Out of Control Tour
The Clash go Back to Basics - European Tour
cdr - correct date & tape - average - Sound 3 - 78min - unknown gen? - 23 tracks
Many copies from this gig are in fact Belfast from the day before. This is the best of the Irish leg, an average recording, flat but with little distortion.
Besides the track list you can tell during Rock the Casbah where Joe sings "even here in Dublin" about a minute or so in at both the Dublin gigs (13th & 14th). At Belfast (12th) he says nothing.
I was at The Clash gig on 13th March 1984 SFX Dublin.
Memorable. Everything seemed to go wrong but it was still a triumph. Joe faced down a gang of right wing skinheads who harassed and spat at him all throughout the gig. He showed no fear and displayed a rare dignity for a man drenched in mucus trying to entertain his people. At one point he singled out a particularly nasty thug by sayng "You, the one who can't spell Nietzsche! "
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| SFX, Dublin, Ireland cancelled | ||
| SFX, Dublin, Ireland cancelled | ||
| Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland cancelled | ||
| Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland cancelled | ||
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Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Vince White describes this gig extensively in his Clash biog, The Last Days of the Clash, page 86 | ||
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Apollo, Manchester | |
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De Montfort Hall, Leicester | |
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Colston Hall, Bristol | |
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Drammenshallen, Drammen Norway | |
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Johanneshov Isstadium, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| Vince White describes this gig extensively in his Clash biog, The Last Days of the Clash, page 89. This is where Vince first knocks up Bernie's girlfriend! | ||
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Philipshalle, Dusseldorf, West Germany | |
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Deinze Belgium | |
| Zenith, Paris, France | ||
| this gig never took place. the band were scheduled to play Espace Ballad on the 23rd Feb. but this had to be re-sheduled to March 1st as a national lorry drivers strike blocked the trucks carrying the gear at Calais. Tickets stubs however stiff carry the 23rd date for a price of 80F which would have been about £6 at the time. | ||
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Festhalle, Bern, Switzerland | |
| Vince White describes this gig in his Clash biog, The Last Days of the Clash, page 95 | ||
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Palasport, Milan, Italy | |
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Palasport, Milan, Italy | |
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Espace Ballard, Paris, France | |
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Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
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King Georges, Blackburn | |
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Royal Court, Liverpool | |
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Guildhall, Portsmouth | |
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Academy, Brixton, London | |
| Vince White describes these gigs in his Clash biog, The Last Days of the Clash, page 95 | ||
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Academy, Brixton, London | |
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Academy, Brixton, London | |
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Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| Supported by the Defects. Vince White describes these gigs in his Clash biog, The Last Days of the Clash, page 98 | ||
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SFX, Dublin, Ireland | |
| Vince White describes these gigs in his Clash biog, The Last Days of the Clash, page 99 | ||
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SFX, Dublin, Ireland | |
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Academy, Brixton, London | |
| Vince White describes these gigs in his Clash biog, The Last Days of the Clash, page 101 | ||
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Academy, Brixton, London | |
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