Linköping, Sweden July 29 1977
Prior to the gig Steve, Paul and Sid hung out with two fans (Bengt Liljegren and Aris Fioretos, both now writers) in the centre of the town. The local Raggare had promised to beat the punks up - there was a big motor show outside town and a fight between the two groups seemed unavoidable - but nothing happened.

This gig, the last one on their Scandinavian tour, was originally scheduled three weeks earlier - July 8, 24.00 to be exact - but was moved to this date after the attack on John in London.

The band did the gig in Linköping at the club Orfi (a.ka. Seagull), where the audience were mostly curious disco people with only a handful of punk rockers attending. The club capacity was around 300 but twice as many was let inside. The band went on stage around midnight. The gig was not recorded, photos from the night are very rare and many of the Sex Pistols gig lists doesn't include the date.

The band flew back to England on Saturday the 30th.
Info supplied by Bengt Liljegren (see Melody Maker July 23 1977) and Kjell Holm.
JOHN LINKOPING
John live at Orfi, Linköping July 29 1977. Photo taken by Kjell Holm, Linköping.
View more of his photos from this gig on the next page. See also Photos from Linkoping page 2 and Photos from Linkoping page 3 for more exclusive and previously unpublished Sex Pistols pics taken by Lotta Lundberg.
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