August 28th Melodymaker reports briefly on the Mont Marsan Punk festival. Notable in that only the Damned are actually close to what is understood as 'Punk' click here to read it

August 29th For just one pound this was your chance to see the whole of the New Wave on one bill! The Screen on the Green cinema in Islington London was the scene of another of McLaren's alternative venues for the growing punk audience to see the Pistols. Supporting them were the Clash playing their first London gig as were the first band of the night Buzzcocks. McLaren's plan was a gig running from midnight with the three bands interspersed with films. The organisation of the gig had been very chaotic with the bands themselves providing a stage and putting up posters. McLaren had had several rows with Bernie Rhodes the Clash manager about who was responsible for what and the Clash were on and off the bill several times.Always a high profile event, this was a chance for the punk scene to gather together including the increasingly outrageous BromleyContingent .Also in the audience were many members of the press and record company A&R men. Nick Mobbs from EMI saw the Sex Pistols for the first time and left that night keen to get them on his label. Despite being on first, Buzzcocks made a big impression. The Pistols set was marred by Johnny Rotten breaking a tooth on a microphone. There is a CD bootleg of this gig in circulation featuring all three bands sets. The quality is meant to be quite good but it is very difficult to find.

Above: Siouxsie and Debbie in the audience

Right: Pete Shelley on stage

August 31st The Sex Pistols play at the 100 Club on Oxford Street in London.

September 1st The Sex Pistols go to Granada TV Studios in Manchester .Tony Wilson has asked them to record a song for So It Goes, his music show. The Pistols and their entourage managed to create chaos at the studios, upsetting Clive James amongst others. Tony Wilson remembers the night: "They'd had quite a few drinks and, although they were supposed to do three and half minutes, they just kept playing for about, and then trashed their gear. The audience was stunned and , when it was over , there was total silence except thaat you could hear the producers footsteps stamping down from the control booth looking for somebody to hit."

September 2nd The Sex Pistols play the Nags Head in High Wycombe. This gig is intended as a warm up for the forthcoming trip to Paris planned for the Pistols. Earlier on in the day, Malcolm McLaren had been to see Chris Parry, A&R man for Polydor Records. He offerred Parry a deal with the band for £20,000 which he thought reasonable. Together they showed the companies executives the film from So It Goes and played them the demos which had been recorder with Dave Goodman in mid July. At the time Polydor still could not see the Sex Pistols appeal and declined the deal. This attitude to punk remained with Polydor long after many of the main names had been snapped up. They finally chose the Jam to fly the New Wave flag for them.

September 3rd The Sex Pistols are booked to play two dates in Paris. This is there first time abroad and high spirits prevail right from their arrival at Heathrow airport to catch the 10.00 flight. Malcolm McLaren arrived at 9.45 and the sound crew were late. The band missed this flight and had to wait for the next one.
The band was booked for two nights at the opening night of the Club du Châlet du Lac at Bois de Vincennes in the eastern fringes of Paris. Once again the Pistols and the Bromley contingent created chaos were ever they went. Siouxsie Sioux particularly enraged Parisians by wearing her peek-a-boo bra and a swastika armband despite the fact it remains illegal to display Nazi related items in France. At the gig itself, the atmosphere was very bad with Pistols fans being threatened with knives. Siouxsie and several others had to hide in the dressing rooms after being punched by someone who had tried to grab her breasts. The band played a good gig and the place is packed. As an opening night gesture entry is free allowing in a large audience but also lots of troublemakers.

September 4th The Sex Pistols play their second gig at the Club du Châlet du Lac. As entry is not free tonight the place is virtually empty. The So it Goes programme is shown on television featuring the Pistols film made a couple of days before.

September 5th The Sex Pistols return home to London and play a slightly lower key gig at the Screen on the Green