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Buzzcocks travel in a van to London’s Notre Dame Hall at the invitation of Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren. He offers them a photo session with Bravo magazine, who are in London to cover punk rock. Although the Sex Pistols mime for their session, Buzzcocks actually set up their equipment and play several numbers live. One of the photographs will later appear in an NME feature on 5 February 1977.

John Maher recalls, ‘After the shoot, we set off back to Manchester around 9 p.m. Not long after, we were stopped by the police on Kilburn High Road for faulty rear lights. We pulled into a side street. After some investigation it was decided we’d wait until daylight before setting off again.

‘Most of us headed for one of Kilburn High Road’s takeaways. Pete went in search of cigarettes. A few minutes later he was back, asking me to accompany him to a pub down the road. The cigarette machine was mounted so high on the wall, he couldn’t reach to put his money in.’