50 Years Ago Today: Queen and the Sex Pistols Play Two Pivotal Shows in England

Written and edited by the WorldPing NewsdeskPublished Updated Original reporting: Rolling Stone

What happened

U.K.writers declared that both concerts represented the dawn of a new era in rock, but only one of them turned out to be truly prophetic…

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  • Reported by Rolling Stone and published Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:00:00 UTC.

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