Sort it Out Tour
Johnny Green (A Riot of Our Own p106) states this was the opening of the tour. Date from NME gig review.
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From Them To Us - Radio Ulster punk documentary 26/12/78
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NME – October 21st 1978 EDITION
THE CLASH – BELFAST
THE LAST time The Clash tried to play The Ulster Hall a combination of big business insurance moguls and local bureaucratic bullshit caused the gig to be cancelled at the 11th hour. And the punters' vigorous protest resulted in brutal law enforcement which left the crowd and the band sad, confused and helpless.
The bitter taste of that night was mostly eradicated by a hastily arranged Christmas gig at the city's university where despite turning in a below par performance, The Clash were the most potent rock `n roll fireball ever to blaze across a Belfast stage.
But tonight we get a TOTAL victory. After the tired sicko-subterranean toilette punque fetishes of the admittedly well-received Outcasts, the band launch into a set that harnesses their essential roots energy the fireball still burns - with an uplifting musical call to arms.
The full potential of " Rockers' , "Control' ` et al is realised with a greater emphasis on melody courtesy of Jonesy's fluid lead guitar breaks, some coolly paced drum figures from Headon, and the development of the band's corporate ability to seduce your emotional and physical core into a sensurround pot pourri.
Visually it's Jones who's the most immediately striking as the rock `n' roll outlaw in cowboy leathers and newly shorn locks that shake off the "Poodle' tag. The rest of the band come over with forceful cohesion while extending warmth and good feeling that no other band attains.
"Tommy Gun"is the obvious choice for the new single with its sharp shooting, rifle repeating rhythms - Jones and Simonon stand astride the drum platform while Nicky batters out the military riff from the rear, and upfront Strummer rages.
As it's hard to discern the titles, the new songs (possibly "lf You've Got The Fire", "Press Gang"and "On The Roof") are just sounds to these ears. But those sounds sure are hot.
Perhaps the most memorable was a sublime " I Fought The Law"with the call and response vocals of Jones and Strummer working to awesome effect.
The chestnuts from the early days have the dam busting attack of a controlled musical armageddon. You can listen to them play "Garage Land" without cringing because their performance still encompasses the brazen spirit of a "garage band". "Capital Radio's" culminating instrumental cavalcade is matched by the blue in the face fury and disgust of the now guitarless Strummer - it's little short of amazing.
The set is jam packed with golden moments bristling with imaginative ideas, best exemplified by the superbly sly and skilful merging of "Police And Thieves" into "Blitzkreig Bop" where they merge the guitar lick and pacing of the former with the rhythm of the latter to produce some idea of where the Bowery Boys might be if they ever discovered maturity.
Further high points were the ineffable "White Man" a spontaneous ` `Complete Control" and the dynamic catapulting of "White Riot'; an encore fit to send you home reeling with the ecstatic realisation that you've just seen the best band in the world.
Gavin Martin
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Set list based on review only. Songs in black definitely known to be played, the grey ones the standard set lit for the tour.
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from Setlist FM (cannot be relied on)
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Numerous articles, interviews, reviews, posters, tour dates from the Sort it Out Tour, October to December 1978
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NME review – 21 October 1978
THE LAST time The Clash tried to play The Ulster Hall a combination of big business insurance moguls and local bureaucratic bullshit caused the gig to be cancelled at the 11th hour. And the punters' vigorous protest resulted in brutal law enforcement which left the crowd and the band sad, confused and helpless.
Punk Blues for the Clash
Belfast Burning Fanzine.
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Johnny Green (A Riot of Our Own p106) states this was the opening of the tour.
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