News about Glen Matlock

The band's guitarist Steve Jones, 68, announced on Instagram last Monday that he would be reuniting with drummer Paul Cook and bassist Glen Matlock for two charity gigs in London in August. The reunion gigs were sold out in minutes, with some fans claiming they were already gone by the time the general sale started at 9am on June 5. But it's former frontman John, known as Johnny Rotten, who is said to most upset about the dates - after being replaced by singer Frank Carter for the gigs. A source told The Sun that John, 68, 'thinks he IS the Pistols' and has told friends that the upcoming shows will be 'b***cks'.

The Sex Pistols are still suffering from violence and strife, almost 45 years since they broke up acrimoniously. After seeing Danny Boyle's version of events in the TV series Pistol last year, bassist Glen Matlock says he was utterly furious with him, and he says he wanted to punish him after seeing the movie. Matlock, 66, had collaborated with Boyle and his staff on Pistol on the understanding that they't told the true tale.'

The singer, 66, has stated that he is 'distancing' himself from any band activity that seeks to promote their 1977 catalog, claiming that doing so would be 'disrespectful' to the Royal Family. John, better known by his stage name Johnny Rotten, wrote the lyrics to God Save the King, and the anti-royalist song was released just days before the Queen's Silver Jubilee.