Bloc Party Frontman Brawls With Lydon Entourage

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Rotten Throws Fists, Unleashes Racial Tirade
Published 7/21/2008 at Cinema Blend Celebrity
Rotten Throws Fists, Unleashes Racial Tirade Looks like fifty-two year old former Sex Pistols lead singer Johnny Rotten still has some punch left in his fists and hate in heart. Information on what exactly when down is still a little hazy but a fight broke out between Rotten, real name John Lydon, a few members of his entourage and Bloc Party lead singer Kele Okereke backstage Saturday at the Summercase Festival in Spain. According to Billboard , Okereke described the brouhaha as “an unprovoked racist attack.” The frontman had sought Rotten out to ask him about rumors of a ...

Fisticuffs: Kele Okereke fights with John Lydon’s entourage
Published 7/21/2008 by Gerard McGarry at Unreality Music
... an issue of the physical assault, even though it was an unprovoked attack, it is the fact that race was brought into the matter so readily,” Okereke says in a statement. “Someone as respected and as intelligent as Lydon should know better than to bring race into the equation, or socialize with and encourage those who hold such narrow-minded attitudes. I am disappointed that someone I held with such high regard turns out to be such a bigot.” Lydon responded with: “When you are at a festival with bands who are ...

So, John Lydon: Will There Be a Public Image Ltd. Reunion?
Published 7/21/2008 by Andy Greene at Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
... There’s been a lot of hubub today about Johnny Rotten’s fight with Bloc Party singer Kele Okereke backstage at a Barcelona festival. So much talk has been devoted to accusations of racism and details of the melee that few are focusing on what began the spat: Okereke supposedly walked up to Lydon and asked him about the possibility of a Public Image Ltd. reunion. Accounts differ on what happened after this, but who cares? It’s a perfectly legitimate inquiry. The Sex Pistols put on a fine show these days, but seeing as they only have one album to ...