So filthy it wasn’t.

Anarchy In The UK Gig Poster

More legendary for what it wasn’t than what it was, this 1976 Anarchy In The UK tour poster is on auction at lelands.com

There are a lot of things that make this punk artifact interesting. The bill alone is cause for a punk rock boner. Imagine The Sex Pistols, The Dammed, Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers and The Clash at the same gig. But this was no super band tour. UK punk was just getting started, or erupting is more like it. This tour was the first chance many a disgruntled youth outside of London were given the opportunity to see The Sex Pistols. At the time most of them had never even heard of The Dammed or The Clash. The tour was historic not so much because of who was on the bill, but because punk was changing the game. Topping the charts in 1976 was Elton John and Kiki Dee’s smash ‘Don’t go breaking my heart’. No disrespect to Elton, but this #1 is no Mona Lisa and Mad Hatters.

Most noteworthy about this gig poster is that the show never happened. Like most of the shows on the tour, the Glasgow gig was cancelled by filth fearing city concealers, who were reacting to an overzealous British media and a foul-mouth television appearance by the Pistols on the eve the tour.

This 1976 original Anarchy In The UK Tour poster is currently is on auction today with loads of other rock ‘n’ roll memorabilia including some much hyped Beatles swag at lelands.com

Update: The winning bid for the Anarchy tour poster was $1,296.89.