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John Lydon still gets "nervous" before performing on stage.
The Sex Pistols and Public Image LTD legend has stormed live shows with both bands with his anti-establishment anarchy anthems, but the outspoken rocker has learnt no matter how hard you try nerves never go away.
But Lydon - also known as Johnny Rotten - insists having nerves is no bad thing because it drives his "adrenaline" up.
He said: "I still get nervous. When I first started I thought it was just me. I'd watch other bands and think, 'What confidence these singers have got!'
"Gradually you learn it's normal. What you don't learn is how to deal with it. I read books by actors on stage fright. I learned that nerves are an important gift. That's what you need to get your adrenaline."
The 59-year-old singer also insists he can't go on stage with a full stomach and spends the whole day ahead of playing a gig worrying he will let people down.
He told ShortList magazine: "I can't eat before I go on.
"The whole day is one of nerves. Fear of letting people down.
Once on: bingo! It's like the curtains open in the mind. It's a complete relief, and you become yourself. It's a strange process, but there it is."

Sly and the Family Stone co-founder Cynthia Robinson has died aged 69.
The trumpet player-and-vocalist for the pivotal funk and soul group passed away on Monday (23.11.15) from cancer, according to the band's publicist who confirmed the news on Tuesday (24.11.15).
In a statement released on her passing fans were asked to donate money to the Cynthia Robinson Cancer Care Fund set up in her memory.
A statement on the band's Facebook page read: "Friends, Family and Fans throughout the world, Cynthia Robinson, Trumpeter and Co- Founder of Sly and The Family Stone has passed.
"Our condolences go out to the Robinson Family and her bandmates and all family & friends. You are in our thoughts and prayers and we are here for you. Please continue to support the Cynthia Robinson Cancer Care Fund due to the rising medical costs ( anything helps). This site will stay up in her memory. God bless you Cynthia! (sic)"
The 'Dance To The Music' hitmaker was among the first black and female trumpet players to be in a major American band in the 60s and the first to be enlisted into Hollywood's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The gifted brass star was also the original band member of Family Stone who worked with lead singer Sly Stone after the band fell broke up in 1975.
Cynthia and her bandmates - Sylvester 'Sly Stone' Stewart, his brother Freddie and sister Rose, Robinson, Larry Graham, Greg Errico and Jerry Martini - dominated pop music in the 60s and 70s and had a string of number one hits including the classic 'Dance To The Music'.
Saxophonist Jerry Martini has paid tribute to his late bandmate calling her an strong leading musician.
He told Billboard: "She covered a lot of ground. She was the first female trumpet player and the first African-American trumpet player in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She wasn't in the back. She was out front telling you to get up and dance to the music, and she could blow with the best of 'em, always."

Adele claims her stage fright is "getting worse".
The 'Hello' hitmaker admits she is still battling with her nerves when she gets up on stage to perform and says it can lead to her being "fidgety" and moaning.
She explained to NPR: "I get so nervous with live performances that I'm too frightened to try anything new. It's actually getting worse. Or it's just not getting better, so I feel like it's getting worse, because it should've gotten better by now.
"(When I'm nervous I'm) fidgety, I moan, I complain, I try and escape, I try to get out, belch ..."
And the 27-year-old singer had reason to be nervous as she revealed her partner Simon Konecki had recently stayed to watch one of her show's the whole way through for the first time ever.
She added to the TODAY Show: "The first time he saw me was at the Grammys [in 2012], which was the first time I'd opened my mouth to sing after my surgery [in 2011].
"It was his first whole show that he's seen and he loved it, it was such a great moment. He approved. Even if it was rubbish I think he'd approve!"

Paul Weller wants to "prolong" his music career.
The 57-year-old rocker admits he's never had so much "freedom" over his work before and while he's able to make music he's never going to be ready to retire.
Asked how long he can keep up being a musician, he said: "I think about that all the time: when would be a good time to retire? But I love it so much, I don't know what else I'd do. I'm not really after anything more than finding a way to prolong this, to keep playing and making music.
"I'm in control of this, and I like that. As it is, I can continue to express myself with something I love doing. I get freedom now, which isn't something I ever really had before.
"The label asks me to do press and TV, that's fine, but they don't tell me what to write or release. If you are successful, you get left alone."
However, Weller - who recently visited the West Coast of America - says the touring aspect of his career is harder now he's older and if he was given the chance to tour for a long-period he doesn't know if he's got "the stamina" anymore.
He told the US edition of Uncut magazine: "If I had to do a two-or-three month tour of the States - that's hard work, especially at my age. I don't know if I have the stamina."

Jack Garratt and Anne-Marie lead the shortlist for MTV's Brand New 2016 prize.
MTV has announced the top 10 acts, as voted by fans, who have have battled for the chance to claim the accolade which was given to London-based hip-hop-duo Krept & Konan last year.
The hot UK talent selected include soul singer Jack, Rudimental collaborator Anne-Marie and 'Easy Love' hitmaker Sigala will go head-to-head in a public vote from December 1 and the winner will be crowned in February 2016.
On hearing the news Jack Garratt said: "Thank you MTV for putting me in the Brand New for 2016 list. It's such a great honour! I watched MTV religiously as a kid, so the 14 year old in me is very excited right now."
And Anne-Marie - who provided vocals for Rudimental's 'Rumour Mill' - was "shocked" when she found out and joked that she'd bribed them with her karate skills.
She said: "It feels amazing to be on the MTV Brand New list. I was shocked when I got told, a good shocked. I'm proper happy about it. I think I got nominated in the MTV Brand New Top 10 because I'm 3x world time karate champion and I'd probably just beat everyone up if they didn't put me in it. They were all scared!"
Last year's winners Krept & Konan have since signed a record deal with Virgin EMI, reached No.2 on the album chart with 'The Long Way Home' which was made with Ed Sheeran, Emeli Sande and Jeremih.
The MTV Brand New list has showcased some of the biggest breakthrough acts over the last couple of years including James Bay, Years and Years, The Vamps, George Ezra, Sam Smith and Ella Eyre.

MTV's Brand New 2016 shortlist:
Anne-Marie
Blossoms
Bonkaz
Jack Garratt
Nimmo
Ratboy
Rationale
Sigala
SG Lewis
WSTRN

Jimmy Page performed Led Zeppelin's hit 'Rock And Roll' for the first time in eight years last week.
The 71-year-old rock god performed the song at Seattle's Experience Music Project Museum with original Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan and Nirvana's Krist Novoselic among others.
The last time the 1971 track was performed by the full band - Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham - was in 2007 when Led Zeppelin reunited for a one-off charity concert at The O2 arena in London.
The performance last week, which saw Paul Rodgers, Page's former bandmate from The Firm, on vocals, Alice in Chains singer William Duvall and John Hogg perform and eight guitarists, including Soundgarden's Kim Thayil and Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen, comes soon after Page announced his plans to release a new solo record and get back on the road on his own next year.
He previously told BANG Showbiz: "Next year I'm just going to be working on the guitar, it's time for me to go out there and do a solo album - my last solo album was 1988. I haven't really milked the situation; it's time to do another one.
"I'm known for playing many styles of guitar, and I need to re-visit all the different styles I can play.
"I want to be playing live again, but that won't be until next year, I've planned all this a while ago. I want to start in the UK, I've got ideas but I want to wait to see what happens. I'd like to do Glastonbury I could do a sort of karaoke night with Led Zeppelin songs."

Damon Albarn claims his fallout with Adele "wasn't true".
The Blur frontman previously revealed he had worked on Adele's new album '25' but none of his contributions made the cut, leading him to label the LP "very middle of the road" prompting Adele to publicly state she wished she had never agreed to work with him.
But Damon insists the entire episode was fabricated and he has no issue with the 'Hello' hitmaker.
Discussing their apparent feud, he told Time Out London magazine: "It's not even true. It's amazing how people will run with stuff that has no credence whatsoever and turn it into something and then watch the reaction."
Revealing their studio sessions Damon, 47, previously said: "Adele asked me to work with her and I took the time out for her. And I'm not a producer, so ... I don't know what is happening really. Will she use any of the stuff? I don't think so. Let's wait and see. The thing is, she's very insecure. And she doesn't need to be, she's still so young."
Adele, 27, responded to his comments in a recent Rolling Stone interview, saying: "It ended up being one of those 'don't meet your idol' moments. And the saddest thing was that I was such a big Blur fan growing up. But it was sad, and I regret hanging out with him."
Explaining why his material didn't make the final tracklisting of '25', Adele - who has a son Angelo with her partner Simon Konecki - explained: "None of it suited my record. He said I was insecure, when I'm the least insecure person I know.
"I was asking his opinion about my fears, about coming back with a child involved - because he has a child - and then he calls me insecure!"

Rihanna is reportedly making last minute changes to her new album 'Anti' which is expected to be streamed via Tidal on Friday (27.11.15).
The R&B superstar is believed to have spent last weekend in an LA studio where she has been working with long-term producer The Invisible Men to make sure an "uplifting track" on the album, which is also executive-produced by Kanye West, is perfected before it's made available and ahead of December 4 when 'Anti' will be released on all over platforms.
A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "Rihanna is a complete perfectionist and she wants to make sure this album is worth the wait for all of her fans. This will be her first album in three years, so she wants to make sure it hits the right note."
Elsewhere, Rihanna's ex-boyfriend Chris Brown has pushed back the release date of his record 'Royalty' reportedly after hearing his ex is streaming 'Anti' on the same day.
Chris told New York's HOT 97 FM: "Black Friday the pre-order will be there so everybody can get the album early and get little snippets and stuff like that. But the real date is December 18."

Joe Jonas claims a Jonas Brothers reunion "could easily happen".
The 26-year-old singer hasn't ruled out reforming with his brothers Nick and Kevin - who disbanded in 2013 - and insists the trio could easily record a new LP together in the future because they still "get along" well and there was no animosity when they split.
Asked if a Jonas Brothers reunion is on the cards, he said: "Seeing where things will lead us. It's easy to say we're done and that we're never doing it again, but then we both look at each other and go, 'We obviously get along.' And who knows - years from now we could be like, 'All right, let's make a record.' It could easily happen."
Joe - who has been busy promoting his new dance/pop outfit DNCE - also teased that he's been working with his younger sibling Nick, 23, on a few ideas to collaborate with other artists.
He told PrideSource.com: "Nick and I have a few ideas to work with other artists who we really like. There are a couple of artists out there that we think are really incredible that we'd like to work together with.
"And then, there's always down the road. We don't really ever want to say never to anything just because there could be something that comes along our way that we might say, 'You know, let's try working on this song together.' It's tough to say that we'll never do it because who knows."