the song was played by the sex pistols at the crystal palace silver jubilee show in 2002 when they played all of their catalogue in one night. when the sex pistols reformed for a reunion tour of the u.s. in 2003, after the start of the iraq war, they performed an adapted version of the song, called "baghdad was a blast", as an attack on president george w. bush's policies in the region. at the first of the band's brixton academy shows in november 2007, the song was performed in a further adapted version, this time as "brixton was a blast".