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Bow Wow Wow: Islington Academy, London

Ian Gittins, The Guardian, 1 May 2012

THE SEX PISTOLS were not Malcolm McLaren's only situationist prank. After the demise of the Pistols, McLaren managed an early incarnation of Adam & the Ants; he then got rid of Adam Ant and formed Bow Wow Wow by teaming the backing band with 14-year-old Annabella Lwin, whom he famously overheard singing in a London launderette.

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