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The greatest concert I have ever seen

I found your website and it is great.

I have to say 2 things about the 1982 tour. I was at the Sept. 7, 1982 show at the Orpheum and I actually agreed with the Globe review -- I thought they were tired and didn't have the same energy as other times I saw the Clash. 

I had just seen them August 28 in Providence and that was, and still is, the greatest show I have ever seen (beating an amazing show at Bond's NYC). 

They had the crowd of 10,000 as one and played with such energy it was amazing. 

I wish somebody else had written down and posted the set list.My roomate at the time wasn't into the Clash and I convinced him to go to the Orpheum show. 

We scalped some dance floor tix for face value (to this day, I have no clue how we got the best tix in the theatre by just showing up and lucking into somebody selling), so we were 3rd standing row from the band.  Seemed evident early on that they were tired (at the time I commented to my roomate that they seemed drunk or wasted) and it wasn't the same energy level. 

The confrontation between Strummer and the stage jumper was unnerving and seemed to further sap the bands spirit.  Really, in my opinion, the Boston Globe reviewer was correct.  Sadly, that was my last Clash concert, but, in my mind, the Providence show was really the last time I saw the real Clash, the only band that mattered. Bob R - Nov 2008 < >





The entire show just rocked

rydertix

They had the crowd in their hand and even with Terry as the drummer the entire show just rocked. Saw them in Boston a few weeks later and it was one of the worst concerts ever, despite the fact that it turned up on their live CD. They were too drugged up and it didn't match the intensity of Providence, which was even better than the Bonds NYC show I saw. 

.... (Boston) I saw the earlier this tour (and on other tours) and the Providence show kicked ass. Convinced my roomate to go to this show and we scalped dancefloor tickets for face and thought we were in for a treat. We both thought that the band was too drugged out and that the show was not great. It's shown up in bootlegs and a few songs from that (or the next) night on their live CD but in person, 10 feet from the stage, it wasn't a great concert. I've said for many years that my best concert of all time, out of the huge number I've seen, was the Clash and the worst concert, a few weeks later at the Orpheum, was also the Clash.





I jumped on stage at the beginning of Garageland and sang half the song

Manngogh - I jumped on stage at the beginning of garageland and sang half the song then doing probably the first ever stage drive in civic center history totally one of the greatest concerts of my life!!!!! And then all hell broke loose. Stage left live free or die shirt if you were there you saw a great show!!!!! RIP JOE!!!!!





best concert I've ever been

rydertix - I wish I remembered the setlist as this was the best concert I've ever been to and I've been to a ton.  They had the crowd in their hand and even with Terry as the drummer the entire show just rocked.  Saw them in Boston a few weeks later and it was one of the worst concerts ever, despite the fact that it turned up on their live CD.  They were too drugged up and it didn't match the intensity of Providence, which was even better than the Bonds NYC show I saw.





Providence Journal and thought the band was fantastic

bendobrin - Setlist is from the Aug 29 issue of the Providence Journal. The reviewer thought the band was fantastic and apparently the sold-out crowd did too. The reviewer said that they played 23 songs including two three-song encores. We want copies of the Journal.





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bendobrin

Setlist is from the Aug 29 issue of the Providence Journal.

The reviewer thought the band was fantastic and apparently the sold-out crowd did too. The reviewer said that they played 23 songs including two three-song encores.


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Intro
London Calling
Clash City Rockers
Know Your Rights
Police and Thieves
The Guns of Brixton
Police on My Back
Rock the Casbah
English Civil War
Bankrobber
The Magnificent Seven
Train in Vain
This Is Radio Clash
Wrong Emboyo
The Call Up
Somebody Got Murdered
Brand New Cadillac
I Fought the Law
encore:
Armigedeon Time
Should I Stay or Should I Go
Complete Control
encore 2:
Straight to Hell
Pressure Drop
Garageland



There are several sights that provide setlists but most mirror www.blackmarketclash.co.uk. They are worth checking.

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VIDEO – 1 Sept / Joe, Paul Simonon int, PIer 84 on CBS New York News
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RADIO – 12 Oct / BBC Radio 6, broadcast 2008, Don, Mick on Shea / 1hr12mins
RADIO – Oct? / Interview with Interview with Mick and Paul / 5mins
VIDEO – 29 Nov / Jamaica, Crew, various bands on stage, interviews / 8mins
VIDEO – 29 Nov / Jamaica, Historica Films Int with Paul, Kosmo / 13mns
VIDEO – 29 Nov / Jamaica, News report (all bands), Paul int / 3mins
VIDEO – 29 Nov / Jamaica, News report, Mick int, Police on My Back (full) / 4mins
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