«I feel very sorry for a man who needs to lie about what was a perfect evening. After the show John Rotten and management remained behind to sign autographs, which we did for four solid hours without incident and had a great time talking to other Spanish bands. This seems to have sparked jealousy in certain bands.The trouble was brought to us, resulting in those causing the trouble being physically removed by festival security.» skriver Rotten i en pressemelding.

Han avfeier anklagene om rasisme i den samme meldingen hvor han skriver: «We are in the middle of a wonderful tour, after 30 years we are achieving a true unity in our audience. They are multi-varied, all ages, all races, creeds and colours»

Rotten stempler videre Bloc Party-sangeren som Misunnelig og PR-kåt:

«When you are at a festival with bands who are jealous fools, lies and confusion usually follow. If they need publicity so badly this is the allegation universe they run into. Samtidig mener Rotten Okereke bør »grow up and learn to be a true man. When you have achieved as much as I have, come back and talk to me. It’s a shame that the wonderful world of the media is riddled with nonsense like this.»

Okereke skal ha tatt kontakt med politiet både i Spania og i England, selvom dette ikke bekreftes av Rotten.

Den 30.august kan du forøvrig se  om Rotten og restene av Sex Pistols klasker ned noen vokalister på  Døgnvillfestivalen.