The Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter have announced a series of 50th anniversary shows for 2026.
The iconic punk band – which has been fronted by the former Gallows vocalist since 2024 – will celebrate five decades since their legendary Lesser Free Trade Hall gigs at the Manchester venue on June 4 and July 20 in 1976.
The group have announced a series of four huge shows next summer to mark the occasion, with The Undertones as the main support.
Carter is joined by longstanding members Glen Matlock, Paul Cook and Steve Jones.
The run will kick off with a headline gig for K Maxx Presents Live at The Piece Hall in Halifax on July 11, before the Pretty Vacant hitmakers play Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl the following day.
Then they’ll move onto TK Maxx Presents Depot Live at Cardiff Castle on August 1, before the tour ends the next night with TK Maxx Presents Scarborough Open Air Theatre.
The Strangers will be part of the lineup for Cardiff and Scarborough, with Panic Shack joining in Halifax and Cardiff, and legendary poet John Cooper Clark opening in Manchester.
Tickets go on sale on November 28.
Meanwhile, the God Save The Queen punks recently revealed they are keen to record new music with Carter.
haven’t worked together in the studio since 1970, although that almost changed when they reunited with former frontman John Lydon in 1996.
As quoted by the Daily Star newspaper’s Wired column, bassist Matlock said: “We talked about it with Steve Jones. We have ideas and Frank is a very good lyricist.
“Everyone has ideas, but we’re very busy at the moment and haven’t had a chance to really work things out.
“And, above all, we have to ask ourselves in the public really wants us to release new music. In the end, who knows?”
Matlock explained how their current frontman has been given the freedom to change the band’s classic lyrics if he doesn’t agree with some of the words.
He said: “He’s from a different generation and he’s the one singing, so it’s a bit as he feels.
“The lyrics aren’t set in stone, they’re not the Bible, and Frank can adapt them a little if there are things that bother him.
“And you have to keep in mind that the climate today is very different from when the lyrics were written.”
