Here is a list of known articles around the time of the tour. If you know of anything that is missing please do let us know.
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Suicide Join Clash Tour
Date / source unknown / Link
Record Mirror? - Clash begin big British Tour
White Man single released, Clash in court
Date / source unknown / Link
Clash 'on Parole'
Sounds / 3 June 1978 / Link
Clash 'on Parole'
THE CLASH have lined up a British tour which starts at the end of this month.
Called `The Clash Out On Parole', it follows the relase of their new single, `White Man In Hammersmith Palais', on June 16.
They start at Aylesbury Friars on June 28 and continue at Leeds Queens Hall 29, Sheffield Top Rank 30, Leicester Granby Hall July 1, Manchester Apollo 2, Glasgow Apollo 3, Aberdeen Music
Hall 5, Chester Deeside Leisure Centre 6, Crawley Sports Centre 8, Bristol Locarno 9, Torquay Town Hall 10, Cardiff Top Rank 11, Birmingham Top Rank 12, Edmonton Picketts Lock Sports Centre 15.
The band are also hoping to play dates in Liverpool and Newcastle but are having difficulty finding a venue as they have been banned in both these areas. They are also trying to arrange a second London date, possibly around the Elephant And Castle area.
Ticketprices will be kept to around the £2.00 mark and 80 per cent of the venues will be unseated, including the London date. Tickets will go on sale next week and full details will be announced then.
Record Mirror? Clash dates
Record Mirror, Clash Tour
3 June 1978
Clash to be City Rockers after all
Date / source unknown
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THE CLASH have now finalised the London dates for their British tour this month, which have been the cause of considerable difficulty.
They will play four nights at London's Music Machine from July 24 to 27. Tickets, price £2.25, went on sale on Tuesday.
Supporting the Clash on all four nights will be American band SUICIDE, who have been on all the current tour dates with the Clash. There will also be a third band, but this will differ on each night to give opportunities to a number of new bands.
The Clash were unable to play their first choice London date - at the Hammersmith Palais - which would have coincided with their latest single, `(White Man In Rammesmith Palais' which is at Number 32 in this week's singles charts.
The band still have to complete their second album, but they are expected to do this as soon as the tour is over and it's likely that the album will be released in the autumn.
UK Tour dates Clash Tour, 14 gigs set
Sounds - Clash off
THE CLASH have been forced to cancel thcir date at Edmonton (East London) Pickct Lock Sports Ccntre on JuIy 15.
Local residents complained about the gig, saying they thought it would attract a "distastefuI audience". The band are currently looking for an alternative venue.
Tickets for the Leeds Queen Hall date June 29 are available from the hall's box office and also by postal application with SAE pIus usual agents in the area.
For Leicester Granby Hall on July 1 tickets are avaiIabIe from the town hall box office, Virgin Records Nottingham, R.E. Cords Derby and Sanctuury Records, Lincoln.
The support act for the tour is to be announced.
The Clash: Banned from the Home Counties
Fax confirms bans for St Albans, Hemel Hempsted and Dunstable
Date / source unknown / Link
The Clash 'White Man in Hammersmith Palais' 7" single full page advert with Out on Parole dates
Date / source unknown widely placed in UK music magazines
Left: Tour poster White Man single & dates - Link
Right: Tour poster White Man single alt, Tour coming - Link
Clash City Collectors | Facebook
'Clash on Parole' tour poster
Letters to the Editor
Pop Punk and Religion (defending The Clash)
Birmingham Daily Post - Monday 21st August 1978
NME Letters page
'Out on Parole Tour'
Link or text version
NME Letters page
– 29 July 1978
Link or text version
Record Mirror, Letter by Pete Shelley tp Jimmy Pursey (Sham 69)
Two members of The Clash were last week arrested in London last week ...
Topper and Paul make up with champion pigeon breeder
Punk Rockers in Court
Clash in Court
Punk rockers shot birds
Guardian - 24 June 1978
Pot shot punks hit trouble (pigeons)
Daily Mirror -
Saturday 24 June
Suicide Chronology
Link or Archived PDF
"Blackburn: "Support on the Clash's "Out On Parole" tour. At Blackburn they were arrested by a police officer, named Mr. Ray, for possession of hash. The event is later recollected in the song "Mr.Ray"."
Crawley:
"From the back of the hall I saw skinheads climbing up the PA stack like cockroaches ascending a dinner table. A big lad just strode across the stage and whacked Martin Rev [or was it Alan Vega?- Ed.], breaking his nose. Roadies grappled with him, and he fought to free his arm so he could face the crowd and punch the air in triumph, like he'd scored a winning goal. They pulled him to the side of the stage, where [roadie] English stood, legs apart, waving a knife at the baying crowd. It didn't calm anyone down. [..] To their credit, Suicide finished their set despite Rev's broken nose. Backstage, we watched him, covered in blood, leave for the hospital." from "A Riot Of Our Own", a book (on the Clash) by Johnny Green.
Music Machine 24 July [A] word about the support band, Suicide. They once again showed the yawning gap between theory and practice. People constantly scream for the space and platform to be individual, but when an audience encounters something radically new which doesn't fit the fashion requirements, some feel they have to chuck glasses and hurl abuse. Still, Suicide remain proud and partially won through, despite the hail of plastic mugs, the chants of "Clash! Clash! Clash" and a hamfisted sound mixer. Their electronic toasting [..] veers wildly between the truly awful and the overwhelmingly hypnotic." Reviewed by Ian Birch for Melody Maker 25-Jul-78. The Suicide gig was recorded by Recorded by Howard Thompson (of Bronze records) with a Sony Cassette-Corder TC-205
The 24th and 26th were both recorded for the "Live 1977-1978" CD Box (Blast First 2008).
Suicide comments on Glasgow Apollo page including the Glasgow axe incident.
Link or Archived PDF
The audience looked in bewilderment for a few minutes before deciding to start a slow handclap of disapproval. This is usually the sign for a support band to finish off before things get worse. But Suicide were only just on stage. Alan joined in with the handclap acting like the audience were clapping along to the music. This stopped the hand clapping but provoked the audience to shout abuse and hurl objects at the stage. I did not see an axe, but I can quite believe the reports that this happened would be true. I did see cans, bottles and even an attempt to through the first row of (formerly fixed) seating onto the stage.
NME The Clash on Parole
15 July 1978 / Link
Book: On The Road With The Clash
Kris Needs / Link or text version
‘The Myth Of The Clash' (copyright Marcus Gray)
Jun 78 Aylesbury
Nov 78 Coventry
Dec 78 Aylesbury
Dec 78 Lyceum (London)
Jan 80 Aylesbury
Feb 80 Birmingham
Feb 80 Coventry
Oct 81 Lyceum (London)
July 82 Brixton (London)
July 82 Birmingham
Aug 82 Bristol
Feb 84 Leicester
ZIGZAG No#85 Drug Stabbing Time
July 78 / 3 pages / Robin Banks reviews the Rope demos / PDF
Record Mirror: Talking Clash
1 July 1978 / Link
Talking Clash. A band with honesty and commitment, playing for people, or just another bunch of hollow, would be superstars?
Rock On!
Don't gob on Me - It Makes Him ill
Joe tells Rock On! how he caught hepatitus from gobbing
Richard Routledge / Archived PDF
Joe (from a hospital bed when he caught Hepatitus)
Date / source unknown / Link
Is this the all-time Top Pops?
Negative view on debute album 'The Clash'
Belfast Telegraph / Saturday 22 July 1978 / Link
Hebdo, The Clash Out on Parole
July 1978 - Hebdo French Magazine - Page 1 - Page 2
Marion Millot kindly shared this Rock Hebdo French Magazine article from July 1978. It appears to mention the Clash's White Riot Tour. Clash City Collectors | Facebook
MOJO The Clash From Westway to Broadway
August 1994 (Bonds, US general), JS interview - 20 pages
Breakdown, retrospective and Farewell Joe
Covers November 1978 to November 1982
MOJO March 2003
14 pages
History of Rock 1978
Rock Against Racism show after an Anti-Nazi League march. 3 pages. Page 70
"We wanted to finish rock 'n' roll' Subway Sect incl. Clash page 8
He also told us that he was sure that The Clash would split within the next month."Strummer and Mick Jones hate each other. They don't speak to each other. They'll never play together again." Damned interview page 46
Interview with Keith Levene/Public Image. Liar was a song about him page 86
Letters Page 93
Mods and Rockers clash at Brighton page 111
15 November Just another battle 8 page feature page 132
Clash Map of London
MOJO / Punk: the whole story
Online viewer (very good)
Retropective magazine features, audio, video
For a full catalogies of retropective articles in magazines, interviews and features on TV and radio go here.
Rude Boy film - tracks
Glasgow - Apollo 4 - July 4th
audio & video tracks from Rude Boy
Aberdeen - Music Hall - July 5th
2 audio & video tracks from Rude Boy
London - Music Machine - Jul 27
3 audio & video tracks from Rude Boy
For more details on the film Rude Boy go to;
Whats On - ITV
Link / Granada region / Tony Wilson interviews Topper and Joe / 1:51secs
26mins - The Clash lasts 1.51min
Production ID 1/0938/0024
Programme Title WHAT'S ON
Production Title EPISODE 0024
First TX Date 22/06/1978
Synopsis Text Tony Wilson introduces
Rita Hunter
Sanskritik
Dire Straits
John Hurt
The Clash
Running Time 26 mins 11 secs
Manchester Apollo
2nd July / 2 tracks / 5 mins / The "Rock revolution"
'Manchester's' Burning, I'm So Bored with the USA
Rock Revolution Video - vid is overdubbed with fake crowd noise.
This is often labeled as from November 1978 - including in the video itself - but with both audio recordings circulating - it is from this gig, the 2nd July.
Late 70s, Joe Strummer and Ari Up on Tour Bus
Don Letts Premium Footage
![]() Johnny Green interviews Johnny Green | A Riot of Our Own | Night and Day with the Clash | Rock City Networks
Ex-Road Manager Johnny Green Describes The Experience Of A Clash Performance | Classic Rock Network
Johnny Green The Clash Road Manager Gives A Reading and Q&A Session at The Ilkley Playhouse | WestRidingMedia Johnny Green, the infamous Road Manager of The Clash, gives a reading and a Q&A session of his book 'A Riot Of My Own -Night and Day With The Clash' at The Ilkley Playhouse as part of the Ilkley Literature Festival 2011. Sorry about the quality but I was right at the back of the hall. |
NME Cover. July 1978
Tour Poster from The Clash's 'Out On Parole' UK tour
Joe and Paul in London, 1978
The Clash | Facebook - The Sun
Jun 76 - Black Swan , five piece ....
Sept 76 - 100 Club, London gigs ....
Dec 76 - Anarchy Tour ....
Jan / Mar - Early 77 Gigs ....
May 77 - White Riot UK Tour ....
Jul 77 - European Dates ....
Oct 77 - Out of Control UK Tour ....
Jan 78 - Sandy Pearlman UK Dates ....
Apr 78 - UK Festival Dates ....
Jul 78 - Out on Parole UK Tour ....
Oct 78 - Sort it Out UK Tour ....
Feb 79 - Pearl Harbour US Tour ....
Jul 79 - Finland + UK dates ....
Sep 79 - Take the Fifth US Tour ....
Dec 79 - Acklam Hall Secret Gigs ....
Jan 80 - 16 Tons UK Tour ....
Mar 80- 16 Tons US Tour ....
May 80 - 16 Tons UK/Europe ....
May 81 - Impossible Mission Tour ....
Jun 81 - Bonds Residency NY ....
Sep 81 - Mogador Paris Residency ....
Oct 81 - Radio Clash UK Tour ....
Oct 81 - London Lyceum Residency ....
Jan 82 - Japan Tour ....
Feb 82 - Australian Tour ....
Feb 82 - HK & Thai gigs ....
May 82 - Lochem Festival ....
May 82 - Combat Rock US Tour ....
July 82 - Casbah Club UK Tour ....
Aug 82 - Combat Rock US Tour ....
Oct 82 - Supporting The Who ....
Nov 82 - Bob Marley Festival ....
May 83 - US Festival + gigs ....
Jan 84 - West Coast dates ....
Feb 84 - Out of Control Europe ....
Mar 84 - Out of Control UK ....
April 84 - Out of Control US Tour ....
Sep 84 - Italian Festival dates ....
Dec 84 - Miners Benefit Gigs ....
May 85 - Busking Tour ....
Jun- Aug 85 - Festival dates ....
Sept 85 - European Tour ....
Jan 86 - Far East Tour ....
1986 onwards - Retrospective
74-76 - Joe with the 101ers ....
Jul 88 - Green Wedge UK Tour
Aug 88 - Rock the Rich UK Tour ....
Oct 89 - Earthquake Weather UK ....
Oct 89 - Earthquake Weather Euro ....
Nov 89 - Earthquake Weather US ....
Jun 99 - Comeback Festival dates ....
July 99 - Short US Tour ....
July 99 - UK Tour ....
Aug 99 - Festival Dates ....
Oct 99 - UK Tour ....
Nov 99 - Full US Tour ....
Dec 99 - European Xmas dates ....
Jan 00 - Australasian Tour ....
May 00 - Mini UK Tour ....
Nov 00 - supporting The Who Tour ....
Jul 01 - UK & US Instore Tour ....
Oct 01 - Full US Tour ....
Nov 01 - Japanese Tour ....
Nov 01 - Full UK Tour ....
April 02 - Brooklyn NY Residency ....
Jun 02 - UK Festivals ....
Jul 02 - Hootenanny Tour ....
Aug 02 - UK Festival Dates ....
Sep 02 - Japanesse Dates ....
Nov 02 - Bringing it all Back Home ....