The Clash Live 1982

This page lists all known Clash gigs from 1977 with info. If you have any corrections please email blackmarketclash

Tours

Jan 82 - Japan Tour ...

Feb 82 - Australian Tour ...

Feb 82 - Hong kong & Thai gigs ...

May 82 - Lochem Festival ...

May 82 - Coast to Coast, 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 ...

Far East Tour

"One of the most wonderful times we had together was touring the Far East"; Mick's recent quote is in sharp contrast with the accepted view summed up by Pennie Smith's oft quoted belief that she witnessed the disintegration of the band whilst photographing them in Thailand. Typically of The Clash both contradictory views are correct!

The constant travelling always being in each other's company, mounting tensions over the mix of Rat Patrol and Topper's worsening addiction, all speeded up the process of disintegration which was already inevitable well before Mick and Joe just made it onto the Tokyo flight from the NYC recording sessions. But the band were also bowled over by the enthusiasm and kindnesses of in particular the Japanese fans, loved the culture clash of touring and visiting for the first time countries outside Europe and the US. The excitement and freshness of it all patching over their differences for the time being.

This is the most incomplete section any help would be appreciated. The Clash played 7 nights in Sydney plus other Australasian dates, as well as 7 nights in Tokyo and other Japanesse/Asian dates.

Extensive archive of articles and magazines and other from early 1982

Video and audio from early 1982

Tour of the Far East


Jan 24		Tokyo - Shibuya Kohkaido
		December 1981? Music Live (Japan?): Happy Birthday to fans in Japan "we're coming"
Jan 25		Osaka - Festival Hall
Jan 27		Tokyo - Sun Plaza
Jan 28		Tokyo - Sun Plaza
Jan 29		Tokyo - Sun Plaza
Jan 30*		Tokyo - Kosein-Kaiken Hall - Matinee Show 6.30pm
Jan 30*		Tokyo - Kosein-Kaiken Hall - Evening Show
Feb 1		Tokyo - Sun Plaza Hall
		Brilliantly re-masterd video (by a fan) with the best video source synched to best audio. FM radio interview Lots of sources including FM / Soundboard / CD all with differing tracks and ranging between 4 and 5 for sound quality.
Feb 2		Osaka - Festival Hall
Feb 5		Auckland - Logan Campbell Centre
Feb 6		Auckland - Joe busking with a ukele
Feb 6		Auckland - Logan Campbell Centre
Feb 7		Wellington - Town Hall
		poor quality FM radio interviews with (1) Joe, (2) Topper plus a retrospective 24mins
Feb 8		Christchurch - Town Hall
Feb 11		Sydney - Capitol Theatre
		Kosmo Vinyl, and Joe Strummer & Paul Simonon from The Clash interviewed by Geoff King for Melbourne-based cassette magazine Fast Forward, March 1982
Feb 12		Sydney - Capitol Theatre
Feb 13		Sydney - Capitol Theatre
Feb 14		Sydney - Capitol Theatre
Feb 16		Sydney - Capitol Theatre
Feb 17		Sydney - Capitol Theatre
Feb 18		Sydney - Capitol Theatre
Feb 20		Brisbane - Cloudland Ballroom
Feb 21		Perth - Entertainment Centre
Feb 22		Adelaide - Thebarton Town Hall
Feb 23		Melbourne - Festival Hall
Feb 25		Hong Kong - AC Hall
		backstage interview
Feb 27		Bangkok - Thamasat University

AWOL Joe returns in nick of time, appalling weather, fighting, fans on stage, band all out of their heads on Amsterdam's finest, arrive late, play poorly, grab the $75k fee and go! 36 hours later Topper sacked but were it to be on the basis of this performance alone then all of them should have been sacked!

Articles on Joe's disapearance and Toppers sacking

All the drama of Joe's disapearance, Toppers sacking, cancelled tour, rescheduled dates ...

Lochem, in the studio and Joes disapearance


April		Recording Combat Rock
		April Studio - Glyn Johns Garden Studio, Warnford, Hampshire Know Your Rights (rerecording vocals) Should I Stay or Should I Go (rerecorded vocals) Ghetto Defendant (rerecorded vocal) Line Up: Joe Strummer - vocals, Mick Jones - vocals, Source - "The Complete Clash", Passion Is a Fashion (p. 313)
Apr 23		Know Your Rights 7" single released
Apr 24		Combat Rock album released
		Combat Rock US advert on Epic Records

Apr 26		Aberdeen Music Hall
Apr 27		Iverness Ice Rink
Apr 28		Edinburgh Playhouse
Apr 29		Edinburgh Playhouse
May 1		Irving Magnum Leisure Centre
May 3		Leicester Du Montfort Hall
May 5		Newcastle City Hall
May 6		Newcastle City Hall
May 6		Birmingham Bingley Hall
May 9		Hanley Victoria Hall
May 10		Leeds University
May 11		Bradford St Georges
May 13		Aylesbury, Stoke Manderville Stadium
May 14		Poole Arts Centre
May 15		Portsmouth Guild Hall
May 17		Bristol Locarno
May 18		Bristol Locarno
May 19		Brighton Centre
May 22		London Brixton Fair Deal
May 23		London Brixton Fair Deal

May 19		Belgium -
		Rumours of a warm up gig for the Festival
May 20		Lochem Festival
		Broadcast on New Zealand TV - an interview from Lochem Interview full colour. 10 minutes
May		BBCR1 Kid Jensen
		Joe before disapearance & interview w/band after 43mins Kid Jensen 31mins Joe interview Kid Jensen May 82 8mins BBCR1 Interviews w/band ptII & Mick Combat Rock Interview 57mins Mick, Paul & kosmo talking about Joe Strummer disappearing - May 2, 12mins

Up the hill backwards

Topper was fired at a band meeting the day after they returned from Lochem on Friday 21^st May. Accounts differ as to whether Lochem was a final test and also whether the sacking was final or whether there was a way back in if he sorted himself out. For the press the reason given was "a difference of opinion over the political direction the band will be taking" Topper was said to be taking time out before deciding his future.

A day after the sacking Clash convert, Charles Shaar Murray was called in for an exclusive for the NME. See link Up The Hill Backwards. Joe kept the reasons for Topper's departure vague saying it was Topper's choice. Topper has said that until Joe later let it slip to a journalist the real reason for his sacking, he was not an intravenous drug user, but after that his addiction nosed dived out of control.

Joe explained the reasons for him going AWOL, or at least those reasons he was willing to give at the time. Mick's response with a fixed stare, "Well I felt that anything Joe does is all right" The plan was to continue as a trio with guest drummers as required. Joe; "..we're going to go over to New Jersey and start a four-and-a-half week American tour, and then we're going to come back here and do the British tour that we should have done before - that's if we can find a drummer. After that we don't have any plans." Mick ; "After that, we all disappear!"

Extensive archive of articles and magazines from Know Your Rights Tour period

All the drama of Joe's disapearance, Toppers sacking, cancelled tour, rescheduled dates. All clippings in one stream; Link | or PDF.

Video and audio from Know Your Rights Tour period

Coast to Coast US Tour


May 29		Asbury Park NJ - Convention Hall
May 30		Asbury Park NJ - Convention Hall
May 31		Asbury Park NJ - Convention Hall
Jun 2		Atlanta GA - Fox Theatre
Jun 4		New Orleans LA - The Warehouse
Jun 5		Houston TX - Hofheinz Pavilion
Jun 6		Dallas TX - The Bronco Bowl
Jun 8		Austin TX - City Coliseum
Jun 9		Austin TX - City Coliseum
Jun 10		San Francisco CA - Civic Auditorium [Did this take place?]
Jun 11		Rock the Casbah 7" single - release, re-release
Jun 12		San Diego, CA - Golden Hall
Jun 13		Phoenix AR - Mesa Community Center
Jun 14		Los Angeles CA - Hollywood Palladium
Jun 15		Los Angeles CA - Hollywood Palladium
Jun 17		Los Angeles CA - Hollywood Palladium
Jun 18		Los Angeles CA - Hollywood Palladium
Jun 18		Rock the Casbah 12" single release, re-release
Jun 19		Los Angeles CA - Hollywood Palladium,
Jun 20		Santa Barbara CA - County Bowl
Jun 22		San Francisco CA - Civic Auditorium
Jun 23		San Francisco CA - Civic Auditorium
Jun 26		Vancover - Kerrisdale Arena
Jun 28		Calgary - Maxbell Arena
Jun 29		Edmonton - Kinsmen Fieldhouse


July 25		Leeds - Roundhey Park, supporting Rolling Stones

The Casbah Club Tour

With typical Strummer humour Joe greets the audience at the start of this first night of the UK tour with "Some of you have been waiting quite some time for this performance!" Seven weeks to be exact; the original dates for the two Brixton gigs were the 22^nd and 23^rd May but Joe's infamous disappearance on the boat rain to Paris on April 21^st meant that the UK tour dates were all postponed to July/August.

The band were re-energised after a 2 week break since the end of the North American tour and further pumped up to be playing again in London and particularly at the Brixton Fair Deal, which had special meaning for Paul and Mick. Recordings exist of both shows but the first night's one is sadly poor but the energy and passion of the band still comes through. Although not well documented aurally the gig is in other ways with excellent live photos and music and national press reviews and a fanzine article.

Extensive archive of articles and magazines from the Casbah Club Tour period

All the drama of Joe's disapearance, Toppers sacking, cancelled tour, rescheduled dates ... All clippings in one stream; Link | or PDF

Video and audio from the Casbah Club Tour period

Down at the Casbah Club Tour


Jul 10		London - Brixton Fair Deal
Jul 11		London - Brixton Fair Deal
Jul 12		Aylesbury - Stoke Mandeville Hospital Sports Stadium
Jul 13		Stoke - Victoria Hall, Hanley
Jul 14		Newcastle - City Hall
Jul 15		Newcastle - City Hall
		backstage interview
Jul 17		Bradford - St Georges Hall
		new date - resheduled from the 11th May
Jul 18		Birmingham - Bingley Hall
Jul 19		Derby - Assembly Rooms
		BBC Radio Derby with Mick and Kosmo 11mins / 10mins
Jul 20		Leicester - De Montfort
		... includes the soundcheck
Apr 26		Aberdeen Music Hall
Jul 22		Irvine - Leisure Centre
Jul 23		Edinburgh - Playhouse
Jul 24		Inverness - Ice Rink
Jul 25		Edinburgh - Playhouse
Jul 26		Leeds - University
Jul 27		Poole - Arts Centre
Jul 28		Portsmouth - Guildhall
Jul 30		London - Brixton Fair Deal
Jul 31		Brighton - Brighton Centre
Aug 2		Bristol - Locarno
Aug 3		Bristol - Locarno

Know Your Rights Tour

Just 6 days after the final UK tour date at Bristol The Clash were back on stage at Red Rocks in Colorado; the crazy number of gigs played in 1982 following Joe's Paris disappearance a major catalyst in worsening the already wide gulf between Joe and Paul with Mick to eventual breaking point a year later.

The long second US tour (originally scheduled to end on 8th September), the huge success of both Combat Rock and its singles in the US charts and the experience of playing stadium gigs supporting The Who (inevitably) took its toll on their individual psyches and left them questioning the future direction of the band and in Terry's case a decision to quit.

Extensive archive of articles and of articles, magazines and other from the Know Your Rights Tour period

Video and audio from the Know Your Rights Tour period

Know Your Rights Tour


Aug 9		Denver / Morrison CO - Red Rock Amphitheatre
Aug 11		Saint Paul MN - Civic Center
Aug 12		Chicago IL - Aragon Ballroom
Aug 13		Chicago IL - Aragon Ballroom
		Kosmo Interview with Eric Beaumont aka Eric Blowtorch Interview 25mins
Aug 14		Grand Rapids MI - Civic Center
Aug 16		Detroit MI - Grand Theatre
Aug 17		Akron OH - Civic Theatre
Aug 18		Pittsburgh PA - Stanley Theatre
Aug 21		Seattle - Centre Arena (hoax)
Aug 22		Boston - Orpheum Theatre 22/23/24
		not sure these 3x Boston dates were ever booked. Posters possibly fakes?
Aug 20		South Yarmouth MA - Cape Cod Coliseum, Hyannis
Aug 21		South Yarmouth MA - Cape Cod Coliseum, Hyannis
Aug 23		South Yarmouth MA - Cape Cod Coliseum, Hyannis
Aug 24		South Yarmouth MA - Cape Cod Coliseum, Hyannis
Aug 26		Philadelphia PA - Penn Rink
Aug 27		Philadelphia PA - Penn Rink
Aug 28		Providence RI - Civic Centre
Aug 29		West Hartford CT - Agora Ballroom
Aug 31		New York NY - Pier 84
		Joe & Paul on CBS New York News before Pier 84.
Sep 1		New York NY - Pier 84
		Recording also includes Mick playing at the Lounge afterwards with Johnny Thunders
Sep 2		New York NY - Pier 84
		... includes the soundcheck
Sep 4		Montreal - Verdun Auditorium
Sep 5		Toronto - CNE Grandstand
		City Limits - before gig interview
Sep 7		Boston MA - Orpheum Theater
Sep 8		Boston MA - Orpheum Theater
Sep 17		Should I Stay 7" &12 single - release, re-release
Sep 24		Philadelphia PA - JFK Stadium (WHO)
Sep 25		Philadelphia PA - JFK Stadium (WHO)
Sep 26		Buffalo NY - Rich Stadium (WHO)
Sep 30		Detroit MI - Pontiac Silverdome (WHO)
		1 track - Police on My Back
Oct		US interview with Paul & Mick 5mins
Oct		Canadian TV New Music 7mins
Oct 2		Binghampton NY - Univ. of New York "SUNY"
		FM radio interview, all band members
Oct 3		Troy NY - R.P.I. Fieldhouse
Oct 4		Burlington VT - University of Vermont
Oct 6		North Dartmouth MA - SMU
Oct 9		NBC-TV "Saturday Night Live" New York NY
Oct		Joe & Paul on CBS New York News
Oct 12		New York NY - Shea Stadium (WHO)
Oct 13		New York NY - Shea Stadium (WHO)
Oct 15		Williamsburg VA - William and Mary Hall
Oct 16		Pittsburgh PA - Carnegie-Mellon University
Oct 17		Kent State OH - Memorial Gym, Kent State Univ
Oct 18?		Louisville KY - [Did this take place?]
Oct 20		Seattle WA - Kingdome (WHO)
Oct 22		Sacramento CA - Memorial Auditorium
Oct 23		Oakland CA - Alameda County Stadium (WHO)
Oct 27		San Diego - Jack Murphy Stadium
Oct 29		Los Angeles CA - Memorial Colisseum
Oct 29		US Radio - Off the Record w/Mary Turner 47mins
Oct 31		New Jersey - Ozone Park - Any recording labelled Ozone Park New Jersey is Bonds 9 June 81
Nov 27		Kingston, Jamaica - Montego Bay
		Jamaican World Music Festival at the Bob Marley Centre
Nov 30		Birmingham AL - Jefferson Civic Center Coliseum
		Philip Newton - I saw them in Alabama on that same tour. Incredible!!!
Dec 28		Recording House of the Ju Ju Queen
		Studio - Wessex House of the Ju Ju Queen Sex Machine Line Up: Janie Jones - vocals, Joe Strummer - guitar, Mick Jones - guitar, Paul Simonon - bass, Mickey Gallagher - keyboards. Charley Charles - drums, Mel Collins - saxophone. Source - "The Complete Clash" page 146, Discogs