The support band was Theatre of Hate (led by Kirk Brandon).
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With typical ‘no break’ Clash touring arrangements the band flew straight after the Paris residency to play two nights in Vienna (documented by the excellent Austrian TV segment on The Clash on TV Vol.1 DVD) and then flew straight onto the UK and begun their much delayed UK tour in Manchester on October 5th.
Called the Radio Clash tour it was actually only 2 nights in Manchester and Glasgow plus 6 provincial dates. Plus in keeping with Bernie’s touring plan since his return the tour ended with seven nights at London’s Lyceum. With typically poor business practice thanks to CBS the tour marketed a new single that would not hit the shops until after the tour had finished in November!
The music scene in Britain had changed markedly since their last UK tour and the UK music press (but not the mainstream newspapers) continued to ridicule The Clash as typified by Barney Hoskins NME review of a Lyceum show.
Despite protestations to the contrary The Clash were obviously still believing that the views of a few music press journalists accurately represented the views of the average music fan. Both Mick and Joe stated in later interviews that they had been surprised by the enthusiastic response of British audiences.'[The fans] were so keen to see us, it touched us all, They were so keen to see us, and I can't say there was any resentment, or anything like that' Mick told Duncan Campbell.
Joe told Roz Reines 'That's another bum steer the NME gave me. I believed them when they said we weren't liked. In fact, the guy on the street was digging us'
This is the second of the two nights at the Manchester Apollo and Leslie McGachan remembered “they started with this mad, slow, whispered version of Broadway. All around me you could feel the tension that was gonna kick off at any second..When they did 'Know Your Rights' it was like somebody letting off a steam-valve, the roof just came off the place. People were slam dancing like there was no tomorrow' [Complete Clash - Keith Topping]
inside Manchester Apollo now - back then it was still an old cinema with seating.
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The clash - original ticket stub - 1981. I was at this concert; don't recall much about it now, except that the first song the clash played that night was "Ivan meets g.I. Joe." I also remember them doing "White riot," before which joe strummer asked "Who wants it to sound like the record?"The support band was Theatre of Hate (led by Kirk Brandon).
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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
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