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(17 May 2002) original story = R9339 UK: JOHN LYDON PRESS CONFERENCE - LYDON (JONNY ROTTEN) STATES TONY BLAIR "HAS FUCKED IT UP ROYALLY." LYDON PULLS OUT HIS EARS TO IMITATE TONY BLAIR. CHALLENGES THE PRESS TO CHALLENGE HIM. HAS A GO AT BILLY BRAGG, CALLS HIM AS "ASSHOLE. A PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIST, THE MIDDLE CLASSES COCO THE CLOWN." REPLIES TO JOURNALIST "YOU CHEEKY FUCKING IDIOT. I'VE BEEN AROUND FOR 20 YEARS AND INVENTED MOST OF THE STUFF YOU LISTEN TO NOW." LYDON LEAVES STAGE. BACKSTAGE: LYDON'S MINDER 'RAMBO' HAS AN ALTERCATION WITH A JOURNALIST AND PUSHES HIM AWAY. LYDON SHOUTS AT JOURNALIST. LYDON HOLDS UP CAN OF BEER AND ANNOUNCES THE PRODUCT HE'S DRINKING. SCREAMS AT JOURNALISTS TO "SHUT UP!" ANOTHER JOURNALIST ASKS A QUESTION. LYDON REPLIES "YOU SOUND LIKE YOU WRITE FOR HELLO MAGAZINE. I CAN'T TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY." LYDON REFUSES TO DO A NEWS STATION IDENT TO CAMERA. R9339 R9339 n/a APTN Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/21b0a9e3a8d5913c829bfeed902d8a1a
John Joseph Lydon ( LY-dən; born 31 January 1956), also known by his former stage name Johnny Rotten, is an English-born singer, songwriter, author, and television personality. He was the lead vocalist of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols, which was active from 1975 to 1978, and again for various revivals during the 1990s and 2000s. He is also the lead vocalist of post-punk band Public Image Ltd (PiL), which he founded and fronted from 1978 until 1993, and again since 2009. Lydon's outspoken pe...
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