The Sex Pistols and Frank Carter have announced their 2025 North American tour set to kick off later this autumn.
The 13-night run will commence on September 16 at the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas, Texas. From there, the legendary punk band with Carter as the new frontman will make stops in major cities such as Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Montreal, Toronto, Denver, San Francisco and more. The tour will wrap up on October 16 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.
The Sex Pistols and Frank Carter’s North American run of live dates will mark this incarnation of the legendary punk band’s first-ever stateside shows. A ticket pre-sale will be available on Wednesday (April 2) at 10am local time for those who use the code DANCE. General ticket sales will commence on Friday (April 4) at 10am local time. Check out a full list of tour dates below and visit here to purchase tickets.
Sex Pistols & Frank Carter 2025 North American tour dates are:
SEPTEMBER
16 – Dallas, TX, Longhorn Ballroom
23 – Washington, DC, 9:30 Club
26 – Philadelphia, PA, Fillmore
27 – Brooklyn, NY, TBD
30 – Montreal, QC, Mtelus
OCTOBER
1 – Toronto, ON, History
3 – Cleveland, OH, Agora Theatre
4 – Detroit, MI, Fillmore
7 – Minneapolis, MN, Fillmore
10 – Denver, CO, Mission Ballroom
13 – Seattle, WA, Showbox SoDo
15 – San Francisco, CA, Warfield
16 – Los Angeles, CA, Hollywood Palladium
In celebration of the newly announced North American tour, the Sex Pistols have released a limited edition vinyl pressing of their 1978 performance at the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas – the same venue they are set to play later this year – under the title Live in the U.S.A. You can buy it here.
The last time the Sex Pistols toured North America was back in 2003. At the time, the band were fronted by their original singer Johnny Rotten (John Lydon). Back in January, Lydon gave his opinion on Frank Carter stepping up as the band’s new frontman.
The Public Image Ltd founder made the comments to NME during an interview as part of Does Rock N Roll Kill Braincells?! and said: “The poor sausage! Does he know what he’s walked into? Good on him, what a great fucking opportunity, but there’s something darker going on behind it.
“It’s almost malicious in its intent. And it’s karaoke – that’s all it will ever be. Bloody hell, The Three Stooges in that band have had how many years to write some new songs? That’s what I’d like to hear.”
Carter recently joined the Sex Pistols in June of 2024. While at Download that year, Carter spoke to NME and opened up about why he wanted to be a part of the band and performing with them on tour.
“I didn’t really think anything of it [at first], so I was like, ‘Yeah, let’s see. We’ll give it a burn, do some Sham 69, maybe some Faces songs…’ and he was like ‘No, we’re doing ‘Never Mind The Bollocks’. I thought: ‘Oh fuck!’,” he explained.
“I promise you one thing, there will be nothing left of me after [these shows]. I’m going to leave every single ounce of me on that stage because that’s what the record deserves. I’m nervous because they’re big, big shoes to fill, but I’m just going to do my best and try and make them all proud.”
Later on, Glen Matlock recalled what made Carter the right choice to be the new frontman and recalled whether fans can expect any new music from Sex Pistols. “He’s younger, for a start. He’s got a lot more energy than people of our age. He’s in the crowd; he’s a class act,” he said.
“But is the world ready for a new Sex Pistols record? I dunno. I like what John [Lydon] said with this in ’96 [during the band’s Filthy Lucre reformation tour]. This journalist asked: ‘Are you gonna make a new record?’ John said: ‘Why? What’s wrong with the old one?’”
Earlier this year, guitarist Steve Jones also spoke to NME about the band’s show at the Royal Albert Hall for Teenage Cancer Trust, and said how he was surprised by the little backlash they received by enlisting a new singer.
“You think you’re gonna get a negative thing by doing [it without Lydon], but I’m surprised. There was no backlash whatsoever,” he explained. “There was a few die-hards on Instagram, but they hadn’t even seen us. They just can’t see it without John, which I get, but even the ones that came out of curiosity were into it after a couple of songs.”
In other news, Frank Carter and the Sex Pistols recently played an explosive set at London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall for Teenage Cancer Trust.