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.
Books, social media – Articles – International – Passes – Snippets – Tour Dates – Memorabilia - Official Press Releases – Mick sacked - Posters
Tour dates - adverts
NME - Clash have added five new dates
Clash extra - Clash add 5 more dates to UK Tour
84 02 18 Record Mirror
Stop Press - Clash Tour Off for Now
The Clash Tour announced two weeks ago is off - for the moment at least. A complete date sheet was due to confirmed this week, minus a London Gig which still had to be confirmed
Clash give London a miss
Link
Still Clashing after all these years
Poster
Snippets
Mick jamming with the Beat
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[Extract] General Public were born, and to help them in their infancy, ex-Clasher Mick Jones came along and guested on guitar.
How did the link up with Jones come about?
"The Beat used to support the Clash a lot in the USA." says Mr Wakeling. "We got to know him quite well. and it turned out that Mick and Roger were both
carrying similar compilation tapes around wont them - a mixture of reggae
and New York funk.â€
Fair enough, but what's his role in the band?
He's going to play on all the records, but he wants to form his own group. If everything comes up heads we'll try and tour with his group and alternate the headline. Me and Roger could sing for him and he could play guitar for us - he's got some fantastic songs - brilliant.
HApart from the excitement and honour of having him play on General Public the most exciting thing for me is hearing what his songs are like and relating them to what I used to like in various Clash LPs."
And so with the assistance of M Jones, Genarl Public went into London's Air Studios to record with Colin Fairley. The first product of that collaboration – 'General Public' - is a dense resonant.affair, neatly sliced up by Jones' soaring one note guitar parts, pushed a long by Mr- Billingham's busy keyboards and held screw tight by the Stoker - Panther rhythm grip. It is not the Beat Mk 2, but then, General Public's stylised image - jump suits and 1960's visions of Big Brother - is in a different world to the slap happy Go Feet dance collective.
Captain Sensible on The Clash
Record Mirror , 14 April 1984
MIck doing drama
84 02 18 Record Mirror
Clash got a Mikey on their back
Boston Rock
21 February 1984
Reports on the return of The Clash
Book launch, Nottingham Evening Post
Official Press releases
Press release: New tracks the band are playing at forthcoming dates
Clash communique with new tracks - Clash Communique
The crazy European Kasbah-Klub with Complete Control. A press release listing all the new tracks the band are playing ahead of their forthcoming European and UK dates.
February Press Release
RETURN OF THE MAGNIFICENT CLASH
Watch out, America, and all ships at sea. THE CLASH are back!
Lineup Makes Live Debut On West Coast
Additional U.S. Concerts Planned For Spring
Following a turbulent year characterised by internal upheaval and external silence, the Epic band that rocked the world with albums like Sandinista! and Combat Rock has returned to the front lines -- with new personnel, new material, and new power. Joining CLASH stalwarts Joe Strummer (guitar, vocals) and Paul Simonon (bass) are Nick Sheppard (guitar), Vince White (guitar) and Pete Howard (drums), all 23 years old.
The new CLASH made their American performing debut in January with, a nine-date California tour, playing venues including the Long Beach Arena, the San Francisco Civic Auditorium, and the Fox Theater in San Diego (where all seats sold out In box-office-record time). "Joe Strummer went overboard to entertain," wrote Larry Kelp In the Oakland Tribune. "He played guitar, shouted, preached, ran around the stage, encouraged the crowd, smashed against the stagefront barricades, leaped off the drum riser and sang while rolling around the floor!" Other critics Joined in with.praise for the several as-yet-unrecorded songs and the vigorous performances of the new CLASH recruits. Los AngeL Times critic Robert Hilburn flew to London for an advance interview
his Times Calender piece.
THE CLASH ARE BACK, WITH THE ROCK THAT JUST WON'T STOP.
April Press Release
Spring Tour Takes U.S By Storm - New Songs Previewed, Ready For Summer Recording
THE CLASH are alive and well -- and blazing a trail of incandescent live performances across North America.
The internationally renowned English rock band is presently on an extensive trans-continental tour, bringing their legend to life with an energy, excitement, and daring far beyond the boundaries of rock and roll convention.
The new CLASH lineup has undergone its trial by fire -- five, six, seven nights per week -- and come through with flying colors! Singer Joe Strummer, bassist Paul Simonon, and new members Nick Sheppard, Vince White (guitars) and Pete Howard (drums) have been warmly welcomed by CLASH converts everywhere.
A typical night's set includes such CLASH classics as "Rock The Casbah," "London Calling," "Safe European Home," and "Spanish Bombs". There are also a half-dozen new songs like "Sex Mad War," "This Is England," and "We Are The Clash".
"(Strummer's) new songs are among his most stirring anthems," wrote one reviewer, "and if the band keeps up this pace, its next album could be among its best'" Time will tell: This summer, THE CLASH will travel to Paris to beoln recording their first new album since 1982's million-selling Combat Rock.
Morale within the band's ranks is running at an all-time high. "The main reaction I've had is that it's much better this time 'round," Joe Strummier told one reporter. "We're all saying it's more exciting, It's more lively, it's more -all the things I like most about music!"
Mick Jones sacked
Classic Rock Magazine
Record Mirror, Clash Shortage, Mick to Rejoin?
83 12 31 Record Mirror Clash Shortage Mick to Rejoin
Mick Jones fired from the Clash
83 10 28 The Tacoma News Tribune Fri (Mick fired)
83 10 07 The Kansas City Star Fri (Mick fired)
83 10 09 The Dispatch Sun (Mick fired)
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The Clash spike plans
84 00 00 Clash step in to stand up for sacked Rolls Royce worker
Five Alive
Mick gets the boot NME
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Melody Maker, Mick sacked from The Clash
Daily Mirror, Mick is fired by The Clash
83 09 02 Daily Mirror Friday (Mick fired)
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The Sun, Mick cash Clash
83 09 00 Need original
NME Mick gets the Boot
NME 10 Sept 83 –
Mick Jones sacked from Clash
Should I Stay or Should I Go (Mick sacked)
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Mick Jones sacked from Clash
Oct 1983?
Clash sack Mick Jones
Clash Trouble, Mick teams up with Topper
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The Courier News
Sat May 5 1984
Ex-Clash members may form new group TRAC
The Salina Journal,
Sun May 27 1984
Clash of interests
The Standard – Tue Feb 21 1984
Regrets over Clash
Clash clash over names
Punk Rock graveyard | Facebook
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39 years ago The Clash fired Mick Jones on September 1, 1983.
"Jones and Strummer, the creative forces in the Clash, were heading in different directions. After six years or rampant touring and recording, Jones was ready for a break and desperately wanted an extended vacation. With the band’s commercial fortunes on the rise, Strummer wanted to capitalize on their fame with more touring (a move supported by Simonon).
“Mick was intolerable to work with by this time,†the late Strummer remembered in the Clash documentary, ‘Westway to the World.’ “He wouldn’t show up. When he did show up, it was like Elizabeth Taylor in a filthy mood.â€
Jones later regretted his behavior. “I was just carried away really, I wish I had a bit more control,†Jones reflected. “You know, you wish you knew what you know now.â€
Unable to plan a summer ’83 Clash tour because of Jones, and continually annoyed by his lack of care and punctuality, Strummer and Simonon weighed their options. They decided that the best move was to assume complete control and fire Mick from the band in September of 1983.
“We had to change the team because the atmosphere was too terrible,†Strummer said (as quoted in ‘The Rise and Fall of the Clash’). “We got so much work to do that we can’t waste time begging people to play the damn guitar!â€
Simonon, who had altogether stopped talking to Jones, concurred: “We felt we’ve had enough, let’s kick him out and that’s what we decided on and to hell with the consequences.â€
The consequences were that the Clash wouldn’t be able to survive the removal of a founding member (as well as the group’s prime melodic talent). Strummer and Simonon hired two guitarists to replace Jones and made 1985’s ‘Cut the Crap,’ an album Joe would pretty much disown. The Clash officially broke up the next year.
Meanwhile, Jones co-founded General Public (although he left before making much of a creative contribution) and then started Big Audio Dynamite, which took his music in a more urban/dance-oriented direction. When Strummer came calling, asking Jones to reform the Clash with him, Jones declined. Instead, the two collaborated on B.A.D.’s second album, ‘No. 10, Upping St.’ co-producing the record and co-writing half the songs.
Strummer and Jones remained friends and even played a few Clash songs together at a charity show. They also planned to play a full reunion gig as part of the band’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. Sadly, Strummer died of a congenital heart defect in December 2002, making the reunion impossible.
“Whatever a group is, it is the chemical mixture of those four people that makes a group work,†Strummer said, a few years before his death. “That’s a lesson everyone should learn: you don’t mess with it. If it works, just let it… do whatever you have to do to bring it forward, but don’t mess with it. We learned that bitterly.â€
Read the entire article here: 30 Years Ago: The Clash Fire Mick Jones | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/clash-fire-mick-jones/...
In 1983, “the only band that matters†was poised to become the biggest band in the world. Over the course of a few years, the Clash had gone from punk upstarts to a passionately eclectic band capable of rocking stadiums. The British quartet were riding high on ‘Combat Rock’ (their first top 10 album in the U.S.) along with a pair of hit singles, ‘Rock the Casbah’ and ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go.’ The Clash were booked to co-headline (with David Bowie and Van Halen) the US Festival and played to more than 140,000 people. And they were completely miserable.
Things had begun to disintegrate right before the release of ‘Combat Rock’ when drummer Topper Headon was fired because his heroin addiction was a drag on his precision. But the other three members (Joe Strummer, Mick Jones and Paul Simonon) soldiered on with drummer Terry Chimes, who had played on the band’s 1977 debut. The friction within the band only got worse and Chimes left the group at his first opportunity.
Ultimate Classic Rock, The Clash Fire Mick Jones
Jones and Strummer, the creative forces in the Clash, were heading in different directions. After six years or rampant touring and recording, Jones was ready for a break and desperately wanted an extended vacation. With the band’s commercial fortunes on the rise, Strummer wanted to capitalize on their fame with more touring (a move supported by Simonon).
“Mick was intolerable to work with by this time,†the late Strummer remembered in the Clash documentary, ‘Westway to the World.’ “He wouldn’t show up. When he did show up, it was like Elizabeth Taylor in a filthy mood.â€
Jones later regretted his behavior. “I was just carried away really, I wish I had a bit more control,†Jones reflected. “You know, you wish you knew what you know now.â€
Unable to plan a summer ’83 Clash tour because of Jones, and continually annoyed by his lack of care and punctuality, Strummer and Simonon weighed their options. They decided that the best move was to assume complete control and fire Mick from the band in September of 1983.
“We had to change the team because the atmosphere was too terrible,†Strummer said (as quoted in ‘The Rise and Fall of the Clash’). “We got so much work to do that we can’t waste time begging people to play the damn guitar!â€
Simonon, who had altogether stopped talking to Jones, concurred: “We felt we’ve had enough, let’s kick him out and that’s what we decided on and to hell with the consequences.â€
The consequences were that the Clash wouldn’t be able to survive the removal of a founding member (as well as the group’s prime melodic talent). Strummer and Simonon hired two guitarists to replace Jones and made 1985’s ‘Cut the Crap,’ an album Joe would pretty much disown. The Clash officially broke up the next year.
Meanwhile, Jones co-founded General Public (although he left before making much of a creative contribution) and then started Big Audio Dynamite, which took his music in a more urban/dance-oriented direction. When Strummer came calling, asking Jones to reform the Clash with him, Jones declined. Instead, the two collaborated on B.A.D.’s second album, ‘No. 10, Upping St.’ co-producing the record and co-writing half the songs.
Strummer and Jones remained friends and even played a few Clash songs together at a charity show. They also planned to play a full reunion gig as part of the band’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. Sadly, Strummer died of a congenital heart defect in December 2002, making the reunion impossible.
“Whatever a group is, it is the chemical mixture of those four people that makes a group work,†Strummer said, a few years before his death. “That’s a lesson everyone should learn: you don’t mess with it. If it works, just let it… do whatever you have to do to bring it forward, but don’t mess with it. We learned that bitterly.â€
Read More:Â 30 Years Ago: The Clash Fire Mick Jones
Articles
NME The Clash Pop Will Die
Also a copy here
Stephen Kerr | @kidcobbler | Link
Great interview! Loved reading it again (because I was an NME junkie back in the day).
The Clash in the Combat Zone
"God, is it trendy or what?"
A wave of disgust crosses Joe Strummers face when he talks about the current British music scene...
NME Arm to Arm Combat, Can The Clash fight back? interview
Exclusive interview by Richard Cook – 6 pages
Heroes for Hire The Clash
ZigzZag Magazine
April 1984
6 pages
The Clash - Record Collector?
4 page article
MOJO FOUND The unheard Clash 1984 tracks
October 2018 / 2 pages
International articles
Interview, Spex Magazine
Wanted. Higher resolution copies of Spex Magazine, March 1984
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French
March 1984
Joe Strummer interview
Clash. La Peche - Interview
10 pages
Plus Punk Moins Rock interview
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January 1984
French Magazine
6 pages
Books, articles, social media
Mohawk Revenge: The Clash 1983-1985
Documenting and discussing the ill-fated but endlessly fascinating second major lineup of The Clash, 1983-1985.
2005 interview with the great Nick Sheppard
Mohawk Revenge:
The Clash 1983-1985
Chris Knowles
Nick Sheppard Instagram posts - Gramtower
https://www.gramtower.com/hashtag/NickSheppard
We Are The Clash: The Last Stand of a Band That Mattered
(book) The Clash's bold, tragic last stand, rescued from history's dustbin: at war with Thatcher, Reagan, the Top Ten, & (sometimes) itself...
Mark Andersen & Ralph Heibutzki
The Last Days of the Clash
(book) Vince White describes this gig extensively in his Clash biog, The Last Days of the Clash.
Vince Whites view: additional internet comments from Vince to add to his book
On the Clash late 1984...
"By that point all the good melancholic songs had disappeared and this kind of 'positive thinking' music had appeared which was stuggling against the tide. I dunno though, some of those songs like 'Cool Under Heat','movers and shakers' felt good to play on the busking tour where they seemed to take on a life of their own out on the streets and 'North and South' too. I have mixed feelings because it's hard for me to separate that from what they eventually became in the studio.
But the busking tour had a really good effect on the band and looking at the Roskilde show I can see a kind of camaraderie had begun to develop between us from that."
Most exciting gig
Vince White (on Clash City) said that "Glasgow Barrowlands was the most exciting show I played and Athens ( the last) was the best show I played."
"I vividly remember the Athens show 'cause I walked out on my own and started it with the 'Complete Control' riff in the dark with all the lighted matches. It was an awesome moment I'll never forget. It built slowly from that and was a cool start from the usual 'London Calling' explosion. And a far cry from the mess of my first Clash gig in Santa Barbara. So if it turns up that would be the indicator of an original recording. Also it was the only show I played completely sober!!! I'd love to hear it. I really had my shit together on that one."
Straight To Hell - The Final Days Of The Clash
By Chris Knowles (Classic Rock) April 18, 2005
In 1983, The Clash sacked Mick Jones, hired three new members and tried to return to their punk rock roots. Cue two years of back-stabbing, bullying, busking and blistering rock n roll... PDF
THE CLASH'S FORGOTTEN YEARS, 1984-1986
In its official version, the story of The Clash ends with the firing of lead guitarist Mick Jones in 1983.
Though founding members Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon subsequently led a five-piece version of the group until the first months of 1986, it is not a polite thing to mention at parties. The 384-page coffee-table book The Clash devotes less than a single page to the final two and a half years of the bandÃs career, and the 1985 album Cut The Crap has been left out of every Clash box set to date.
In the words of Rolling Stone, ìIt doesnÃt count, and the whole thing has basically been erased from history. The Clash as we know them ended at the 1983 US Festival.
The new Clash met the same fate as the new Coke. PDF
Book: The Last Crusade
– ©2005 Chris KnowlesThis article is courtesy [and copyright] of Chris Knowles, Clash fan and author. Chris's Clash book Clash City Showdown is available from all online retailers.
Great collection of scanned fanzines from the 1970s and 1980s
Passes
Out of Control Tour pass, January, California?
Memorabilia
T-shirts for sale, not cheap!
1984 the clash "out - Gem
The Clash 1984 - Etsy UK
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Jun 76 - Black Swan , five piece ....
Sept 76 - 100 Club, London gigs ....
Dec 76 - Anarchy Tour ....
Jan / Mar - Early 77 Gigs ....
May 77 - White Riot UK Tour ....
Jul 77 - European Dates ....
Oct 77 - Out of Control UK Tour ....
Jan 78 - Sandy Pearlman UK Dates ....
Apr 78 - UK Festival Dates ....
Jul 78 - Out on Parole UK Tour ....
Oct 78 - Sort it Out UK Tour ....
Feb 79 - Pearl Harbour US Tour ....
Jul 79 - Finland + UK dates ....
Sep 79 - Take the Fifth US Tour ....
Dec 79 - Acklam Hall Secret Gigs ....
Jan 80 - 16 Tons UK Tour ....
Mar 80- 16 Tons US Tour ....
May 80 - 16 Tons UK/Europe ....
May 81 - Impossible Mission Tour ....
Jun 81 - Bonds Residency NY ....
Sep 81 - Mogador Paris Residency ....
Oct 81 - Radio Clash UK Tour ....
Oct 81 - London Lyceum Residency ....
Jan 82 - Japan Tour ....
Feb 82 - Australian Tour ....
Feb 82 - HK & Thai gigs ....
May 82 - Lochem Festival ....
May 82 - 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 ....
May 83 - US Festival + gigs ....
Jan 84 - West Coast dates ....
Feb 84 - Out of Control Europe ....
Mar 84 - Out of Control UK ....
April 84 - Out of Control US Tour ....
Sep 84 - Italian Festival dates ....
Dec 84 - Miners Benefit Gigs ....
May 85 - Busking Tour ....
Jun- Aug 85 - Festival dates ....
Sept 85 - European Tour ....
Jan 86 - Far East Tour ....
1986 onwards - Retrospective
74-76 - Joe with the 101ers ....
Jul 88 - Green Wedge UK Tour
Aug 88 - Rock the Rich UK Tour ....
Oct 89 - Earthquake Weather UK ....
Oct 89 - Earthquake Weather Euro ....
Nov 89 - Earthquake Weather US ....
Jun 99 - Comeback Festival dates ....
July 99 - Short US Tour ....
July 99 - UK Tour ....
Aug 99 - Festival Dates ....
Oct 99 - UK Tour ....
Nov 99 - Full US Tour ....
Dec 99 - European Xmas dates ....
Jan 00 - Australasian Tour ....
May 00 - Mini UK Tour ....
Nov 00 - supporting The Who Tour ....
Jul 01 - UK & US Instore Tour ....
Oct 01 - Full US Tour ....
Nov 01 - Japanese Tour ....
Nov 01 - Full UK Tour ....
April 02 - Brooklyn NY Residency ....
Jun 02 - UK Festivals ....
Jul 02 - Hootenanny Tour ....
Aug 02 - UK Festival Dates ....
Sep 02 - Japanesse Dates ....
Nov 02 - Bringing it all Back Home ....
