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Sex Pistols finally return to the Longhorn, where one wild night never really ended

Summary by The Dallas Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Preston Barta, as published by Dallas Observer · September 11, 2026 · 1 min read

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Nearly 50 years after their infamous 1978 Dallas stop, the band and Longhorn Ballroom artistic director Jeffrey Liles reflect on the chaos, the mythology and the unlikely return.

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Summary created by	The Dallas Editorial Desk — automated, rule-governed
Byline on source page	Preston Barta, as published by Dallas Observer
Original story	Read at the source
Source published	Sep 11, 2026
Indexed here	Sep 14, 2026
AI assistance	Automated summary drawn from the source’s own published text
Prepublication human review	No — editorial rules, flagged-item review, and published samples

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