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Your support makes all the difference.THE FORMER Sex Pistol, Johnny Rotten, otherwise known as John Lydon, is to host his own weekly television show for the music channel VH1. It has been given the working title of Rotten Television and will concentrate on popular culture - or something like that. "I am going to tell it like it is - straight, bare-faced, honest. I intend to burn and destroy many aspects that people hold so dear," he said. His manager, Eric Gardner, says Rotten Television will be the "antichrist of magazine shows." Will it pass pilot stage in the US?
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SINCE THE Phoenix Festival was cancelled last week, it has been announced that Prodigy will join the bill for the Saturday night at Reading festival (29 August), while New Order will appear on the Sunday. Vince Power, the head of Mean Fiddler Organisation, cited poor ticket sales due to wet weather and the World Cup. Previous cancellations included last month's Universe event, the Brixton Heavyweight and Lighthouse Family at Finsbury Park. An industry source said in Melody Maker that apart from V98 and Glastonbury this was probably the worst year he could remember for festival ticket sales.
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DODGY SINGER Nigel Clark is leaving the band to concentrate on solo projects. The band's management say the split is amicable, and the band will continue with drummer Matthew Priest and guitarist Andy Miller.
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