By DAVE ITZKOFF – NY Times

It took nearly 40 years, but the Sex Pistols, that snarling, sneering British band that helped launch the punk-rock movement in the 1970s has finally signed a recording contract without causing any embarrassing, tabloid-ready incidents. (Yet.)

Reuters reports that the surviving Sex Pistols have entered into a deal with Universal, which is preparing a 35th-anniversary edition of the group’s lone studio album, “Never Mind the Bollocks,” and is organizing other events to mark the occasion later this year. [Read More]