Out of Control Tour '84
updated 2 Sept 2016 with better audio information
added ticket and set list
updated August 2022 - added review
updated January 2024 added lots
Audio 1
Bass distortion - Sound 2 - 1hr 7mins - ?? gen - 22 tracks
Clash City Rockers
Sound quality
Not a brilliant tape but listenable just. The bass is very overpowering and has reverberated through the recorder. Tape problems at the end of Safe European Home cut in halfway through Ammunition. Link to Satch's
Tickets
Portland Exposition Building
The Portland Exposition Building, also known as "The Expo," is located at 239 Park Ave., Portland, US. It was designed by Frederick A. Tompson and built in 1914 at a cost of $80,944. The building is the second oldest arena in continuous operation in the United States 2.
The Expo has a capacity of 3,000 and hosts over 270 events per year, including trade shows, concerts, sporting events, conferences, civic meetings, brew fests, high school indoor track meets, ski shows, and other special events 2. Nearly 600,000 patrons pass through the Expo's turnstile each year 2.
The Expo has been home to a variety of tenants, including the Portland Bulldogs, Maine Roller Derby, and Maine Celtics 2. It has also hosted concerts by many famous bands and artists, including The Clash, who performed there on April 12, 1984 1, 3, 4.
Other notable performers besides The Clash who have graced the Expo's stage include Queen, Bob Seger, INXS, Snoop Dogg, The Beach Boys, and Jethro Tull, 4.The building also serves as locker rooms for Fitzpatrick Stadium, the visiting clubhouse for Hadlock Field, as well as the Portland High School locker rooms 2. The Portland Exposition Building continues to be a significant venue for a variety of events, contributing to the cultural and social life of Portland.
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The Clash delivers ferocious punk sound
The Bangor Daily News
Sat Apr 14 1984
Awesome show
Rick Wick Sullivan - 20 February
2 tickets from the 12 shows I’ve been to. These are from 1982 and 1984.
Jamie Knight I was at both shows plus many others.
Mike Cella Was at the Portland gig...Met the band after the show....Then hit 5 more show's a great time i remember it like it was Yesterday!!!!!!!
Rick Wick Sullivan - Mike Cella I remember at this show when they played “somebody got murdered” and they flicked all the lights in the CCCC on at the same time. It was like an explosion.
Greg Pizzo I attended that show. The acoustics were awful, but it was still awesome.
Paul Lewandowski - 2
Awesome show...I was there!
Paul Michael Henry I saw the clash 2.0 in portland me . Just Joe on his OUT OF CONTROL tour !
Skip Orne - I remember the warm up band getting boo'ed off the stage.....
Worked as security for their concert, setlist
Craig Harrison · This isn't mine, but I found it in a local (to me) FB yard sale group: Set list handwritten by Joe Strummer! I had the honor to work security for their concert in April 1984, 'Cut the Crap' tour, in Portland, Maine. I snagged it from in front of Joe's mic after the show. It's been in an album all this time.
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Blew my 13 y.o. mind.
Kristina TenEyck I was there...I conned a friend into driving me down from Rockland. I still have the ticket. Blew my 13 y.o. mind...standing on those stacked t.v.'s they were relentless!
There was a great crowd that night and everyone was so into the show
Kelly C Jenkins There was a great crowd that night and everyone was so into the show. I am thankful that I followed by instincts on that one because I have missed other bands that never had a chance to see.
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Rick Thackeray I checked every way that I could think of. At first I thought it was a band named "Cactus", now I believe that there was no back up band.
TV's stacked on the stage
First Time I saw a band with TV's stacked on the stage. Showed them landing in Boston driving up 95. Then they burst out onto the stage playing London is Calling. First time we saw slam dancing. My son Nate wanted to get down on the floor. I should have let him. But I could her his moms voice. Still have the tickets. Fun Times at the Expo
Nate Clancy I was 12 and I was there!
The acoustics were awful
Greg Pizzo I attended that show. The acoustics were awful, but it was still awesome.
Awesome show
Paul Lewandowski Awesome show...I was there!
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Extensive archive of articles, magazines and other from the Out of Control Tour, April-May 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
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Reagan, Thatcher, and the Last Stand of a Band That Mattered By Mark Andersen, Ralph Heibutzki Fort Lauderdale pg137, pg147, pg151
Nashville pg103
features archival footage and new interviews to tell the story of the band's final days. The four primary members of the band - Jones, Joe Strummer, Paul Simonen and Topper Headon tell their sides of the story as do Nick Sheppard and Vince White, both of whom replaced Jones, and original drummer Terry Chimes, who returned to replace Headon in 1982.
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