READ MORE: John Lydon recalls "thrill" of being a football hooligan They were due to travel to Rio de Janeiro to make a record with "Great Train Robber" Ronnie Biggs. Rotten's resentment of McLaren only intensified after he was told of the band’s plans after the tour finished in San Francisco on 14th January. Tension was high and violence was never far away. Bassist Sid Vicious was struggling with a serious heroin addiction and there was plenty of temptation on the road. The dates involved the band and crew travelling across the United States in a bus in the middle of winter. Richard McCaffrey/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images The Sex Pistols at the final show of their US tour on 14th January 1978. The seven remaining dates were to climax with a show at San Francisco’s legendary Winterland Ballroom, home of the hippy music scene of the 60s.
US authorities didn’t want to give the hell-raising anarchists work permits at first, so initial dates for the tour were cancelled, meaning the tour started on 5th January 1978 at the Great Southeast Music Hall in Atlanta, Georgia.
Sex Pistols At Randy's Rodeo-New York-Sid Hits Guy With Bass.
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