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Clash sort it out at last

October 1978

NME: Sham, Clash Major Tours

7 Oct 1978

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Clash Big November

UNDER THE banner of "The Clash Sort It out",

the band next month begin their longest-ever British tour. It will include several Loildon dates in early December, details to be announced shortly. Meanwhile, confirmed gigs are:
7 Oct 1978

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NME tour dates

7 Oct 1978

SOUNDS Sort it Dates

NME: The Clash have extended dates to the Sort it Out Tour

November 1978

The Clash have extended their British Tour up to Christmas and have finalised...

Clash: London dates settled

NME Xmas concerts for the Clash

9 December 1978

The Clash, whose new album 'Give 'Em..

11 November 1978

Tour News & Gossip - Clash Loose

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November 1978

Poster Tour & Album

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Top of the Pops is a miss for The Clash

Sunday Sun (Newcastle)
Top of the Pops

Sunday 24 December 1978

Top of the Pops

—but not The Clash. The group, which has now well and truly taken over the mantle of the pacemakers of Punk, has vowed it will never willingly appear on television's biggest pop show. And The Clash's members say they will stick by their pledge even if it means selling less singles as a result.

The group's Joe Strummer was quoted recently as saying: "It makes me sick that the programme should still be on. I want it to end."

And he added: "I think we are the last well-known punk group still true to the original aims of punk." And it's those original aims which see The Clash so opposed to Top of the Pops.

They believe it is typical of what they regard as the manipulation of pop music and groups, and its control by big business.

Even when the group's record company CBS tried to get a film of The Clash performing' their latest single "Tommy Gun" on to the programme recently, the objections came long and loud from Strummer and his colleagues.

But if their stand means that singles miss out on airplay and consequently in the charts, their album sales are showing no illeffects.

In fact they are currently up in the Travolta league. Just haw big their following is was shown when their new album, "Give 'Em Enough Rope" stormed to number two in the LP charts just one week after it was released.

It's the sort of performance which confirms that the band has taken over the mantle formerly worn by the Sex Pistols.

But they do keep running into trouble, as in their recent gig at the Polytechnic in Newcastle. There, the people who organised the show are refusing to pay the group anything like their full fee because of the amount of damage done by punk fans, and it is claimed, by the group themselves.

They've also had arguments with their manager which have led to gigs being cancelled and Sans let down.

And it could be that over the next few months, under the spotlight of publicitY as punk's leaders, they will have to learn to cope with a whole new series of problems.

It should be interesting to see whether it all has any major effect on the kind of music they produce and the following they've built up.

In the meantime, that hatred of Top of the Pops remains.

The Clash squat and live rough 

DAILY RECORD 22 1978 

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Britain's most exciting band lives in a squat Joe Strummer of The Clash whose new album shot to Number 1 in the charts can’t afford a place of his own .

People think because you've had a few hits you’re rich ” Strummer 24 told me.

"Bands like The Who and the Stones never got any money until years after they started making hits hope it's gonna be the same with us UP you should see our drummer Nicky i Headon— he sleeps rough. 

The Clash one of the original some heavy criticism recently from those who reckon they’ve "sold out” for success .

“We haven't changed We've still kept our integrity and we still know what our duty is— to make a stand ’’Times changed standards all different .

But the music business doesn't know that There's a whole new world of kids out there — but those mugs in the industry close their eyes to it NIGHTMARE .

“Instead they continue to go out at lunch times and get drunk on other people s money” 

Joe went through a nightmarish time earlier this year when he was frightened of walking out alone 

“It was all gettingtoo much for me I kept thinking I would be attacked because of what we've always stood for 

“But I soon got over it You have to or you’re dead BARRY CAIN 

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Record Mirror, Letters page

15 December 78

SOUNDS LETTERS PAGE

29 July 1978

NME Letters page

11 November 1978

Sounds Clash Board Game

23 December 1978
Would dearly like a high-re copy of this

Or PDF version here

SOUNDS Clash Poll Winners

December 1978

Clash of Interests

15 December 1978 / Time Out Clash 2 page feature

Smash Hits Clash feature

December 1978

2 page feature

Record Mirror Mayhem is Coming.

Opposition building up against troublesome RAR concerts

15 December 1978

Sounds Interview - Clash on Delivery

18 November 1978 / Link 1 / Link 2a, Link 2b

NME When Great Minds Clash

16 September 1978

– unreadable - anything better?

Melody Maker The Clash plead Not Guilty
We never came to destroy

25 November 1978

SOUNDS Topper Interview

15 November 1978

TIME OUT Magazine - Guerillas in retreat?

15 December 1978

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Time Out cover story + cover image about The Clash (actually a very condensed version of a book written by Miles that was around at the time)

Advert from the same Time Out for Purley & Lyceums concerts on

18/28/29 December 1978

NME Clash Want them again

barely readable
2 December 1978

The Face (retrospective)

On Parole Tour memories and particulalry Bristol Locarno
-- 1980

Written before screenings of 'Rude Boy', this is a Clash, fan's account of touring ,from the trenches. Vaughn Toulouse (pictured left) quit the dole in Plymouth to follow the 1978 Clash tour. This is his story. Pennie Smith took the photos during '79 and '80.

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

Online edition

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)

'The Clash': Spokesmen for Trouble Youth

Morning News - Sat 16th December 1978

Laments lyrics of The Clash and musical status

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Best Magazine No#122

French
Sep 1978

Rock n Folk Magazine No#143

French
December 1978

The Clash, New York, 1978. Michael Putland

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Joe Strummer walking away at The San Gennaro Festival, NYC, October 1978

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The Feast of San Gennaro takes place on Mulberry Street (Little Italy) between Canal and Houston AND on Hester between Baxter St. and Centre St. AND Grand and took place on Octover 3rd

History of the Feast of San Gennaro – Blog

Celebrates the Feast of San Gennaro, 1978 October 3 | NYCMA Collection Guides

The Innocents from Marguerite, lead singer

The fist date of the sort it out tour was the scottish gig. Edinburgh, i thought they played Glasgow right before that?

We missed the first gig. There was a snow storm and we drove up, we walked in just as the Clash went on, but after that we did ALL the gigs. Two with out the slits, just us and the Clash, but mostly us, then the slits and then the Clash.

The tour officially started in mid Nov on a Tuesday, I seem to recall that we were trying for that. So we played thirty gigs, came back played with Suzie and the Banshees at the music Machine and then did the Sid Vicious Benefit.

I don't know why you seem to be the only people who noticed us in the years since...but thanks for it.

Just to add. I didn't count all the cancelled dates, but we were often on the road waiting to hear if we would play or not...Newcastle was a mob scene...

I hope this helps, write back if you have any questions.

Best Marguerite, <clarity32[a]gmail.com>

THE CLASH - RARE INTERVIEW - LONDON WEEKEND TV

Broadcast 6 JANUARY 1979 - HD

The Clash interviewed by Elvis Payne for 'The Saturday Morning Show' on London Weekend (regional) TV on the ITV Network.

Archived at BFI (restricted) / Link

Archive footage when - the clash - appeared on the saturday morning show on 6 january 1979. The official music video of tommy gun was played - this is now available on vevo - and cannot be uploaded here. Joe strummer - paul simonon - topper headon - were live in the studio and were interviewed by elvis payne. It was tx on lwt in london area only - rest of country watched tiswas.

Saturday morning show was introduced by steve jones and elvis payne. The saturday morning show - tx in london area only - ran for 16 shows eventually replaced by the itv networked show - tiswas - with chris tarrant from atv in the midlands.

Summary: Mick not there, not well, (Cover of Time Out Magazine, 26 April 1978) Topper broken sticks, Paul learning to play the base, lighter base as its too heavy, money, USA, carry on playing, attacking record companies.

Or alternate poor version (probably better)

Audio from above video

Rude Boy film - tracks

London Lyceum 28th Dec

1 track on Rude Boy

For more details on the film Rude Boy go to;

Wikipedia

Rude Boy / Blackmarketclash.co,uk

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.