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Supported by the Innocents and the Slits.
...Sid Vicious Defence Fund benefit. Also supported by The Slits, Phil Rambow and Friends.
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The Clash, with the slits as opening act, playing the Sid Vicious defence fund benefit at the Music Machine in London, December 19, 1978.
This gig was arranged in order to raise funds for Sid Vicious who was accused of murdering his then girlfriend Nancy Spungeon at the Chelsea Hotel in New York.
Sid Vicious Accused Of Murder
Sex Pistols An 'Evening Standard' newstand poster, 1978, folded, 16 3-4in x 29 1-4in (42cm x 74.3cm). Sold at Bonhams.
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The Clash have confirmed to play Sid benefit concert to help pay Vicious's legal costs for his murder trial
Plus additonal dates in December
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NME advert Sid Vicious Defence Fund with The Clash + The Slits. £2.50
Sid & Nancy - Front Page News
Evening News 'orrible Clash to play Music Machine, Lyceum
Clash / Sham 69 London gigs: Benefit of Sid
Xmas concerts, Clash
Melody Maker The Clash have rallied to the support of Sid Vicious
Bitter Blow for Vicious
Record Mirror Row puts Sid back in Jail
Sids mum asks
NME - Clash to play Sid benefit
Slits join Clash tour as support
Sid Vicious Benefit
Sid Bail - Sex Pistol shuns camera
Melody Maker - 11 November 1978
Clash to Play Vicious gig
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Record Mirror - 11 November 1978
Sid Vicious Benefit It is understood
The Clash have extended dates
to the Sort it Out Tour
Record Mirror More Clash dates
8 December 78
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An original Back Stage Pass, kindly shared by Steve Kirk who was given it by Johnny Green
The Music Machine
The Music Machine (later renamed the Camden Palace) began in the 60's and became famous for punk gigs, still in use today as a dance nightclub, it has staged gigs in recent years by Blur and the Oasis.
The Music Machine was a perfect type of Clash venue; sweaty, intimate, seat less, restrained security and within the part of London they lived and loved best. Enjoying greater critical acclaim and increasing commercial success, few other bands (if any) either then or now, would have opted to play four nights here rather than they take the money and play one or two nights at the larger Hammersmith Odeon or similar.
New heights of popularity within the UK music press, the Music Machine residency resulted in some ecstatic reviews (see link).
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I tried to get in through the roof by going up through the derelict building behind
Colin Adkins - I was there.
Charley Apperley - I was there.. The Sid vicious benefit gigs.. I tried to get in through the roof by going up through the derelict building behind.Then the cosworths got involved..The people I was with got nicked cos they were running about like headless chickens.. I hid and waited. When all the dibble had gone I crept down and managed to get into the gig courtesy of John green who let me in. I saw two of those gigs out of 4..One of the nights Joe strummer came out and gave me a fiver to get back to Hackney..Blimey is that tear in my eye?
Mike Filer - Was that gig I went to having got ticket from Lyceum gig that was oversold ? Think so.
Paul Killen - I remember bunking in through the side door that night I was only 12
Mick Mercer - THE CLASH in 1978 at the Music Machine playing a benefit gig for Sid Vicious' legal defence fund, Personally I'd have let him rot. https://facebook.com/
Neil Thompson - I remember I was in Camden at about 5 o'clock that day - The Clash were doing a soundcheck and there were loads of punks hanging around outside singing along
Chris Pope & The Chords UK - @ChrisPope99 - 20 Dec 2018
Replying to - @Birmingham_81 - I was there
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Record Mirror Another Clash benefit gig
Clash raise £1000 for Vicious defence
Sounds - 25th November 1978
The Clash who's new album and Sid benefit
Melody Maker review- How to forget our Sid
Sounds review - A Love that burns
6 Jan 1979
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Clash, The, Slits, The: The Clash, The Slits: Music Machine, London
Live Review by Dave McCullough, Sounds, 6 January 1979
A love that burns ...Total word count of piece: 498
NME review - Requiem for El Sid
6 January 1978 or alternate scan
The Clash: Music Machine, London
Live Review by Chris Salewicz, NME, 6 January 1979
LIKE THE few other rock bands that occasionally verge on genius – such at The Rolling Stones and the original Roxy Music – The Clash are notoriously unpredictable. Total word count of piece: 531 Rocks Back Pages
Record Mirror review -
The Slits are one of those groups
1978 The Clash performs at Music Machine, London with The Slits, Phil Rambow and Friends and Innocents
Photos: Sid Defence Fund, Music Machine Dec 79
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The Clash onstage in Camden, 1978.
Measures 30.5 x 41cm. Signed by photographer Max Browne to the border.
In Max's words; "At peak performance in 1978, the band played a blistering set on their home-ground at the Camden Palace. Here Joe Strummer reacts to an extra curricular onstage game" Sold for £75 Hammer Price
The Clash, onstage in Camden, 1978.
Measures 30.5 x 40cm approx. Signed by photographer Max Browne to the border. In Max's words; "At peak performance here in 1978, the band played a blistering set on their home-ground at the Camden Palace - with ears and eyes almost scorched during crescendos next to the stage!" Sold for £100 Hammer Price
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Tiziano Gerli - London Music Machine Sid Vicious benefit 12.1978 — with Billy Crawshaw.
Joe Strummer On Stage
Singer Joe Strummer (1952 - 2002) performing with English punk group The Clash at the Rainbow Theatre, London, 1978. (Photo by Denis O'Regan/Getty Images)
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40 years ago today, The Clash played London's Music Machine (now @KOKOLondon ) as part of a benefit for the Sid Vicious Defence Fund. These great photos were taken by Neil @wildblanket
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The Clash, with the slits as opening act, playing the Sid Vicious defence fund benefit at the Music Machine in London, December 19, 1978. Photos by Neil Anderson. The Clash, with the slits as opening act, playing the Sid Vicious defence fund benefit at the Music Machine in London, December 19, 1978. Photos by Neil Anderson.
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The Clash giving it all onstage at The Music Machine (Camden Palace) in 1978 - Photography by Max Browne
The Clash giving it all onstage at The Music Machine (Camden Palace), London in 1978 Max Browne recalls, "This was the first time I'd seen the band and it was on their home ground at The Camden Palace in 1978. Their power was shattering - visually, aurally and socially of course. White lightning flashed on musical crescendos that seemed to singe the hair, crowd surfing, fans jumping up singing with the band until they were whisked offstage, only to be instantly replaced - all part of The Clash at their peak. Mick Jones glanced at me in the box and I pressed the shutter."
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1978 The Clash performs at Music Machine, London with The Slits, Phil Rambow and Friends and Innocents Pic Neil Anderson.
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This photo is from the Sids Defence Fund gig
The Clash giving it all onstage at The Music Machine (Camden Palace), London in 1978 Max Browne recalls, "This was the first time I'd seen the band and it was on their home ground at The Camden Palace in 1978. Their power was shattering - visually, aurally and socially of course. White lightning flashed on musical crescendos that seemed to singe the hair, crowd surfing, fans jumping up singing with the band until they were whisked offstage, only to be instantly replaced - all part of The Clash at their peak. Mick Jones glanced at me in the box and I pressed the shutter."
Book THE CLASH, THE SLITS and THE INNOCENTS play the Music Machine in Camden.1978
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THE CLASH, THE SLITS and THE INNOCENTS play the Music Machine in Camden.1978 ( )
Full colour book of the event: https://tinyurl.com/j63pzk5a
This colour book contains 104 colour photos of the gig that was held to raise monies for the Sid Vicious legal fund when he was facing a charge of murder in New York following the death of Nancy Spungen. Colour photos cost a fortune back in 1978 and three rolls were the equivalent of a week’s wages, mad as that might seem, so this was an unusual experiment for me. Not all the photos are good, as I went right down the front, and you can imagine what that was like but this is a good reminder of a gig from which no bootlegs are known to exist, so this can be the one lasting testament. There are 4 photos of Phil Rambow (with Mick Jones and Glen Matlock in his band), 30 of The Innocents, 36 of The Slits, 34 of The Clash. Sorry about the price, but colour books cost a lot more to do than their black and white equivalents, and I figured this one deserved the full colour treatment.
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Mick Mercer FOUR 10x8 inch photos taken by me of THE CLASH playing the Music Machine in 1978 on the Sid Vicious benefit gig
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FOUR 10x8 inch photos taken by me of THE CLASH playing the Music Machine in 1978 on the Sid Vicious benefit gig. £10 each. Postage £2.50 in UK, £5 outside UK. (If you buy more than one photo you only pay postage once, as they'll go in the same packet. I don't make money on postage, they're double enveloped, the outer one being a stiff card job) Usually turn pics round in two days so you'll get them before Xmas.Paypal only. Message me if you want to buy them. Cheers! Genuine photos (I don't print my own, I get these done at a camera shop), not something run off a computer printer. And OBVIOUSLY there'll be no text on your print.
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Mick Mercer - Crappy shot of mine from the Sid Vicious Benefit Gig at the Music Machine, 1978
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