Sex Pistols Postpone Tour Dates After Steve Jones, 70, Breaks His Wrist

North and South American fans will have to wait a bit longer to see Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols on tour with Frank Carter.

On Tuesday, Sept. 2, the “God Save the Queen” band announced their upcoming shows in North and South America, set to kick off later this month, are postponed after guitarist Jones recently broke his wrist.

“We regret to announce that Steve Jones has broken his wrist. As a result all North and South American performances have been postponed and will be rescheduled when he has fully recovered,” wrote the band in a post shared to Instagram. “Please check local venue websites and our social media for more information. We appreciate your understanding and support.”

Jones, who turned 70 on Sept. 3, also shared a note of his own with fans. “I’ve got some good news and bad news. What do you want first? Okay, the bad news: I’ve broken my wrist, so unfortunately we won’t be doing any shows for a while,” he began.

The guitarist continued, “The good news is the surgeon said I will be back playing guitar in the not-too-distant future. The other good news is I’ll be 70 tomorrow! God bless, and God save the wrist.”

The Sex Pistols’ upcoming tour was set to mark their first North American run since 2003, and they were going to perform the 1977 album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols in its entirety.

Founding vocalist John Lydon, better known as Johnny Rotten, was not set to join the tour. In a February interview with iNews, Lydon, 69, shared his thoughts on Jones, Cook, 69, and Matlock, 69, touring with Carter, 40. “When I first heard that the Sex Pistols were touring this year without me it pissed me off,” he said.

“It annoyed me,” continued the singer. “I just thought, ‘They’re absolutely going to kill all that was good with the Pistols by eliminating the point and the purpose of it all.’ I didn’t write those words lightly.”

“They’re trying to trivialize the whole show to get away with karaoke but in the long term I think you’ll see who has the value and who doesn’t. I’ve never sold my soul to make a dollar. It’s the Catholic in me — that guilt I don’t want to trip,” declared Lydon, who now fronts the band Public Image Ltd.

He added, “Like Nancy Reagan, I’ve always found it easy to just say ‘no.’ If something challenges your heart and your soul and your mind and your sense of purity of what is right and wrong in the world, then just say no. Which, according to the corporate thinking which riddles the music business earns me the title of ‘difficult to work with’ — a title of which I’m very proud.”