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BUSKING TOUR...Joe and Paul took the boys on an impromptu busking tour - playing publicly and outside venues acoustically... the 'shows' generated some excitement about the forthcoming album... They all hitched from London by the M1 and agreed to meet up in the pub near Nottingham Railway Station. The Last Days of the Clash - Vince White pg 226
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In May 1985, [Clash manager] Bernie Rhodes, [manager] Kosmo [Vinyl] and Joe [Strummer] devised the Clash’s last hurrah—a busking tour of Britain. The idea was that the group would assemble at [guitarist] Vince’s flat, leave their wallets on the table and hitch to Nottingham with a few acoustic guitars. They’d then see where the wind would take them. Over the next two-and-a-half weeks, Britain’s provincial towns and cities were thus treated to the extraordinary sight of The Clash popping up under railway bridges and in subways to entertain them with Monkees, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochran and Cramps songs.
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Paul [Simonon] agrees. ‘It was like starting out fresh again,’ he says. ‘It was great. “We’ll meet you in Glasgow in a week’s time,” and the idea was to leave everything behind other than the guitars. You couldn’t take any money with you. We survived by our wits. It was as exciting as the Anarchy tour, you never knew where you were going next. I remember we were in Leeds, it was 2 a.m., and it was outside this black club, and people were coming out and really digging us. There were two white guys and they were shocked it was us. They said, “Where you staying?” And we said, “We’re not staying anywhere,” so they invited us to stay at their mum’s. The money we made from busking meant we could go further, we didn’t have a plan of where to go next. There was no rules. You didn’t have to be on the so-and-so plane at twelve o’clock.’
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Strummer Slept Here - Retrospective documentary
A film about memories of The Clash busking tour of 1985 was shot in 2010. This developed into an interactive documentary in 2015 & was first shown to the public at Duke's Bar, Glasgow in the days before Christmas 2015. The film has since been screened again in 2018, and has been the catalyst for a wonderful series of punk events!
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Amazing photos of when The Clash busked their way across Britain and ended up in a Glasgow bar
The pictures of that night in May 1985 are brilliant - were you there?
It was seen as a last hurrah for the iconic punk band - and the end destination was set for Glasgow.
Joe Strummer called The Clash’s 1985 busking tour of Britain ‘the best tour we ever did’, after devising a plan few bands would dream of nowadays. The group assembled in one flat, left their wallets on the table and headed off on the road with only a few acoustic guitars and their hitchhiking skills.
Amazing photos of when The Clash busked their way across Britain and ended up in a Glasgow bar
The pictures of that night in May 1985 are brilliant - were you there?
By Gillian Loney / Editor / 20 APR 2017
The Clash playing live inside Dukes bar in Glasgow (Image: Media Scotland)
It was seen as a last hurrah for the iconic punk band - and the end destination was set for Glasgow.
Joe Strummer called The Clash’s 1985 busking tour of Britain ‘the best tour we ever did’, after devising a plan few bands would dream of nowadays.
The group assembled in one flat, left their wallets on the table and headed off on the road with only a few acoustic guitars and their hitchhiking skills.
From there, they hit towns and cities across the country, playing impromptu gigs under railway bridges and sleeping on the floors of some lucky fans.
It brought them all the way to Duke’s Bar on Old Dumbarton Road, where word must have gotten out - here’s a photo of fans queuing to get in the door and see their idols up close.
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Fans outside Dukes bar hoping to see The Clash (Image: Media Scotland)
Legend has it that there were so many people that they spilled out onto the street on police orders - all still singing along to the greatest Clash hits.
The band played a number of Glasgow venues that day, May 16, 1985, from the old Rock Garden (now Max’s) on Queen Street to the Glasgow School of Art.
Mural tribute to The Clash unveiled at bar that hosted their last Glasgow Gig
Who remembers the rockers' surprise busking tour in 1985?
Any music fan in Glasgow will remember when The Clash performed a series of impromptu gigs in and around the city to promote their final album.
On May 16 1985 they played the Rock Garden pub on Queen Street, before heading to Dukes Bar on Old Dumbarton Road. The following day, the band took their busking tour to the Vic Cafe Bar in Glasgow School of Art, then the Fixx Bar on Miller Street.
Eye Spy Glasgow:
Dukes Bar was calling Clash fans everywhere
11th July 2014 - By Eye Spy Glasgow
So how many of you musicos were there - at Dukes Bar on May 16, 1985?
Maybe the date doesn't ring a bell but the venue certainly should.
After all it's not every evening that one of the greatest punk rock bands descends on a small Glasgow pub for a busking session.
But it happened - and Dukes Bar at the corner of Old Dumbarton Road and Lumsden Street has the evidence to prove it.
A plaque was fixed to the wall of the pub a few years ago. It reads: "Dukes Bar. Live gig. The Clash. May 16th 1985 'Busking tour'. 41 Old Dumbarton Road."
It seems utterly bizarre that Joe Strummer, Paul Simonon et al should pitch up at what was essentially a street corner pub.
Word of the free gig naturally spread like wildfire and fans turned up in their hordes - pity the poor bar staff that night.
So why did it happen? Rewind the clock to 1985 and the punk music scene was in decline. The Clash were once at the top of the punk tree but their best days were behind them.
Strummer decided to take the band on a busking tour of the UK - it was to all intents and purposes a farewell tour.
It started off in Nottingham and the band headed north through Leeds, York, Gateshead, Sunderland and Edinburgh before arriving in Glasgow.
They played jam sessions on street corners, small pubs, student union cafes.
When they got to Glasgow it was no different. On May 16 they played the Rock Garden pub on Queen Street before moving on to Dukes.
One story goes that the band was supposed to play at Glasgow University but the gig was cancelled by police because of a fear of overcrowding.
So the owner of Dukes, Alan Fullegar, offered to pay their taxi fare to Old Dumbarton Road if they would play at his bar.
It worked, the band turned up and played a 45-minute session that would give the pub an unlikely place in Glasgow music history.
The following day the Clash played at the Vic Cafe Bar in Glasgow School of Art, then the Fixx Bar on Miller Street.
Glasgow was where the the busking tour ended - and for the Clash it was something of a last hurrah. The band split up the following year.
As for Dukes, it's been through a couple of incarnations since then but is now a smart bar serving a good pint and with a permanent reminder of the day the Clash came to town.
Remember When...Punk's Not Dead
12th December 2020 -
Glasgow Herald
EDINBURGH band The Exploited sang Punk's Not Dead in 1981 and even got on Top of the Pops in the same year with Dead Cities but this is where it all began: with bands such as the Sex Pistols, The Damned and The Clash.
In truth, punk was largely a London phenomenon, inspired by mid-70s New York bands, with few Scottish bands making the breakthrough, with the exception of Dunfermline's The Skids and fellow east coasters The Rezillos.
The Clash were one of the originals, though, and proved a hit when they appeared at Fixx pub in Miller Street in Glasgow in 1985. The band had been on a busking tour and, for the Clash, the gig was something of a last hurrah as the band split the following year.
The Fixx was described by our own Russell Leadbetter as a dark, cramped but atmospheric venue especially on Friday nights. He says he still regrets missing that gig.
Seven years earlier, The Clash played a gig at the Glasgow Apollo. The bouncers had a reputation for being bullies who picked on fans and word got around that this would be one of the final gigs in the Renfield Street concert hall which was renowned for its boisterous crowd, drawn from across Scotland.
Over the microphone, singer Joe Strummer and guitarist Mick Jones ordered the bouncers to stop fighting with people dancing in the crowd. According to Martin Kielty's book Apollo Memories, the bouncers were rumoured to be getting their revenge on the crowd '"for making their lives hell over the years.'
Joe and Paul Simonon were lifted by plain-clothes police officers outside the venue afterwards for being "drunk and disorderly" and spent the night in the cells – along with several other fans from the show.
Garry Scott
Lost Glasgow | Reeling in the years
The Clash at the GSA, May 1985 (Pictures Ross Sinclair)
Reeling in the years: The Clash at the Glasgow School of Art (GSA), May 1985
If you've followed LG for any length of time, you'll know that I'm an ageing Clash fan. That's why I was so excited today when former Soup Dragon turned artist and lecturer Ross Sinclair posted these previously unseen images of the band's 'busking' gig at the Glasgow School of Art, in May 1985.
A very hungover 19-year-old me is somewhere in that happy throng
I asked Ross to jot down his memories of those, hazy, crazy three days when the Clash came to town...
"I suppose, thinking back on that Clash visit to Glasgow, its was all about the magic and mystery of life before mobile phones and 24/7 communication - the sheer excitement of it.
"Rumours spread like a wildfire virus (to mix some metaphors!)- the Clash - in Glasgow - BUSKING! What - no way - where - how - why? Read the full article
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...definitely played the Rock Garden...met them the night before too.
Eyewitness account of The Clash and their busking tour of Glasgow
Here’s the post from Tony’s blog:
The night They Fought The Law
It was a hot summer’s day. The previous day I had just finished my final exam at university. My flatmate and I decided to head into town for a few beers and see what was happening, Most of our crowd had finished their exams a few days before so they would probably be in one of two or three places.
We decide to walk in to Glasgow city centre (translation: – I had no cash for the bus fare). The grant had long gone ! For younger readers, a point of information – the government used to PAY YOU a grant to go to university. My flatmate’s Dad banked with a merchant bank frequented by the Queen. So he decided to write a bouncy cheque so we could have a drink.
We decided on the Rock Garden as the first port of call. When I turned into Queen Street, I saw a large crowd congregated around the door and they had door staff on too, which was very unusual for Thursday lunchtime.
So I went up to the doorman who I knew (he was called Big Ted as his name was Edward and he was 6ft 2)
Me: What’s going on Ted
Ted: The Clash are playing downstairs
Me: Aye. Right.
I thought he was joking as he knew I was a Clash fanatic.
Ted: Seriously. They are doing busking tour around Britain and it’s Glasgow today.
Me: Ted, you need to let me in.
Ted: If I let you in I need to let the other 50 odd people in.
Me: How much? I know it’s free but how much for me to get in there?
Ted: Look they are finishing up anyway – I’ll let you in when they finish and you can ask them yourself.
Ten minutes later me and my flatmate were standing at the upstairs door of the Rock Garden with a beer. The Clash walked up the stairs. We had a quick word and they told us they were moving onto a place called The Cul-de-Sac in the West End. I thought WTF. Strummer will take one look at it and walk straight back out. But we headed there anyway. I said to my flatmate ‘Let’s find out where they are going next ‘cos Strummer won’t play here’. The door man said they were going to Dukes next, a bar just behind the Kelvin Hall.
Drinking with The Clash
So we went to Dukes and we were the only people there. I was beginning to doubt my judgement on Strummer when the door opened and in walked The Clash (Strummer, Simonon, Sheppard, White and Howard). No hangers on, just the five of them.
I went and asked them if they wanted a beer. ‘No, we’ll get you one,’ said Strummer, ‘as we’re playing for beer and food.’
So we ended up drinking with The Clash. Obviously as word got around the place filled up fast.
The set was classics and covers: Pressure Drop, Guns of Brixton, Bank Robber, Brand New Cadillac. Then Strathclyde’s finest turned up to be met with Police on My Back. Classic Clash. They were told to get outside as there were too many people inside and a mob outside.
The Clash duly broke into I Fought the Law. Loads of wee Glasga women were hanging out their windows and I can only imagine what they thought as a couple of hundred Clash fans sang and danced about like maddies.
Straight to Hell
Then they did Straight to Hell – I will always remember that as Howard played the drum part on a window sill. It was eerily quiet.
The police panicked as more and more people turned up and sent them back inside and only let the number back in that met with fire rules. We were left outside.
When the Clash came out, we jumped in a cab and said ‘ Follow that cab’. They stopped at a venue in Sauchiehall Street that had a reggae night on Thursday nights. They were told to come back later. My flatmate and I sat in a pub across the road sipping our pints waiting for them to come back.
When they did we ran across and sneaked in with their growing entourage. Simonon got stopped at the door as they had said there were fifteen in total. The bouncer said, ‘Fifteen have already gone in.’
He of course got in and they did a storming set of all the famous Clash reggae stuff finishing with White Man, my all time favourite Clash track.
They were due to play a couple of venues the next day, but, being a bit hungover, I didn’t get up in time and just missed their set at the Glasgow School of Art. The day before however had been perfect.
The band stayed with my mates in a tenement in West End Park St
David Higgins - dhiggins@newad.com
Just read the Clash busking piece and its spot on.The band stayed with my mates (a band called Rockers Almighty) in a tenement in West End park street next to the Halt Bar.
The two rastas mentioned were Andy Oji and Barry Watson.
Beside Dukes and the Rock Garden they also played that club on Sauciehall St that had Wed night (Mayfair) reggae nights but I forget the name and then they played the Art School. I am attaching a picture from Dukes for you.Thats me far right in the fedora! Bumped into paul over here as well .Stay Free
Great days, David Higgins
Tipped off but missed it!
From memory I am sure that on the 1985 Busking Tour they also played "The Rock Garden" in Glasgow on the afternoon of the 16th May. I was too slow in getting down there but someone from the "Bicycle Thieves", a local Glasgow Band, tipped me off about "Dukes" for later that night.
I taped the Rock Garden
Alan just discovered your website. I met the Clash by chance in Glasgow on the day they were here. They were sitting on the stairs of The Art School. We went for a beer then went to the impromptu gig with them at the Rock Garden which is mentioned.
I always carried a little recording walkman in those days (cheap one, couldn't afford a Sony Pro) but did record them to tape. I have done a couple of copies of this for friends in the past but maybe I'll dig it out (ed. nothing surfaced from this email).
Quality was poor as the crowd was singing along so loudly but you get a good feel as to what was happening and golden moments like a guy moaning cos they had been given his drums without his permission and you could hear his unhappy comments all the way through. Keep Rockin' PBH. Paul Henderson <pbh667[a]gmail.com>
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Fixx in Miller Street where they displaced a fashion show and played a blinder
I met the Clash as they walked into Nico’s. I asked Joe at the bar they were playing, he said “I dunno” so I said I’d show him. He said “Come and join us”. I did.
We all walked down to the Rock Garden where they were told they could play the next afternoon. After lots of Stella and a Creedence singalong we went to Fixx in Miller Street where they displaced a fashion show and played a blinder of a gig (“for this guy ‘ere”).
They played downstairs at the Rock Garden the next day at lunchtime.
They were terrific in every way.
I did see a photograph of the Fixx gig in the Evening Times and I guess this is the one you mention on your webpage, do you have a link to the photo?
John Shand john.shand[a]spdltd.com
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The Clash in the pub. The Clash busking in the Rock Garden pub, Glasgow, Scotland. Took this shot with my kodak disc camera 1985.
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Clash playing Glasgow Rock Garden
15 May 1985 / Photo S.Clegg / Image ID: D18YDE
The University - Cul-de-Sac bar
Cancelled due to crowd congestion
THE CLASH would be playing in a bar called the Cul de Sac!!
Thx not only for the tape but for contributing the following notes:
"During 1985, I was in the middle of sitting my Highers at secondary school when I heard that THE CLASH intended to busk their way around the UK. Will they come to Glasgow? I asked myself. Then it happened! 16th May 1985 6pm, I received a phone call from my mate. "THE CLASH ARE IN GLASGOW AND ARE PLAYING TONIGHT! I WILL COME BE AT YOUR HOUSE IN 10 MINUTES!!"
As you can imagine, the studying went out the window and within 30 minutes, we were on a bus that would get us into the centre of Glasgow to see our idols. My mate H. had received info that THE CLASH would be playing in a bar called the Cul de Sac which is situated close to Glasgow University. We made our way to the bar and settled down with a pint which I was almost too nervous to drink! Within an hour, the pub was jam packed.
We were sitting by the door when I saw Paul Simonon and 2 rastas come into the pub, up to the bar and order cans of Red Stripe! I couldn't believe it!! I was so close to one of my heroes, I couldn't let this chance pass me by. I plucked up the courage, walked over to him and just about managed to blurt out "Hello Paul! My name is ..., I'm one of your biggest fans, would you like a drink?"
"Nice to meet you, I've just got a round in but thanks anyway. Sit down and join us" I thought I'd died and gone to heaven!!! Iasked Paul where the rest of the band were. He told me that they were in a pub called Duke's Bar on Dumbarton Road and they were probably going to play there that night as the Cul de Sac was too busy posing a potential safety problem. I commented that although the pub was busy, there was still enough room for the band to appear. Paul laughed and told me to look out of the window.
There were around 150 people trying to gain entry to the pub and were being prevented from doing so by 2 bouncers and 4 policemen. From where I was sitting, it looked like a mini riot. I asked Paul if I could come with them but he said there was no room in the car and that they were stopping people from entering Dukes so I probably wouldn't get in there anyway. I told him how disappointed I was and he took me aside and whispered "Be at Vic's Cafe, Glasgow Art College 12pm tomorrow. Don't tell anyone!!!"
"Be at Vic's Cafe, Glasgow Art College 12pm tomorrow. Don't tell anyone!!!"
I went straight home that night and phoned all my mates!! This was going to be a day to remember. Bright and early the next day, a crowd of us boarded the bus to Glasgow. It was a warm, dry day and the lager and cider was freely passed around. We arrived at the Art College to find a crowd consisting of young punks, old punks and bemused Japanese tourists milling around outside the building. We were refused entry. "Vic's Cafe is full!!! You can't get in!" We stepped back from the door. "There must be another way into this building" I said. "follow me!"
No way was I going to miss this!!! We walked around the corner and surprisingly, the fire exit door was wide open!!! In we all trooped. "Where are you lot going?" asked an elderly gentleman in a suit, "Fuck off!" was the reply!! as we entered the cafe.
There was no way that the band could play in here I thought. There must have been around 100 people crammed into a space ment for 50 with another large crowd congregatiing outside. I knew from previous nights out at the Art College that there was a large hall, complete with stage that was just upstairs from this cafe. I guessed that if they were going to play, this would be the venue so we all made our way to the bottom of the stairs.
5 minutes later, the band arrived, all dressed in black with their leather bikers jackets around their shoulders. It was the coolest sight I had ever seen. They stood beside us as they consulted with the barman as to the situation in the cafe and it was indeed decided that they would play their set upstairs and let everyone who was outside in to see them. Within 10 seconds, we had all sprinted up the stairs, blagged the front row and I had placed my Grundig tape recorder on the stage with the record button set to ON. The band came on to a tremendous reception.
There must have been approx.500/600 people in the hall but you could have heard a pin drop as the band ran through their set. They all had acoustic guitars and the drummer played on a plastic chair. All through the gig, at the end of every song, my mate who has the loudest voice of anyone I know, shouted "White Man! White Man!"
The band duly obliged! (This was to be repeated with City of the Dead at Strummer's Earthquake Weather gig at the Barrowlands and again with White Man at King Tut's which was a low key warm up gig before T in the Park a couple of years ago. Strummer must think "Who is this loud mouthed yob who turns up every time I'm in Glasgow??") Anyway, back to the Art College. 8 songs later and it was all over.
The band were greeted with one of the loudest cheers that I ever heard. There was no encore and the band made a quick exit! All the office workerswent back to work and we went back to the bus station in a state of shock and euphoria!!! WE HAD JUST SEEN THE CLASH!!!!
As we listened to the recording, an older guy approached us and asked if it was a tape of the previous night's show? When we told him that it was a tape of the show that they had just played 10 minutes ago, I thought that the guy was going to cry! That was the effect that THE CLASH had on a lot of people. The most passionate, exciting and caring band I have ever seen. No one even comes close."
Mayfair Reggae Disco early evening
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I'm pretty sure that on the Clash busking tour after the Cul de Sac they played a reggae disco called the Mayfair later in the evening, anyone else ever tell you that? I was at the Vics Cafe show next day and was told then by someone. See The Last Days of the Clash - Vince White pg 235
The final night I had spent all my giro and Simonon said “I’ll cover ya!”
Just read the Clash busking piece and its spot on.
The band stayed with my mates (a band called Rockers Almighty) in a tenement, my mates Andy and Danny Oji’s(14 West End Park St 3 up left) from Rockers Almighty when they were in town, next to the Halt Bar. The two rastas mentioned were Andy Oji and Barry Watson.
Beside Dukes and the rock garden they also played that club on Sauciehall St that had Wed night reggae nights but I forget the name and then they played the Art School. I am attaching a picture from Dukes for you. That's me far right in the fedora! Bumped into paul over here as well. Stay Free. Great days. David
The final night I had spent all my giro and Simonon said “I’LL cover ya” and we all went to Henry Afrikas (now defunct Oswald St I think) and the owners put a case of Red Stripe in front of us and away we went. They were all great apart from the miserable drummer.
Dukes Bar evening
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DukesBarGlasgow - @DukesBarGlasgow - 16 May 2015
On this day in 1985, The Clash played at DUKES on their Busking Tour. #TheClash #livegig #livemusic #BuskingTour
So Joe decided that they’d come out the pub and play in the street
Lyle Reilly
The crazy thing about that night was everyone trying to get into Dukes. So Joe decided that they’d come out the pub and play in the street, which was brilliant, there was old people hanging out their windows wondering what was going on. Then the police put a stop to that so back to the pub again, needless to say the next 2 songs were “I fought the law” and “Police on my back”… what a night.
The Clash playing outside Dukess bar (as well as inside it)
Clash fans quening to get in to Dukes Bar and The Clash playing at Dukes bar
Lost Glasgow - @LostGlasgow - 21 Aug 2019
Happy birthday Joe Strummer - the future is unwritten... Just spotted the back of own head, with the lank looking mullet, right, and my old chum Gary, at my back, when the remnants of The Clash played at Glasgow's Dukes Bar, in May 1985. @TheClash
Plaque
See The Last Days of the Clash - Vince White pg 235 I was going to the corner shop near my house and passed the recently re-opened Dukes Bar, I saw a The Clash plaque outside and took a couple of photos. Dukes Bar now and the plaque
I am opening a bar in Glasgow which in the 1980's was called Dukes - the name of the new bar. The clash played there during the unplugged tour on 16 May 1986, and I intend to put up a plaque outside (artwork attached) It would be good to know if there is anyone about who was there and could share some memories.
Mark Brunjes - Director, AB LEISURE LIMITED - 211 Dumbarton Road - G11 6AA
DukesBarGlasgow - @DukesBarGlasgow - 6 Nov 2011
Meeting with Alan Fullegar at Dukes today. Alan owned Dukes in the 1980's when The Clash played a gig during their busking tour.
The Clash at Dukes Bar
The Wind Jammer Bar
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From memory they actually played a pub called the Windjammer on the Thursday night (which is close to Dukes Bar). I also recall there was a small article in the Daily Record newspaper about the windjammer show either on the Friday or Saturday after.
they actually played a pub called the Windjammer on the Thursday night
I was at that gig as well.It is nice to read something documented about this show as I'm not convinced any one believes me the show took place.
We had heard from a friend on the Thursday evening! I clearly remember the acoustic guitars and the chair !! and us all going upstairs from the Vic Cafe because of the numbers of people I am not a big fan but went as friends went along.
From memory they actually played a pub called the Windjammer on the Thursday night (which is close to Dukes Bar). I also recall there was a small article in the Daily Record newspaper about the windjammer show either on the Friday or Saturday after. Hope this helps Mark
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photo was taken in the West End flat of a bunch of students who let the Clash crash at their place
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Gracias a Michael Byers sabemos
This photo was taken in the West End flat of a bunch of students who let the Clash crash at their place when they played the Glasgow leg of their 1985 busking tour. The band played 4 impromptu gigs in Glasgow on the 15th and 16th May 1985, including at The Fixx, The Rock Garden, The Cul-De-Sac and Vic's Bar at the Glasgow School of Art.
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