SEX PISTOLS Ivanhoe Theatre, Chicago 31/12/77 (On Christmas Day 1977, the Sex Pistols played their last gigs in the UK for 1977, at Ivanhoes in Huddersfield [which included a children's matinee performance!]. By spooky coincidence, their scheduled New Years Eve gig was also at Ivanhoes, but this time in Chicago, Illinois, as the second gig of their US Tour. The first planned gig [at Leona Theatre, Homestead, Pennsylvania] on 29/12/77 was cancelled, as was the second in Chicago on NewYear's Eve. Both the Homestead gig & the Chicago gig got as far as having tickets printed and issued, but the gigs never took place, along with the subsequent gigs in Cleveland & Alexandria, making their first US date on 05/01/78 in Atlanta, Georgia. Now looked back on without the levels of 'Outrage' that were generated wherever they went, the US Tour is remembered as being the ill fated tour that saw the break up of the band. What we have here is an extremely rare COMPLETE ticket for that cancelled show in Chicago on New Year's Eve, that was purchased by the previous owner with the intention of attending the gig & kept lovingly & safely ever since. For thirty five year old paper goods, the ticket is in remarkable condition with just a little light wear & a small strip of sellotape on the back to protect the centre perforations. A piece of rock & New Wave history that is seldom seen & very seldom found in as nice a condition as this - A gem!)