It’s official: the band your dad warned you about (before joining their tribute band in his garage) is back for even more North American chaos this fall. The Sex Pistols, now fronted by Frank Carter and still somehow functioning without a cease-and-desist from punk itself, have extended their 2025 tour to include more cities, more sweat, and more arguments over who’s “punk enough.”
Tickets are allegedly “on sale,” though finding one is about as easy as finding Sid Vicious’ bass tracks on the album. Just ask that poor kid in Seattle who showed up to the box office wearing a custom SEX PISTOLS denim vest he bought off Etsy, only to be jumped by a gang of real punks when he failed the sacred test: “Name more than one album.”
Spoiler: “Never Mind the Bollocks” is the only studio album, poser.
The tour kicked off September 16 in Dallas, where the ghosts of the band’s 1978 trainwreck tour reportedly tried to sell merch in the parking lot. Now the chaos continues, including a return to Brooklyn’s CBGB Festival — where aging punks will unite in chain-smoked glory and explain for the 17th time how they were there in ’77 (they weren’t).
Expect blood, spit, and at least three ironic TikToks per show. Also, Frank Carter says “the world needs this band right now,” which honestly just confirms we’re living in the final season of humanity.
SEX PISTOLS 2025 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
Sept. 16 – Longhorn Ballroom – Dallas, TX
Sept. 19-21 – Riot Fest – Chicago, IL
Sept. 23 – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC
Sept. 25 – The Stage at Suffolk Downs – Boston, MA
Sept. 26 – Fillmore – Philadelphia, PA
Sept. 27 – CBGB Festival – Brooklyn, NY
Sept. 30 – MTELUS – Montreal, QC
Oct. 1 – HISTORY – Toronto, ON
Oct. 3 – Agora Theatre – Cleveland, OH
Oct. 4 – Fillmore – Detroit, MI
Oct. 7 – Fillmore – Minneapolis, MN
Oct. 10 – Mission Ballroom – Denver, CO
Oct. 13 – Showbox SoDo – Seattle, WA
Oct. 15 – Warfield – San Francisco, CA
Oct. 16 – Hollywood Palladium – Los Angeles, CA
Oct. 17 – The Pearl – Las Vegas, NV
So dust off your safety pins, fake a Cockney accent, and prepare to fight a middle-aged man named “Sk8r Kev” for the last ticket in your city. Punk’s not dead, but your shot at getting in probably is.
