows captured include Sex Pistols’ set at South East Music in Atlanta on January 5, a stop at the Longhorns Ballroom in Dallas on January 10 and a show at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco on January 14.The latter marked the band’s final show until their 1996 comeback, and saw a rendition of The Stooges’ song ‘No Fun’, before Johnny Rotten ended the set by addressing the crowd and saying: “Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?