New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. We’re ready for “Anarchy In The U.K. USA.” After a brief international run — which includes concerts in Austria, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria and, of course, The U.K. — The Sex Pistols are … Read more
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Featured pricing is subject to change. Up the punx. On Saturday, Sept. 27, hardcore and punk fans of all ages gathered in Brooklyn for the 2025 CBGB Music … Read more
Times Square’s hidden music mecca is still hitting all the right notes. Long before soulless glass towers and blinding LED billboards reshaped one of NYC’s most notorious neighborhoods, some of pop culture’s biggest names strutted, sang and even slept in the halls of The Music Building — one in scores of recording studios around the Crossroads … Read more
Not everyone wants to live the rock star life. Terry Chimes, best known for being The Clash’s former drummer, revealed why he left the British punk group and music industry behind forty years ago. Chimes, who was a founding member of the band, addressed his decision to throw away life on the road to open … Read more
His new documentary, which premiered at NYC’s Tribeca Festival on Tuesday night, is called “Billy Idol Should Be Dead.” And the snarling punk rock legend indeed suffered a near-fatal heroin overdose in 1984 after becoming an early MTV sensation with hits such as “Dancing With Myself,” “White Wedding” and “Rebel Yell.” “There was a moment … Read more
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Featured pricing is subject to change. On Oct. 15, 2006, New York City’s legendary punk and new wave venue CBGB closed. In the nearly 20 years since, nothing … Read more
The Stones need to roll off into the sunset. So says the Sex Pistols’ John Lydon, formerly known as Johnny Rotten, who is calling for the “Start Me Up” band to hang it up “By all means, The Rolling Stones should retire,” Lydon, 69, said on “Good Morning Britain” Wednesday. The he quipped: “I’ve offended … Read more
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Featured pricing is subject to change. Even if you blink, you won’t miss this. Blink-182 just announced they’re going to play venues all over North America on their … Read more
No feelings, just gas. Sex Pistols rock star Steve Jones says he once farted in front of the late Lisa Marie Presley just to get a rise out of Elvis’ daughter. “I like to fart in front of people,” Jones, 69, told The Guardian in a new interview. “You can tell if someone’s cool or … Read more
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Featured pricing is subject to change. It’s finally time to “Never Mind The Bollocks” again. After a 22-year hiatus from touring in North America, The Sex Pistols announced … Read more
CM Punk dropped a pipe bomb on the Bears. The WWE superstar and Chicago native ripped his hometown team’s ownership during the Netflix pregame broadcast of the Chiefs’ 29-10 win over the Steelers on Christmas Day. The show’s hosts — Laura Rutledge and twins Devin and Jason McCourty — only laughed while Punk, real name … Read more
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Featured pricing is subject to change. It’s 2005 all over again…again. The annual When We Were Young Festival just announced the lineup for the 2025 edition of their … Read more
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Featured pricing is subject to change. There’s nothing more punk than reviving a music festival after a six-year hiatus. And it just so happens that that’s exactly what … Read more
The Ramones’ weird legend is growing 50 years after it accidentally sparked a punk-rock revolution – even though all of the New York City band’s founding members are long dead. The odd-looking foursome made the unusual pop-culture journey from misfit outsiders with little commercial success to one of a handful of bands with a case … Read more
The once-gritty Lower East Side has grown trendy in the 50 years since the punk movement was born – but don’t tell residents the neighborhood has lost its rebellious edge. Some locals are tired of hearing about how rents have soared and about how the iconic CBGB’s – where bands like Talking Heads and Blondie … Read more
True to the raw, anarchic spirit of punk-rock, the Ramones played as dirty as those notoriously filthy CBGB bathrooms when they got a spontaneous offer from their first manager at the holy underground in New York’s East Village in 1975. “They wanted to be in my column in the SoHo Weekly News. And I kept … Read more
It was a tale of two classics, a tale of two eras, for Green Day at Citi Field on Monday night. Like a dog days double-header — in which the Mets home field was transformed into a melting mosh pit by the heat and humidity — this night was set in two acts as the … Read more
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. NOFX is calling it quits. They’re not exactly going out quietly into that good night, though. From late June up until early October, the punk legends will wrap … Read more
In the late 1980s, Blondie stars Debbie Harry and Chris Stein were dining at a fancy Times Square restaurant with Iggy Pop when Jean-Michel Basquiat walked in with a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken. Basquiat pulled out some weed and began rolling a joint when Iggy, of all people, asked him to stop. As Stein … Read more
Steve Albini, the famed record producer and musician who worked with storied rock groups such as Nirvana, Pixies, The Jesus Lizard and others, has died at 61 of a heart attack, according to reports. Staffers from his recording studio, Electric Audio, confirmed the rocker’s death to Pitchfork. Steve Albini was 61 years old. Redferns Albini … Read more