Sex Pistols album art, Brian Eno's Roxy Music costumes and more to be displayed as part of V&A Punk to Pop exhibiton

Running from 13 March 2027 to 2 January 2028, Punk To Pop will feature around three hundred objects that explore how the 1970s fuelled the 1980s, and how underground scenes and movements — motivated by a DIY punk spirit — created genres that would inspire the future of popular music and entertainment.The exhibition takes place across three acts. Act One: Grey Britain and Glam introduces visitors to the social and political landscape of the 1970s with a collection of posters, photographs, newspapers and archive footage. The declining industrial landscape and political unrest of the time will be juxtaposed against the escapism of glam rock, as represented by moments including Bowie’s Top of The Pops performance in 1972, and pieces such as a gold suit worn by T.Rex's Marc Bolan and a feathered stage costume worn by Roxy Music’s Brian Eno as the act also tracks how glam rock established a global presence. Act Two: Going Underground delves deeper into defining subcultures, exploring punk music as a reaction to urban decay within the UK by placing fashion mogul Vivienne Westwood at the centre, as well as Malcolm McLaren, and pioneering punk bands such as Sex Pistols, The Clash, Buzzcocks...