The Sex Pistols had enjoyed playing away from London, because they were the only occasions on which they could play away from their manager, Malcolm McLaren, and his group of associates.
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The song was inspired by a trip to the Channel Island of Jersey, "We tried our holiday in the sun in the isle of Jersey and that didn't work. They threw us out." That trip was followed by a couple of weeks spent in Berlin.
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A month later they went to Morecambe, England to play at the Holidays In The Sun festival alongside bands like The Exploited, The Partisans, Charged GBH, U.K. Subs, Resistance 77, Threats and Cock Sparrer.