Download Festival promises “multiple secret sets” for 2025
Previous surprise appearances have come from Parkway Drive, Bullet For My Valentine and Metallica
London's ‘Live Odyssey’ immersive experience to include David Bowie, Oasis, Arctic Monkeys: “A time capsule for British music”
The experience is “a groundbreaking tribute to the sounds that shaped Britain”
Steve Jones says it "wasn't worth" asking John Lydon about joining Sex Pistols reunion
"I don’t think he was interested"
John Lydon on Donald Trump: "I’ll never like him. I’ll vote for him, but that’s about it"
The Sex Pistols and PiL veteran explains his stance on politics in the US and President Trump: "I met him once, a long time before he ran for election, and I thought he was one of the most horrible little runts I’ve ever seen"
John Lydon says Taylor Swift is "incredibly dull" and he "doesn't like Lady Gaga as a human being"
The Sex Pistols and PiL founder told NME that Swift is "going to be another one of those that ends up in Vegas, because that’s the only place left"
Download Festival reveal day splits for 2025 line-up
It’ll be returning to its usual Donington Park site between June 13 and 15
John Lydon: "Daft Punk wanted to work with me a while back, but I didn’t feel the vibe"
In Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!, NME quizzes an artist on their own career to see how much they can remember. This week: Sex Pistols' John Lydon
John Lydon on how he’s channelling grief into a new “raucous” Public Image Ltd album
“Sadness is an energy”
John Lydon calls Sex Pistols and Frank Carter tour "karaoke" and "almost malicious in its intent”
The NME interview also saw Lydon say that he thinks “there’s something darker going on” with the band’s comeback
Public Image Ltd to release "long lost" alternative US mix of 'First Issue' for Record Store Day 2025
It includes different sleeve artwork to the original release