| Tour by Sex Pistols | |
| Associated album | Filthy Lucre Live |
|---|---|
| Start date | 21 June 1996 |
| End date | 7 December 1996 |
| No. of shows | 72 |
Filthy Lucre was a 72-date tour by the Sex Pistols. Announced in March 1996 following speculation and criticism from the band's former manager Malcolm McLaren and a reviewer for The Times, the tour was conducted for financial reasons and named after a 1976 Daily Express headline. The setlist comprised entirely previously existing material and ran from their 21 June 1996 performance at Messila Festival in Finland to their 7 December 1996 performance at Estadio Monumental David Arellano in Chile, with their Finsbury Park appearance filmed and released as Filthy Lucre Live. Dates in Ireland were cancelled on moral grounds and their Roskilde Festival performance was cut short after the band were bottled. The tour itself was criticised by Skin and reviewers for NME, Melody Maker, The Times, The Herald, and the Los Angeles Times but praised by a reviewer from Rolling Stone, while the album was praised by Stephen Thomas Erlewine and a reviewer for The Independent.