Out of Control Tour '84

updated 14 July 2008 - added ticket
updated 2 Sept 2016 with better audio information





Audio 1

Decent, echoey - Sound 3 - 1hr 22min - 1st gen - 25 tracks

This is England





Sound quality

Link to Satch's

Another reasonably nice recording from 1st gen source. The sound is very wide and pretty clear and therefore enjoyable. However ther are some echo problems from the taper being at the back of the very old Victorian Hall.

A great venue, so loud, but this has damaged the structures. The taper at the back has managed to pick up plenty of echo.
The drums, guitar and bass come accross clear. The vocals come out a touch low but not much. High decibels produce some over amplificationon the recorder, but again not that much.





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Tickets, passes

Mick Peek: Ticket for The Clash at King George’s Hall Blackburn | Facebook

Clash ticket right courtesy Dave Ridley





Pass

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Here’s an official Clash Mk2 Crew Pass for what I believe is from the King George’s Hall in Blackburn on the 4th of March 1984





King Georges Hall, Blackburn

King George's Hall, located in Blackburn, England, is a historic music venue with a rich legacy. The hall, a Grade 2 listed building, has been a prominent site for various concerts and performances since its opening in 1921.

The hall consists of three main areas: the Concert Hall with a capacity of 1800, the Windsor Suite with a capacity of 750, and Blakeys Café Bar with a capacity of 500. Over the years, the venue has hosted a wide range of world-famous acts, including The Beatles, David Bowie, Queen, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Blondie, The Jam, The Clash, and many others including David Bowie during his Ziggy Stardust tour in 1973.

Below Left: unknown, Right: Morrisey at KGH





"two sorts of people come to watch the Clash"

Joe gets carried away later on by the heavy and constant rain of saliva raining down on him which was awful in the extreme. Politely, following Radio Clash, he suggests two sorts of people come to watch the Clash.

"these lot here, too young to remember first time, think they can be part of it by spitting on the bloke, then there you lot at the back who come for some information"

"it has never been so geographically clear to me that we have two kinds of audience"

Quite an energetic gig with some more of the old numbers getting bashed about a bit.





Support, 'sid presley experience' ?

Was at the Clash ‘84 Blackburn Out of Control gig, cant for the life of me remember who supported them but have the thought it was the sid presley experience??  Shed any light on this?

Couple of memories from that gig do remember the support band guitarist/bass players pants falling down. Also all the gobbing and a couple of punks dropping off the balcony into the crowd below.

Found a good link to the tour t-shirts from that night....link
Let me know if you do know who the support was. Cheers -Mart





I was there. Incredible atmosphere. Packed

I was there. Incredible atmosphere. Packed. The spitting was off the scale. Constant flow of gob. The band got pissed off with it but all the same ploughed on at 100 miles per hour. On the tape you can here Joe stop for gobbing.





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Extensive archive of articles, magazines and other from the UK and European dates on the Out of Control Tour, February-March 1984

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Setlist

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London Calling
Safe European Home
Are You Ready for War?
Rock the Casbah
The Dictator
Know your Rights
The Guns Of Brixton
Ammunition
Clampdown
This is England
Career Opportunities
I’m So Bored with the USA
White Man In Ham Palais
Three Card Trick
Police and Thieves
Janie Jones
I Fought the Law
This is Radio Clash
We are the Clash
Brand New Cadilac
Garageland
Tommy Gun
Armagideon Time
English Civil War
Complete Control



Extensive archive of articles, magazines and other from the Out of Control Tour; UK and Europe, February-March 1984

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Out of Control Tour
UK & Europe
February, March 1984


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BOOKS


The Last Days of the Clash

Vince White describes this gig extensively in his 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
reference Stockton, Long Beach and San Diego
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Return of the Last Gang in Town,
Marcus Gray

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Passion is a Fashion,
Pat Gilbert

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Redemption Song,
Chris Salewicz

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Joe Strummer and the legend of The Clash
Kris Needs

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