White Riot Tour with the Jam, Buzzcocks, Slits and Subway Sect.
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"There was a lot of folky stuff at the Union," recalls broadcaster Liz Kershaw (Textiles 1978). "It was so quaint. People took their own cushions to gigs and sat cross-legged. Then around 1977, the lads with long greasy hair and Led Zeppelin albums under their arms decided to cut it all off and go spikey. I lived in Lupton Flats at the time, and became an amateur hairdresser. I also remember them changing their 30 inch flared jeans for the tightest drainpipes."
For her, going to see the Clash at the Poly in 1977 was a pivotal moment. "I was wearing a leopard skin coat and flip flops. It was wild. A girl with full punk hair, make-up, a basque and suspenders head-butted me and I had a black eye. That black eye became my trophy!"
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The Clash performed at Leeds Polytechnic on Tuesday, May 17, 1977, as part of their White Riot Tour. This tour was significant in the punk rock scene, and the Leeds Polytechnic concert was one of the many stops. The Clash shared the stage with other notable punk bands such as Buzzcocks, The Slits, and Subway Sect[source].
Leeds Polytechnic, now known as Leeds Beckett University, is a public university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The university's origins can be traced back to 1824 with the foundation of the Leeds Mechanics Institute[source]. Leeds Polytechnic was formed in 1970 and was part of the Leeds Local Education Authority until it became an independent Higher Education Corporation on April 1, 1989[source]. In 1992, the institution gained university status and adopted its current name in September 2014[source].
The buildings of the former polytechnic, largely built in the 1960s, were reclad in the early 2010s. Some of the buildings on the site have been sold and repurposed, such as the Brunswick building, which was sold and demolished in 2008 to make way for the Leeds Arena[source]. Another tower block was sold and is now a Premier Inn[source]. More recently, Cloth Hall Court was also sold to their neighbor, The University of Leeds[source]. New high-rise student accommodation has been built around the City Campus[source].
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Despite tabloid fury, the gig at Leeds Polytechnic where the Pistols were supported by The Clash and Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers was given the go-ahead.
At that gig there were a lot of punks there but there was not really any trouble. A lot of people got converted that night. Though there were a lot of sound problems it was an exciting gig. Punk had announced itself.
The first edition of New Pose [Fanzine], in June 1977, carried interviews with The Ramones and Talking Heads, who had played at Leeds Polytechnic a couple of weeks earlier, along with gig review of The Clash and Subway Sect and reviews of new singles by Blondie, Iggy Pop and The Jam.
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This story originally appeared in Leeds magazine.
Music writer and former punk, Lucy O'Brien recalls Leeds in the punk and post-punk years.
May 1977: White Riot Tour arrives at Leeds Polytechnic. Still using our 'cheap' gear... Pete: Starway, Steve: Antoria Les Paul copy, Garth: Burns Bison, me: Sonor Swinger. On the bill: The Clash, The Jam(?), Buzzcocks, Subway Sect and The Slits. pic.twitter.com/abjY4morKN
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