Former Sex Pistol Johnny "Rotten" Lydon has been accused of "an unprovoked racist attack" by Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke. The backstage brawl took place at the Summercase Festival in Barcelona. Lydon has responded by saying, our audience are multi-varied, all ages, all races, creeds and colours," reports MTV UK. When you are at a festival with bands who are jealous fools, lies and confusion usually follow."
Which, to my ears, at least, sounds a lot like "some of my best friends are black."
Here's the interview I did with Okereke last year. Check out the second to last paragraph where he discusses the "burly white male who does this job he hates, and his only bit of fun is starting fights with people."