The official FRIARS Aylesbury compendium
Maxwell Hall, Civic Centre, Market
Square, Aylesbury
The Clash
Saturday January 5th 1980
see also Wednesday June 28th 1978 Friday December 22nd 1978 Monday July 12th 1982
see also Ian Dury Wednesday November 2nd 1977 Saturday May 27th 1978 Saturday November 15th 1980 Friday March 23rd 1984
see also Kilburn and the High Roads Saturday September 15th 1973 Saturday December 29th 1973
Joe Strummer Mick Jones Paul
Simonon Topper Headon Mickey Gallagher
Ian Dury and the Blockheads The Vice Creems
(original support act Toots and the Maytals pulled out of the tour)
Over to you Joe.........
(source unknown)
None yet
As below
The webmaster, north Bucks:
"The opening night of the London Calling tour saw a mammoth and excruciatingly loud performance from Joe and Co. I didn’t enjoy this one so much (as Stoke Mandeville 82) but did enjoy the ‘surprise’ support act of a certain Ian Dury and The Blockheads who were incredible (when queueing up someone shouted "Ian Dury is the support act" and lots of "you what?") and an interesting local act called the Vice Creems featuring a certain Kris Needs. I remember him vividly unwittingly calling me a **** after the moron I was with spat at him during his performance and then bravely legged it from the hall after he saw the look on Needs' face.. Not my fault but Needs pointed in my direction at the end of the song and said naughty things to which the audience turned in my general direction. Whoops."
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The Clash effectively imploded after the final Cut The Crap album by which time Jones had been sacked from the band. After The Clash, Jones went on to successfully form Big Audio Dynamite. Currently he is part of Carbon Silicon. Strummer formed and toured with The Mascaleros. Simonon went into art and came back into prominence in 2007 with The Good, The Bad and The Queen, a project also featuring Damon Albarn. Topper is believed to be living and playing in the Dover area. Joe Strummer died in 2002.
Jones and Headon reunited for the first time on stage in 25 years in January 2008 at a Carbon/Silicon gig (Jones' current band)
NME review by Mark Ellen from January 1980
The Clash Official Site Blackmarket Clash (who kindly allowed some cuttings)
Sights and sounds of The Clash - documentary filmed at this very Friars gig !
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