John Lydon inducted the Sex Pistols, but the band refused to attend the ceremony or acknowledge the induction, complaining that they had been asked for large sums of money to attend. In September 2009 it was announced that PiL would reform, including earlier members Bruce Smith and Lu Edmonds, for a number of Christmas shows in the UK. Lydon financed the reunion using money he earned doing a UK TV commercial for Country Life butter. "The money that I earned from that has now gone completely—lock stock and barrel—into reforming PiL," said Lydon. In August 2010, Lydon played with Public Image Ltd
John Lydon "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!" in the UK, appeared in advertisements on UK television promoting a brand of British butter, written two autobiographies "Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs" (1993) and "Anger is an Energy" (2014), and produced some solo musical work, such as the album "Psycho's Path" (1997). In 2005, he released a compilation album, "The Best of British £1 Notes". There has been a recent revival of a 1980s movement to have Lydon knighted for his achievements with the Sex Pistols, even though he has declined efforts to award him an MBE for