The Clash

1976

July 4, 1976 Black Swan, Sheffield, ENG (supporting Sex Pistols & Keith Levene) August 29, 1976 Screen On The Green, London, ENG August 31, 1976 100 Club, London, ENG (supporting Sex Pistols) September 5, 1976 Roundhouse, London, ENG (supporting Keith Levene) September 20, 1976 100 Club, London, ENG (supporting Sex Pistols, with Siouxsie & The Banshees) October 9, 1976 Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre, Leighton Buzzard, ENG (supported by Leyton Buzzard & Rockets) October 16, 1976 University of London Union (ULU), London, ENG (supporting Shakin' Stevens. The Clash were involved in the first major showdown between punks and Teds when they fought with Teds and had to barricade themselves in their dressing room after the gig, with Mick Jones ending up with a cut nose in the fracas) October 23, 1976 Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, ENG October 27, 1976 Barbarella's, Birmingham, ENG October 28, 1976 Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, ENG (supported by Subway Sect) October 29, 1976 Town Hall, London, ENG November 5, 1976 Royal College Of Art, London, ENG November 6, 1976 Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry, ENG November 11, 1976 Lacy Lady, London, ENG November 18, 1976 Nags Head, Reading, ENG November 29, 1976 Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry, ENG

Anarchy In The UK Tour

December 3, 1976 UEA Students Union, Norwich, ENG (CANCELLED. supporting Sex Pistols & The Damned, with Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers)

December 4, 1976 Kings Hall, Derby, ENG (CANCELLED. supporting Sex Pistols & The Damned, with Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers)

December 6, 1976 Leeds Polytechnic, Leeds, ENG (supporting Sex Pistols & The Damned, with Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers) December 9, 1976 Electric Circus, Manchester, ENG (supporting Sex Pistols & Buzzcocks, with Heartbreakers) December 14, 1976 Cinema, Caerphilly, WAL December 19, 1976 Electric Circus, Manchester, ENG (supporting Sex Pistols) December 20, 1976 Winter Gardens, Hull, ENG (supporting Sex Pistols) December 21-22, 1976 Woods Centre, Plymouth, ENG (supporting Sex Pistols)

1977

January 1, 1977 Roxy, Covent Garden, London, ENG (2 shows 9.30 & 12.30, supported by Chelsea & Sounds) March 11, 1977 Colisseum, Harlesden, ENG (supported by Buzzcocks, Subway Sect & The Slits) April 10, 1977 Roundhouse, London, ENG (supporting John Cale, with Subway Sect & The Boys) April 26, 1977 Le Chartreux Cinema, Rouen, FRA

The Clash White Riot UK Tour May 1977

May 1, 1977 Guilford Civic Hall, Guilford, ENG May 2, 1977 Rascal's Club, Liverpool, ENG May 3, 1977 Barbarella's, Birmingham, ENG May 4, 1977 The Affair, Swindon, ENG May 5, 1977 Eric's, Liverpool, ENG May 6, 1977 Aberdeen University, Aberdeen, SCOT May 8, 1977 Electric Circus, Manchester, ENG May 9, 1977 Rainbow, London, ENG (with The Jam, Buzzcocks & Subway Sect) May 10, 1977 Stourbridge Town Hall, Dudley, ENG May 12, 1977 Palais, Nottingham, ENG May 13, 1977 De Montfort University, Leicester, ENG May 14, 1977 Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, NED May 15, 1977 Fiesta Suite, Plymouth, ENG May 16, 1977 Swansea University, Swansea, WAL May 17, 1977 Leeds Polytechnic, Leeds, ENG May 19, 1977 Rock Garden, Middlesbrough, ENG May 20, 1977 Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, ENG May 21, 1977 City Hall, St. Albans, ENG (supported by Buzzcocks & The Slits) May 23, 1977 Top Of The World, Wolverhampton, ENG

1980

January 5, 1980 Friar's Club, Aylesbury, ENG (with Ian Dury and The Vice January 6, 1980 The Odeon, Southend On Sea, ENG (supported by Tradition) January 8-9, 1980 Top Rank, Brighton, ENG (supported by Gillinski Brothers, Prince Hammer & Creation Rebels) January 11, 1980 Crawley Leisure Centre, Brighton, ENG (supported by Escalators & Prince Hammer) January 13, 1980 The Pavilion, Brighton, ENG January 14, 1980 Gaumont Theatre, Ipswich, ENG January 16, 1980 De Montfort Hall, Leicester, ENG January 18, 1980 Caird Hall, Dundee, SCOT January 19-20, 1980 Odeon Theatre, Edinburgh, SCOT January 21-22, 1980 The Glasgow Apollo, Glasgow, SCOT (supported by Limit, One Takes, & Mickey Dredd) January 23, 1980 University, Blackpool, ENG January 24, 1980 Tiffany's, Blackpool, ENG January 25, 1980 King Georges Hall, Blackburn, ENG (supported by Not Sensibles) January 26, 1980 Deeside Leisure Centre, Queensferry, ENG (supported by Mikey Dread & The Jiving Daleks) January 27, 1980 Top Rank, Sheffield, ENG January 29, 1980 St George's Concert Hall, Bradford, ENG January 30, 1980 Royal Spa, Hull, ENG (supported by The Akrylics) January 31, 1980 The Refectory, Leeds University, Leeds, ENG

1982

January 24, 1982 Shibuya Kokaido, Tokyo, JPN January 25, 1982 Osaka Festival Hall, Osaka, JPN January 27-29, 1982 Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo, JPN January 30, 1982 Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, JPN February 1, 1982 Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo, JPN February 2, 1982 Osaka Festival Hall, Osaka, JPN February 5-6, 1982 Logan Campbell Centre, Auckland, NZ February 8, 1982 Town Hall, Christchurch, NZ February 12-14 & 16-18, 1982 Capitol Theatre, Sydney, AUS February 20, 1982 Cloudland Ballroom, Brisbane, AUS February 22, 1982 Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, AUS February 23, 1982 Festival Hall, Melbourne, AUS February 24, 1982 Unknown venue, Perth, AUS February 27, 1982 Thamasat University, Bangkok, THAI

1984

May 16, 1984 Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, Des Moines, May 17, 1984 The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL May 20, 1984 Vickie Anne Palmer Hall, Rockford, May 21, 1984 Kiel Auditorium, St Louis, MO May 22, 1984 Starlight Bowl, Kansas City, MO May 23, 1984 Omaha Music Hall, Omaha, NB May 25, 1984 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver, CO (Joe Ely and The Clash) May 27, 1984 Exhibition Hall, Salt Lake City, UT May 29, 1984 University Of Oregon, Salem, OR May 30, 1984 Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA May 31, 1984 Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum, Vancouver, BC

September 6, 1984 Stadio Comunale Simonetta Lamberti, Cava de' Tirreni, ITY September 7, 1984 Arena, Rome, ITY (Festa Nazionale de l'Unità 1984) September 8, 1984 Palazzetto dello Sport, Reggio Emilia, ITY September 11, 1984 Palasport, Genoa, ITY December 6-7, 1984 O2 Academy Brixton, London, ENG (supported by Smiley Culture)

1985

May  3, 1985 Garage Club, Nottingham, ENG May  4, 1985 Le Phonographic Nightclub, Leeds, ENG May  6, 1985 Royal Park Road Pub, Leeds, ENG May  7, 1985 The Faversham, Leeds, ENG May  8, 1985 York Minster, York, ENG May  9, 1985 Ripon & St Johns College, York, ENG May 10, 1985 The Bunker, Sunderland, ENG May 11, 1985 Drum Club, Sunderland, ENG May 13, 1985 La Sorbonne, Edinburgh, SCOT May 14, 1985 Coaster's, Edinburgh, SCOT May 16, 1985 The Wind Jammer Bar, Glasgow, SCOT May 17, 1985 The Fixx, Glasgow, SCOT May 18, 1985 City Centre, Manchester, ENG June 28, 1985 Unknown venue, Roskilde, DEN (Roskilde Festival 1985) July 27, 1985 Unknown venue, Athens, GRE October 22, 1985 Unknown venue, Portsmouth, ENG

1988

August 7, 1988 Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, SCOT (Joe Strummer and The Clash)

1989

October 6, 1989 Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, SCOT (Joe Strummer and The Clash)

US – May 15, 1984
=== Mecca Auditorium, Milwaukee, WI

US – May 14, 1984
=== Public Hall, Cleveland, OH

US – May 10, 1984
=== Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, OH

US – May  9, 1984
=== Hara Arena, Dayton, OH

US – May  8, 1984
=== Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI

US – May  6, 1984
=== Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI The Clash with SLK

CA – May  4, 1984
=== Ottawa Civic Centre, Ottawa, ON The Clash with Wise Guys

CA – May  3, 1984
=== Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC

CA – May  2, 1984
=== Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON

CA – Apr 30, 1984
=== Unknown venue, Buffalo, NY

US – Apr 28, 1984
=== Colgate University, Rochester, NY

US – Apr 24, 1984
=== Wachovia Spectrum Center, Philadelphia, PA

US – Apr 18, 1984
=== Civic Center, Providence, RI

US – Apr 17, 1984
=== Rutgers University, Newark, NJ

US – Apr 15, 1984
=== Hofstra University, New York City, NY

US – Apr  5, 1984
=== Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA

US – Apr  3, 1984
=== Sunrise, Fort Lauderdale, FL

US – Mar 31, 1984
=== Wdiz And Beach Club, Orlando, FL

US – Mar 30, 1984
=== Alumni Memorial Gym At University Of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

US – Mar 28, 1984
=== Unknown venue, Nashville, TN

US – Mar 27, 1984
=== O2 Academy Brixton, London, ENG The Clash with The Redskins

GB – Mar 17, 1984
=== O2 Academy Brixton, London, ENG

GB – Mar 16, 1984
=== SFX Theatre, Dublin, IRE

IE – Mar 14, 1984
=== SFX Theatre, Dublin, IRE

IE – Mar 13, 1984
=== Ulster Hall, Belfast, NI The Clash with The Defects

GB – Mar 12, 1984
=== O2 Academy Brixton, London, ENG The Clash with Fab Five Freddie and Under Two Flags

GB – Mar 10, 1984
=== O2 Academy Brixton, London, ENG

GB – Mar  9, 1984
=== O2 Academy Brixton, London, ENG

GB – Mar  8, 1984
=== Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, ENG

GB – Mar  6, 1984
=== Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, ENG

GB – Mar  5, 1984
=== King Georges Hall, Blackburn, ENG

GB – Mar  4, 1984
=== Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh, SCOT

GB – Mar  3, 1984
=== Espace Balard, Paris, FRA

FR – Mar  1, 1984
=== Palasesto, Milan, ITY

IT – Feb 28, 1984
=== Palasesto, Milan, ITY

Manchester Apollo, Manchester
The Clash with The Orson Family

Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow
The Clash with Under Two Flags

Warnors Theatre, Fresno
The Clash with The Opening Band Was Los Lobos.

Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles
The Clash with Los Lobos and Malcolm Mclaren

US – Jan 22, 1984
January 21, 1984 Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (supported by Malcolm Mclaren & Los Lobos)

US Festival
The Clash’s last-ever gig featuring the three founding members from 1976 – Strummer, Jones and Simonon - took place on 28 May 1983 at the Us Festival, a huge outdoor event held at the Glen Helen Regional Park, Los Angeles. The festival was organised by the Apple computers guru Steve Wozniak, and The Clash headlined the ‘New Music’ night, playing to a vast crowd of 150,000 on a bill also featuring A Flock Of Seagulls, The Stray Cats and Men At Work. Before the show, the band had called an emergency press conference to explain they wouldn’t play unless the organisers made a $100,000 donation to a summer camp for disadvantaged children; this the organisers did, fearing the event would descend into chaos. The Clash eventually took the stage two hours later, and finished the evening fighting with a DJ whose onstage announcements after their last song was seen as an attempt to rob them of an encore. Three months later, Mick Jones left the group, effectively signalling its end.

Regional Park, Los Angeles
The US Festival 1983

US – May 28, 1983
May 26, 1983 Activity Center, Tucson, AZ

May 22, 1983 Majestic Theatre, San Antonio, TX

Memorial Auditorium Wichita Falls Tx, Dallas - Fort Worth
The Clash with Charlie Sexton

Hell W10
The Clash famously starred in their own film, Rude Boy, but it’s less well known they were leading actors in another, too: Hell W10, a silent, homemade black-and-white film written and directed by Joe Strummer in early 1983. The plot involved Paul Simonon and Mick Jones as rival underworld gangsters, with Joe making a cameo appearance as a policeman. As its title suggests, it was shot in and around the W10 London postcode where the group lived, in Ladbroke Grove and Notting Hill. For years the film was thought lost, but in 2002 it was discovered among bric-a-brac on a London market stall and made available on the Essential Clash DVD.

Unknown venue, Montego Bay
Jamaica World Music Festival 1982

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
The Who with The Clash and T-Bone Burnett

Oakland Stadium, SF Bay Area
The Who with The Clash and T-Bone Burnett

US – Oct 23, 1982
October 22, 1982 Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA

Kingdom, Seattle
The Who with The Clash

Shea Stadium, New York
The Who with The Clash

Shea Stadium, New York
The Who with The Clash

Pontiac Silverdome, Detroit
The Who with The Clash and Eddie Money

Ralph Wilson Stadium, Orchard Park, Orchard Park
The Who with The Clash

JFK Stadium, Philadelphia
The Who with The Clash

Shea Stadium
In autumn 1982, The Clash were invited by Pete Townshend to support The Who on the latter’s “farewell” tour of North American stadiums. In May, Topper had been fired, replaced by a virtually unknown British drummer called Pete Howard, who toured extensively with the band that summer. The Who’s New York shows took place in October at Shea Stadium, made famous as a rock venue by The Beatles in 1965. One record company employee recalled that backstage the usual Clash havoc ruled, with the band smuggling in dozens of fans they’d picked up on their tour bus along the way, and letting in ticketless fans hanging around outside the venue. The Clash’s performances were sensational, as shown on their 2008 Live At Shea Stadium album.

Pier 84, New York
The Clash with Kurtis Blow and Gregory Isaacs

Pier 84, New York
The Clash with Kurtis Blow and Gregory Isaacs

Pier 84, New York
The Clash with Kurtis Blow and Gregory Isaacs

Cape Cod Coliseum, Hyannis, South Yarmouth
The Clash with Pulsallama

Ice Rink, Inverness
The Clash with APB

Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh
The Clash with So You Want to Be a Cowboy

GB – Jul 12, 1982
July 12, 1982 Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Aylesbury, ENG

Kinsmen Fieldhouse, Edmonton
The Clash with Harold Nix

Santa Barbara Bowl, Los Angeles
The Clash with The English Beat

Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles
The Clash with The English Beat

Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles
The Clash with The English Beat

Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles
The Clash with The English Beat

Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles
The Clash with The English Beat

Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles
The Clash with The English Beat

Mesa Community Center, Mesa
The Clash with The English Beat

Golden Hall, San Diego
The Clash with The English Beat

Austin City Coliseum, Austin
The Clash and Stevie Ray Vaughan

El Paso Civic Center Theatre, El Paso
The Clash with The Little Charlie Sexton and The Eager Beaver Boys

Down and out in Paris
In April 1982, on the eve of a UK tour to promote Combat Rock, Joe Strummer went missing. With the UK tour yet to sell out, manager Bernard Rhodes asked Joe to go AWOL as a publicity stunt to drum up ticket sales; instead, Strummer vanished entirely, secretly holing up in Paris where he grew a beard and ran the Paris Marathon incognito. With the UK tour cancelled and dates in the US looming, the band’s chief aide Kosmo Vinyl was tasked with tracking down the singer and persuading him to come back to London. Eventually, he found him in a bar, hailing the bearded Strummer with words, “Fidel!”

Pontiac Silverdome, Detroit
The Rolling Stones with Santana, Iggy Pop, and The Clash

Radio Clash becomes the first Brit hip hop record
During The Clash’s residency at Bond’s International Casino the group’s enthusiasm for rap, hip-hop, graffiti art and New York street culture in general reached fever pitch. Their first recording session after Bond’s, in London later that summer, saw them create This Is Radio Clash, a song conceived as a kind of pirate radio broadcast with a backing track drawing on a funk beat, synthesizers and Chic-style guitar, over which Strummer rapped a lyric referencing topical political issues in the US. The song, released as a single in November 1981, would gain the distinction of being the first ever British hip-hop record, coming on the heels of The Magnificent Seven’s pioneering use of rap the previous year.

Lyceum Theatre, London
The Clash with Havana Let's Go

Lyceum Theatre, London
The Clash with Theatre of Hate

Lyceum Theatre, London
The Clash with The Meteors

Lyceum Theatre, London
The Clash with Stimulin

GB – Oct 12, 1981
October 7-8, 1981 The Glasgow Apollo, Glasgow, SCOT (supported by Theatre Of Hate)

Manchester Apollo, Manchester
The Clash with Theatre of Hate

Bonds Times Square, New York
The Clash with Dead Kennedys, Hi-school Band, and The Brattles

Bonds Times Square, New York
The Clash with The Fall

First we take Manhattan
With Sandinista! making at impact in the US, it was decided that, rather than undertaking another long American tour, The Clash would play a week of dates in June and July 1981 in New York, at Bond’s International Casino in Times Square, following later in the year with similar week-long residencies in Paris and London. In typical Clash fashion, their arrival in New York triggered mayhem. After the first show, Bond’s was closed down by the Building Department as a fire hazard, in a move reportedly involving murky inter-club politics. This incited frustrated Clash fans to riot in Times Square the following day, the biggest public disorder in Times Square since Frank Sinatra fans ran wild in the 1940s. After negotiations, the capacity of the venue was reduced and the band had to stretch their residency to two weeks, with specially chosen support acts the Sugarhill Gang and Grandmaster Flash showcasing hip-hop to a largely white rock audience for the first time.

Bonds Times Square, New York
The Clash with The Brattles and Funkopolitin

Bonds Times Square, New York
The Clash with The Bloods Opened and the Bush Tetras.

Bonds Times Square, New York
The Clash with The Treacherous Three

Bonds Times Square, New York
The Clash with Bad Brains and The Slits

Bonds Times Square, New York
The Clash with Sirens, Grandmaster Flash, and The furious five

DE – May 19, 1981
May 17-18, 1981 Eissporthalle, Berlin, GER

DK – May 14, 1981
May 12, 1981 Markthalle, Hamburg, GER

Forest National, Brussels
The Clash with The Belle Stars, Vic Goddard, and Subway Sect

Japp Edenhall, Amsterdam
The Clash with The Belle Stars

Palais Saint Sauveur, Lille
The Clash with The Belle Stars

ES – Apr 27, 1981
August 23, 1980 Mosport Park, Bowmanville, ON (Heatwave Festival, cancelled appearance)

Hammersmith Palais, London
The Clash with Spartacus, Holi and the Italians, and Whirlwind

Hammersmith Palais, London
The Clash with Spartacus, Holli and the Italians, and Whirlwind

Assembly Rooms, Derby
The Clash with ANTI PASTI

Pioneering rap attack
In April 1980, The Clash booked into a New York studio without any new songs to record. But inspired by the city’s exciting new rap scene, headed by the Sugarhill Gang and Grandmaster Flash, the group set about creating the funky Magnificent Seven – which became the first ever rap record made by a British act. When it was released a year later, Mick Jones’ remix of the track, The Magnificent Dance, became a big hit on the black radio station WBLS in New York, and a subsequently huge influence on dance music.

Motor City Roller Rink, Detroit
The Clash with Mikey Dread and Lee Dorsey

Lewisham Odeon, London
The Clash with Joe Ely and Mikey Dread

Lyceum Theatre, London
The Clash with Joe Ely and The Vincent Units

Electric Ballroom, London
The Clash with Joe Ely and The Vincent Units

Electric Ballroom, London
The Clash with Joe Ely and The Vincent Units

Top Rank, Southampton
The Clash and Joe Ely with Mikey Dread

Stateside, Bournemouth
The Clash with Mikey Dread and Joe Ely

Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
The Clash with The Xcerts

GB – Feb  1, 1980
1979

HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London
Ian Dury & The Blockheads and The Clash with Mutumbi

The greatest-ever rock photograph
The cover of The Clash’s London Calling album, released in 1979, featured a photograph of Paul Simonon smashing up his bass guitar onstage at the New York Palladium. The shot was taken by Pennie Smith, whose portraits of the group have also appeared on the cover of the Clash LP Sandinista! (1980) and Combat Rock (1982). It has been voted by Q magazine and others as the greatest rock photograph ever taken. The pink and green lettering on London Calling’s sleeve, meanwhile, was homage to Elvis Presley’s first LP.

Kezar Pavilion, SF Bay Area
The Clash and The Cramps

US – Oct 13, 1979
October 11, 1979 Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA (supported by Joe Ely)

Rocks Club, Lubbock
Joe Ely and The Clash

The Palladium Ballroom, Dallas - Fort Worth
The Clash and Joe Ely

Cullen Auditorium, Houston
Joe Ely and The Clash

Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin
Joe Ely and The Clash

Théatre St-Denis, Montreal
The Clash with The 'b' Girls and The Undertones

US – Sep 18, 1979
September 17, 1979 Masonic Auditorium, Detroit, MI (supported by The Undertones & David Johansen)

Unknown venue, Turku
Ruisrock 1979

Rainbow Theatre, London
The Clash with Aswad, The Members, Enchanters, and 1 more…

Notre Dame Hall, London
The Clash with Mo-Dettes

US – Jun 21, 1979
=== Rex Danforth Theatre, Toronto, ON

US – Feb 16, 1979
February 15, 1979 Ontario Theatre, Washington DC (supported by Bo Diddley and D-ceats)

February 13, 1979 Agora Theatre & Ballroom, Cleveland, OH (supported by Bo Diddley & Alex Bevan)

February 9, 1979 Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA (supported by Bo Diddley)

February 8, 1979 Temple, San Francisco, CA

Coming To America…
The band toured the US for the first time in February 1979, taking along as support Bo Diddley, one of the greatest pioneers of American rhythm & blues and a Clash hero. By then, their first album had reportedly sold 100,000 copies on import. The six-shows were billed as the ‘Pearl Harbour’ tour, and the group pulled no punches by opening their sets with the song I’m So Bored With The USA. The American audiences fell in love with them - and The Clash fell in love with America.

Lyceum Theatre, London
The Clash and The Slits

GB – Jan  3, 1979
December 28-29, 1978 Lyceum Theatre, London, ENG (supported by The Slits & The Innocents)

December 21, 1978 Pier Pavilion, Brighton, ENG

December 20, 1978 The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, ENG

December 19, 1978 Music Machine, London, ENG (Sid Vicious Defence Fund, with The Slits, Phil Rambow and Friends & Innocents)

December 18, 1978 Tiffany's, Purley, ENG (supported by The Slits & The Innocents)

December 17, 1978 Locarno, Portsmouth, ENG

December 12, 1978 Bath Pavilion, Bath, ENG

December 6, 1978 Liverpool University Guild of Students (Mountford Hall & Stanley Theatre), Liverpool, ENG

December 2, 1978 Polytechnic, Newcastle Upon Tyne, ENG

=== Wirrina Stadium, Peterborough, ENG The Clash with The Slits

Kings Hall, Derby
The Clash with Innocents and The Slits

Village Bowl, Bournemouth
The Clash with The Slits

Locarno, Bristol
The Clash with Innocents and The Slits

De Montfort Hall, Leicester
The Clash with Innocents and The Slits

Top Rank, Sheffield
The Clash with Innocents and The Slits

The Refectory, Leeds University, Leeds
The Clash with Innocents and The Slits

Paradiso, Amsterdam
The Clash and Dire Straits

NL – Oct 20, 1978
October 16, 1978 Le Stadium, Paris, FRA

Top Hat, Dun Laoghaire
The Clash with Berlin

Music Machine, London
The Clash with Suicide, The Specials, and Innocents

Music Machine, London
The Clash with Suicide and The Specials

Music Machine, London
The Clash with Suicide, Burning Cane, The Specials, and 1 more…

Music Machine, London
The Clash with Suicide and The Specials

Eric's, Liverpool
The Clash with The Specials

The Corn Exchange| Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
The Clash with Suicide and The Specials

King Georges Hall, Blackburn
The Clash with Suicide

Top Rank, Birmingham
The Clash with Suicide, Coventry Automatics, and Spizz 77

Top Rank, Cardiff
The Clash with Suicide

Town Hall, Exeter
The Clash with Suicide

Locarno, Bristol
The Clash with Suicide

Sports Centre, Brighton
The Clash with Suicide

Deeside Leisure Centre, Queensferry
The Clash with Suicide

Kinema Ballroom, Edinburgh
The Clash with Suicide

Music Hall, Aberdeen
The Clash with Suicide

The Glasgow Apollo, Glasgow
The Clash with Suicide

Rafters, Manchester
The Clash with Suicide

Manchester Apollo, Manchester
The Clash with Suicide

Granby Halls, Leicester
The Clash with Suicide and The Coventry Specials

GB – Jul  1, 1978
=== Top Rank, Sheffield, ENG

GB – Jun 30, 1978
=== Queens Hall, Leeds, ENG

GB – Jun 29, 1978
=== Aylesbury Civic Centre (Friars), Aylesbury, ENG

Victoria Park, London
Rock Against Racism 1978: Tom Robinson Band and The Clash with X-ray Spex, Steel Pulse, and 1 more…

The Clash spread their anti-racist message
In the late 1970s the East End of London was a breeding ground for far-right organisations targeting immigrant communities in what has historically been a poor part of the capital. In March 1978, The Clash took their anti-racist message into the heart of the area when they performed at an Anti-Nazi League rally at Victoria Park in Hackney, with Tom Robinson, X-Ray Spex and reggae band Steel Pulse also on the bill. Around 70,000 people attended the free gathering, and the band’s explosive performance was filmed for The Clash film Rude Boy.

Rainbow Theatre, London
The Clash with Sham 69, Drunk 'n' Disorderly, and Lous

Rainbow Theatre, London
The Clash with Drunk 'n' Disorderly, Sham 69, and Lous

Rainbow Theatre, London
The Clash with The Zones, Sham 69 Rat Scabies, and Sham 69

GB – Dec 13, 1977
December 11, 1977 Apollo, Glasgow, SCOT

Belle Vue, Manchester
The Clash with Siouxsie & The Banshees

Pier Pavilion, Brighton
The Clash with Richard Hell & The Voidoids and Lous

Winter Gardens, Bournemouth
The Clash with Richard Hell & The Voidoids and Lous

Exhibition Centre, Bristol
The Clash with Richard Hell & The Voidoids

Top Rank, Sheffield
The Clash with Richard Hell & The Voidoids and Lous

Welcome to Jamaica…
While it would later become fashionable for groups to record in the idyllic Caribbean island of Nassau, in November 1977 Joe Strummer and Mick Jones flew to volatile Jamaica to find inspiration for songs for a second album. The home of ska and reggae was an extremely dangerous place, riven by political violence, and Joe and Mick spent most of the time in their hotel room. The song Safe European Home on 1978’s Give ‘Em Enough Rope album told the story of the trip.

Manchester Apollo, Manchester
The Clash with Louis

Kinema Ballroom, Edinburgh
The Clash with The Skids, Richard Hell & The Voidoids, and Lous

Eric's, Liverpool
The Clash with The Toilets

Trinity College, Dublin
The Clash with The Count Bishops

Kaufleuten, Zürich
The Clash and The Damned

Paradiso, Amsterdam
The Clash and Siouxsie & The Banshees

NL – Sep 26, 1977
July 17, 1977 Birmingham Rag Market, Birmingham, ENG (supported by The Saints, Cherry Vanilla, Tom Robinson Band, Subway Sect, Stinky Tots, Snatch, The Slits & Shag Nasty)

De Montfort Hall, Leicester
The Clash with Buzzcocks, The Slits, and Subway Sect