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.

From the top, down
Updated March 2024

Dates

NME 22 December 1979

Record Mirror FINAL-CLASH DATES

12 Jan 1980

Preserving Punks Clash register

80 02 22
What's On Magazine

EST n141, April 80

HEAVYWEIGHT - An interview with Mick Jones. Best Magazine on the Road with the Clash

Link (French magazine)

Toots and Maytals quit Clash Tour

Police News Strummer busted, Lydon hassled

link

The Clash Major tour for a new decade

NME 8 December 1979

Consuming Passion, Out of the streets (Joe Strummer)

Melody Maker
80 01 26

History of Rock 1980

includes Clash snippets only

Searchable PDF

Record Mirror Ellen Foley, Mick Jones

80 03 01

CLASH INTERVIEW

The Story So Far (issue 3)

CAPTAIN SENSIBLE ON CLASH

Peroxide issue 2 (1980)

Joe Ely Tour dates,

Record Mirror 16 February

Clash take the Mikey

MELODY MAKER FEB 1980

Record Mirror, If I had a hammer

2 pg interview, Vol 27 - No 03

Strummer doing Kid Jensen's Roundatble guest review, BBC Radio 1

Record Mirror archive 1955-1981

Searchable, most editions

Fanzines: Great Collection
Great collection of scanned fanzines from the 1970s and 1980s

Clash Tour

NME Major tour for a new decade

Clash Dates

80 12 31 Singles of 1979

CBS Internal News magazine

CBS Internal News magazine released (containing 12 printed sides) on this the 14th of March 1980 Covering the Clash's 16 Tons Tour & Toppers torn thumb ligament

Sounds 2nd February 1980

Interview and review - alternate source

Clash Clanger

London Dates and the rest of UK Tour dates

Strummer busted Lydeon hassled

Strummer Busted

SOUNDS – 16 TONS dates

8 Dec 1979

NME – Major Tour for New Year

8 Dec 1979

SOUNDS – Toots quits Clash Tour

8 Dec 1979

Clash dates

Link

Clash Tour hit again

Link

Joe Ely advert

The Clash Sort it Out at Last

Link

Record Mirror Interview - The Clash Story

22 December 1979

Sounds Interview 2pp

Link

Melody Maker - Clash: one step beyond

interview

29 December 1979

Melody Maker - Out of the Streets

26 Jan 1980

The Observer - UK Sunday newspaper, Joe Interv on 16 Tons Tour

27 April 1980

Roadrunner magazine

Interview with Strummer part one, see Roadrunner (22nd) below for part 2.

8 Feb 1980 Part 1

22 Feb 1980 Part 2

Rock n Folk On the Road / French

Link 4 pages

French Magazine

Rotten and Strummer interviews plus Bradford review

Whats on London - Tour overview

Link

22 February

Musician magazine - Give Em Enough Rope

March 1980

The Clash Play Revolution Rock

Chris Salewicz, Trouser Press – March 1980

IT'S FOUR days before Christmas. A dark, early evening damp with snow and rain... Los Angeles Feb79, Boston Radio 19Sept79, Acklam Hall 28Dec79, Tiswas80, Cuba Tour

Joe Strummer The Clash Interview reflecting on 1980

Paul Du Noyer | Music Book Author | NME Journalist |

Interview

Archive PDF

Best Magazine #141 – Interview with Mick Jones

Avril 1980

HEAVYWEIGHT - An interview with Mick Jones.
Birmingham Top Rank, Coventry Tiffanys & the Electric Ballroom.
So it was just fabulous. More than the Clash we had some crusty bonuses that justify my job 'cause I'm telling you. 

[rough french to english text version]

French Magazine Clash chronology

Link

Francis Dordo

Musician magazine - Topper Interview

Feb 80

Record Collector – One fo the most collectable New Wave bands

November 1980

from The Story So Far fanzine - Clash Interview

issue 3 (1980) -

Completely Sold Out Fanzine

Early 1980

Completely Sold Out Fanzine - only certain pages

Early 1980

Melody Maker –Clash with the Champion dog

29 Dec 1979

Scrap Book 1980 Pop Idls Comics

NY Daily News

Passes

Don't call us, says Joe

Link

Photos from the tour

Link

unreadable - Clash Extra

Revolution Rock The Clash Fight Back

Peter Hall

One page only - missing the rest

Passes