Out of Control Tour 84
Joe Strummer lost his father two days after the second Milan date (28th).
updated 8 Feb 2008
updated 25 Dec 2008 - added support info
updated 4 Jan 2009 - sorted out recent (poor) tapes and quality
updated 2 Sept 2016 with better audio information
Updated march 2024 added lots
Audio 1
Sound 3.5 - 1hr 30mins - 3gen - 26 tracks
first tape of the 27th circulated (by BMC actually) - the best version easily - full complete - clear treble and bass
Three Card Trick
Audio 2 - Come Back LP
Sound 3 - 43mins - 3gen - 13 tracks
Three Card Trick
Audio 3 - master
Sound 3.5 - 1hr 29mins - master - 25 tracks
much poorer than v1.0 missing Bored with USA,
Kosmo Intro/London Calling all track 1 - master for Come Back LP
Three Card Trick
Audio 4
Sound 3.0 - 1hr 26mins - alt-master - 26 tracks
no intro - edits into early London Calling much poorer than v1.0 but slightly better than v2.0. misses Know Your Rights - tape turnover repeats SISOSIG
Three Card Trick
Sound quality
The full concert from a 3rd gen source. It has a goodish mix, clarity and a nice width of sound. It suffers that outdoor sound but apart from that is very good.
It is much better then the boot LP Come Back which is edited to a re-ordered 13 tracks which was hacked up so as to contain the then 6 unreleased Cut the Crap songs on one side and the remainder on the back side. Link to Satch's
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TV Interviews
The Clash - Italy 1984 interview
Mister Fantasy - Italian TV - RaiUno - Broadcast 23 March
Joe Strummer of The Clash interviewed backstage pre show Milan Italy 1984. Taken from "Mister Fantasy and below being interviewed pre show Milan Italy February 1984. This is a very rare item. I had previously uploaded this a few years ago, but there was an audio fault and it always annoyed me, so I deleted the older version and uploaded this new one with the audio sorted. Taken from BASF L-750 Betamax tape archive number #080 digital archive #4018
The Clash - Italy 1984 interview - Mister Fantasy
Joe Strummer of The Clash interviewed backstage pre show Milan Italy 1984. Taken from "Mister Fantasy. Another link here
Clash - 1984 Milan Italy News Show interview
Joe Strummer and The Clash interviewed pre show Milan Italy February 1984. Another link here
Rebel rock in Milan with the Clash
La Stampa -
26 Febbraio 1984
Translation
Tomorrow and Tuesday
MILAN - Tomorrow and the day after the flash group will exhibit in Milan, one of the few left in the world to combine rock and rebellion.
Their production combines a very Anglo-Saxon protest (politics with a lowercase "p", as bassist Slmonon explained: common streams, everyone's life, personal things.) With the themes of international politics. music is vital.
Wozniak said last year's Californian concert organiser: If they hired me as their spokesperson, I might be able to express the flash message in a more positive way: in life you have to have the courage to know how to pass from naive.
Il grouppo inglese a Milana davanti a un pubblico giunto da mezza Italia
Ill rock dei Clash e una guerra
La Stampa
Mercoledì 29 Febbraio 1984
Text [English]
English translation go to La Stampa archives
I personaggi, le classich, le fantasie di Mr Fantasy
Arrivano i Clash, ribelli senza tempo
Europa - Lunedì 5 Marzo 1984
Text [English]
Tickets, passes
Top left Clash ticket courtesy Dave Ridley
A little town in Sicily, a USA military base with Cruise missiles
And you know something? I got it now, 22 years later... was at that show Feb 27, 1984, Milan.... Well I finally discover what Joe is ranting presenting this song! Joe is talking about Comiso! Comiso (speaking Còmiso, not Comìzo as Joe's ranting) is a little town in Sicily where in the early 80's was installed a USA military base with Cruise missiles! There was a lot of struggle and clashes around this installation during those years. Evair
The new songs looked under rehearsed
The gig was held in a big sport hall that do not exist anymore. I was only at the first concert. The band was fast and tight but quite monotonous. The acoustic was horrible and at that time Joe wasn’t even trying to have any interaction with the crowd. I really appreciated Guns of Brixton with Paul’s harp. The new songs looked under rehearsed by then. Luca Lanini
I was the drummer of the supporting band
The Clash gig in Milan 27 feb 1984. I was the drummer of the supporting band, called 'NOT MOVING'. We played about 30 minutes and met Paul and Joe before the gig. I've some picture of our gig but no one of the Clash. Antonio Bacciocchi.
I Clash a Milano il 27 c 28
No English translation from L'Unita
Rock rebel in Milan with the Clash
La Stampa
26 February 1984
Issue 48 page 23
Slamo punk, non crediamo ai dogmi
La Stampa
29 February 1984
I milioni di milioni di milioni
La Stampa
15 March 1984
Arrivano i Clash, ribelle senza temo
La Stampa
5th March 1984
La Stampa original articles can be found here
The support band Not Moving give there taken on supporting The Clash in Milan for two nights
Open for the Clash in Milan: the word from the support Not Moving
On February 28, 1984 (leap year, for the record) Joe Strummer with what remains of the Clash makes a stop in Italy. It is not the first time in our country for the band, which has already held some concerts in 1980 and 1981 for Italian fans.
That Milanese date sees the presence of a guest group to open the evening: Not Moving, an emerging band that had already attracted the attention of many professionals and enthusiasts. Their sound is peculiar, it hangs up to the mood of bands like Cramps and Gun Club, with many references to punk, but also to the sound of Australian rock and to more roots-blues atmospheres. PDF
More on Not Moving and the Palasport gigs...
The Last Days of the Clash
Check Vince White Clash biog, The Last Days of the Clash
We Are The Clash: Reagan, Thatcher, and the Last Stand of a Band That Mattered
By Mark Andersen, Ralph Heibutzki
Beautiful concert, Unforgettable
Manrico Nordi Beautiful concert in Milan I was 24 years old
Sandro Clash Was there too. Eighteen. First row. The First time I saw them . Unforgettable
Giovanni Taverna I was there and besides the ticket I also have the poster taken from a wall. Strummer’s dad passed away a few hours before that concert
The Clash | Facebook
The Clash Milan 1984 - search results | Facebook
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Photos
Live era, Joe in Milan, 1984
WE LOVE THE CLASH | Pablo Nannucci
Extensive archive of articles, magazines and other from the UK and European dates on the Out of Control Tour, February-March 1984
Archive - Snippets - Tour Dates - Books, social media - Articles - International Articles - Passes - Memorabilia - Official Press Releases - Mick sacked - Video and audio
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Setlist
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London Calling |
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Come Back LP |
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Extensive archive of articles, magazines and other from the Out of Control Tour; UK and Europe, February-March 1984
There are several sights that provide setlists but most mirror www.blackmarketclash.co.uk. They are worth checking.
from Setlist FM (cannot be relied on)
from Songkick (cannot be relied on)
... both have lists of people who say they went
& from the newer Concert Database and also Concert Archives
Also useful: Ultimate Music database, All Music, Clash books at DISCOGS
Articles, check 'Rocks Back Pages'
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Out of Control Tour
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Vince White describes this gig extensively in his Clash biog, The Last Days of the Clash
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