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The Sex Pistols are the heart and fist of the British punk movement; with their music, they paved the way for generations, forever changing the conventions of the style and society itself. The birth of the punk movement is dated to 1976, and Sex Pistols feat. Frank Carter are celebrating this with their 50 Years of Punk concert series, which will also bring them to Budapest Park on July 20. What’s more, they will be joined by The Damned, considered another “old giant” of the era.

    Although they released only one studio album, Never Mind the Bollocks turned everything upside down: the Sex Pistols channeled the frustration and anger of generations into their songs, holding up a distorted mirror to the monarchy with punk anthems like God Save the Queen and Anarchy in the UK. The band’s career lasted just two and a half years, not without scandals and conflicts, but their music brought something brutally honest and refreshingly powerful. Without them, many bands we consider groundbreaking today simply wouldn’t exist.

    In 1978, Johnny Rotten announced the band’s breakup after leaving the group, and in 1979 Sid Vicious also died of a heroin overdose. In 1996, the founding members—Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Paul Cook, and Glen Matlock—reunited for a tour, and after 2002 they gave additional concerts, even performing at the Sziget Festival in 2008. Then followed many years of silence, what they finally broke in 2024 when they returned to the stage with Frank Carter on vocals. The renewed lineup tours under the name Sex Pistols feat. Frank Carter, and next year they will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the punk movement: first with a series of shows in the UK, then heading out on tour so that as many people as possible can join the loud celebration. And after nearly 20 years, we can once again scream the band’s legendary lines together in Budapest on July 20 at Budapest Park. Sex Pistols feat. Frank Carter will be preceded by their contemporaries, The Damned, who have performed in Hungary only once before.

    Tickets will be first available to registered Live Nation members on December 11 from 11 am., while general ticket sales begin on December 12 at 11 am. on the websites.