Clash hastily re-arranged gig at Barbarellas
'Britain's Burning' Punk Festival with The Saints, Cherry Vanila
updated 7 July 2008 - added ticket, added Gary K's view
updated 30 Dec 2008 - added Search and Destroy Fanzine Link
updated 20 December 2014 - added NME article + poster
updated 2 April 2020 - tided up added bits
updated May 2021 added Clash top punk event Brum clipping
updated July 2022 Police ban article
updated May 2023 added Sounds front page
updated Dec 2023 added Rag Market review
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Birmingham Rag Market
The band show up to the aborted punk festival announced 3 weeks earlier. he council managed within a couple of days to shut it down. The Clash talked to local fans but the police turned up to make arrests for unlawful gathering and obstruction.
Following the afternoons debacle, the band managed to borrow heavy metal band Warhead's gear and play a 45 minute set in front of 500 punks at Barbarellas. [See ticket below]
There is a small interview reference in Search and Destroy [1977] fanzine titled Clash Landing where the Clash are interviewed by Annette Weatherman and Vermilion Sands.
Record Mirror: First Punk Festival
2 July 1977
Record Mirror: Clash will be there
16 July 1977
NME: Clash top punk event in Brum
July 16th 1977
NME: Police ban hits Clash punkfest
16 July 1977
The Clash top the bill in Britains first indoor Punk Festival ... About 5,000 are expected to attend... any info / reviews appreciated
RECORD MIRROR - First Punk Fest
2 July 1977
NME Thrills
23 July 1977 (poor quality)
SOUNDS: FRONT PAGE
July 16th 1977
SOUNDS: FULL PAGE ADVERT
July 9th 1977 - Link
NME: Advert - Full page Ad placed in the NME July 9th 1977
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Birmingham Rag Market Building
The Birmingham Rag Market was located in the Bull Ring area of Birmingham. The original municipal market hall building dated back to 1835 and had a Classical architectural style. It was a large building - 365 feet long, 180 feet wide, and 60 feet tall[2.
This historic market hall was destroyed in a German bombing raid during World War 2 in 1940. The current Rag Market building was constructed in 2000 when the Bullring shopping center was redeveloped[2[13.
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Birmingham Barbarella's
Birmingham Barbarella's
Barbarellas was a renowned nightclub and music venue located in Birmingham, England. The club was named after the film "Barbarella" and was one of Eddie Fewtrell's clubs. Fewtrell promoted known rock bands at that time, such as AC/DC, Dire Straits, Queen, Sex Pistols and The Clash. Duran Duran's drummer Roger Taylor played at Barbarella's with punk bands in the 1970s.
It opened in 1972 and closed in August 1979, and was demolished in 1986[4]. The club was situated at 41 Cumberland Street, which is now part of the Brindley Place development of offices and banks[1].
The venue was particularly famous in the 1970s as a regular stop on the Punk Rock circuit. Notable bands such as The Clash, Sex Pistols, The Jam, and The Ramones all performed there[1]. It was also a popular venue for emerging Birmingham bands[1].
1. Barbarellas (site of)
4. Barbarella's - Wikipedia
5. The Guardian Article
7. Subtouring - Barbarellas
8. Brutalist Birmingham - Staying Cool
10. Radio To Go - Barbarellas
11. John Desmond Blog - The Selfridges Building Birmingham
16. Birmingham History Forum
I used to go to Barbarellas
"When Punk came in, they opened up a separate room. It became a second home for mohicans, extravagant make-up and piercings. You'd have prog-rock and mainstream on the big stage, and plastic bag dresses and gobbing round the side. "
Birmingham HISTORY Barbarella's (former)
Barbarella's was another legendary venue in the city of Birmingham between 1972 and 1979. Once located in Cumberland Street, this is now an area that has been completely restructured. It was one of Eddie Fewtrell's clubs. Fewtrell promoted bands like AC/DC, Dire Straits, Queen, Sex Pistols, and The Clash. It was a devoted crowd who regularly turn up at Barbarella's to see these bands as well as others such as Judas Priest, The Ramones, or The Killjoys. However, its legendary status came with Punk in the 70s. Duran Duran's drummer Roger Taylor took stage several times with punk bands. Ignore its sound quality but you need to listen to that live recording from the Sex Pistols' gig on 14 August 1976 featuring Flowers of Romance and I Wanna Be Me. Have a look at it here. On 4 July 1978, Dire Straights recorded a live album there titled Birmingham at Barbarella's. Another rare live tape includes The Ramones' Barbarella's, Birmingham, UK, 24 May 1977.
Recent Interview with Gary Kent of Stranglers fansite
30 years ago back in 1977...
"It was 30 years ago back in 1977 when I first took to the stage for my first public performance. In July 1977 I witnessed The Clash at their most passionate and raw. When the Birmingham Rag Market Punk Festival was banned, headliners The Clash arranged to play at Birmingham's Barbarella's.
The gig was an inspiriation for me to get involved as a performer. Barbarella's was a night spot that had recognised the Punk phenomenon and started regular punk nights. The club announced that an all day bank holiday Punk Festival would take place on the 29th August. I knew local band Model Mania well enough to borrow a guitar and arranged to play as they finished. I thought I had better tell the promoter and decided to tell him that I was a local hero and amazingly he believed me and that I could have 10 minutes. The only flaw in my plan was I didn't expect to actually get to play and had no material prepared more soon...
Rag Market review
Trouble down the Kings Road after cancellation
Unknown date / source
Record Mirror Interview with The Clash
23 July 1977
Interview includes Birmingham Rag Market, new songs, pressures on/from fans, hotels and pigeons, CBS, Rainbow 'Riot' gig, Teds and the Jam on "talking Conservative nonense" on the White Riot Tour.
3 pages
"an amazing amount of energy coming from the stage and the crowd"
Hi there great site! I attended the Barbarellas gig on 17th July, 1977 as a young 17 year old punk! I've written a review of that day if you're interested.
I also have a question. I attended Sheffield arts school in the early 80's and definitely remember seeing the band at a gig at the Sheffield City Polytechnic Union Of Students in 1982. I can't find a mention of it anywhere? Any ideas?
Cheers, Paul Lambert
We were a group of five who crammed in a car and drove over from Cambridge for the Britainís Burning Punk festival. When we arrived at the Rag Market which was the intended venue for the event there were a few hundred punks walking around outside. We were duly informed that the festival had been cancelled by the Police only a few hours before. We also mingled with the crowd when suddenly there was a commotion as a limo drove by. Inside were The Clash with the windows wound down. Mick, Topper and Paul were in the back seats and Paul was hanging a ghetto blaster out of the rear window playing loud roots reggae. Joe was in the front with a megaphone letting us know that they were going to try and play later at the Barbarellas club.
We rushed to the venue but there was chaos outside with too many punks trying to squeeze in. After about an hour we got as far as a bar area but the entrance to the venue itself was barred by a doorman who wasnít letting anybody new inside as it was packed. Many people gave up and left at that point but we hung around, suddenly I saw Joe come out with a beer in his hand. I went up to him and told him weíd come from Cambridge and wanted to get in. He said so what? We came all the way up from London and couldnít play! We talked a little more mostly I remember about Jamaican reggae. He said he had to go back in and play so we all just walked past the doorman with him!
Once inside it was extremely hot and sweaty. Suddenly the band crashed onto the stage and went straight into Iím So Bored with the USA. They were using a heavy metal bands gear that had already been set up as they were due to play later. The performance was rough but loud and there was an amazing amount of energy coming from the stage and the crowd. It felt very special because it was a kind of secret gig and everybody who was there were so happy theyíd manage to get in.
I remember on the way out we received a lot of abuse and jeers from the hairy heavy metal locals.
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Richard Tibenham - I was there - a long day and night - culminating in 'Ive been switch off' as I recall - we all went down the pub in Broad Street with the Clash - I think it's still there - Halcyon Daze as Steven Severin says
Fran Isherwood - My sister and I had hitchhiked to Birmingham for this. I remember The Clash coming past the closed up market, in an open top car, telling us all via a megaphone that it'd been banned and we should go to Barbarella"s.
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Do you remember of all these great moments, get ready for a gig, leave the job or the school, one or two billet in the pocket, to take all the necessary transport, bus, train and subway, to go on site, early enough to meet the band, to take the temperature of the places ?
All these big Rock 'n' roll masses which ruined us the hearing for at least 10 days, the lungs and the liver for two days and sometimes, yes sometimes we let return home early, Gig Cancelled !
If there is well a band which so trailed round his public, good in spite of him, this is The Clash, but as we say, no love story without History !
Then this evening, July 17th, in 1977, a magnificent evening was expected at the Rag Market of Birmingham, and there nothing, cancelled gig, once more municipality, insurers of theaters, nobody to welcome the boys and their music, not completely because that the concert was able to be given at the Barbarellas Club.
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