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1980, The Clash perform at the Gaumont Theatre in Ipswich.
📸: Ian Goold
📸: Ian Goold
January 14, 2026 at 8:25 AM
1980, The Clash perform at the Gaumont Theatre in Ipswich.
📸: Ian Goold
📸: Ian Goold
Can you name the song?
While all the windows stare ahead
An' the streets are filled with dread
Every nation in the world
Slinks through the alley after girls
While all the windows stare ahead
An' the streets are filled with dread
Every nation in the world
Slinks through the alley after girls
January 12, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Can you name the song?
While all the windows stare ahead
An' the streets are filled with dread
Every nation in the world
Slinks through the alley after girls
While all the windows stare ahead
An' the streets are filled with dread
Every nation in the world
Slinks through the alley after girls
10th January 1980, a month after the original UK release, London Calling is released in the US. The split Atlantic release date results in the record being voted best album of the 1980s by Rolling Stone magazine and one of the top 10 greatest albums of the 70s by the UK’s own NME.
Art: Ray Lowry
Art: Ray Lowry
January 10, 2026 at 4:26 PM
10th January 1980, a month after the original UK release, London Calling is released in the US. The split Atlantic release date results in the record being voted best album of the 1980s by Rolling Stone magazine and one of the top 10 greatest albums of the 70s by the UK’s own NME.
Art: Ray Lowry
Art: Ray Lowry
9th January 1980, The Clash played at Top Rank in Brighton. The band were famously joined on stage by The Who’s Pete Townshend for “Garageland”, “Armagideon Time”, “English Civil War” and “Louie Louie”.
January 9, 2026 at 4:58 PM
9th January 1980, The Clash played at Top Rank in Brighton. The band were famously joined on stage by The Who’s Pete Townshend for “Garageland”, “Armagideon Time”, “English Civil War” and “Louie Louie”.
"I loved drumming, so I just thought, 'Right, I'm going to learn reggae now.' That's the way I was – I've got an addictive personality. All I ever did was drum, drum, drum." - Topper Headon, The Independent, 2009
📸: Neal Preston
📸: Neal Preston
January 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
"I loved drumming, so I just thought, 'Right, I'm going to learn reggae now.' That's the way I was – I've got an addictive personality. All I ever did was drum, drum, drum." - Topper Headon, The Independent, 2009
📸: Neal Preston
📸: Neal Preston
Finish the lyric…
The money feels good
And your life you like it well
But surely your time will come
The money feels good
And your life you like it well
But surely your time will come
January 7, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Finish the lyric…
The money feels good
And your life you like it well
But surely your time will come
The money feels good
And your life you like it well
But surely your time will come
The Clash.
📸: Pennie Smith
📸: Pennie Smith
January 4, 2026 at 12:16 PM
The Clash.
📸: Pennie Smith
📸: Pennie Smith
New Year’s Day 1977, The Clash played the opening night at London’s premier punk venue, The Roxy Club in Covent Garden.
January 1, 2026 at 12:18 PM
New Year’s Day 1977, The Clash played the opening night at London’s premier punk venue, The Roxy Club in Covent Garden.
The Clash - “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” live at Shea Stadium
December 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The Clash - “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” live at Shea Stadium
December 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The Clash interview, 1980, The Story So Far issue #3
December 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The Clash interview, 1980, The Story So Far issue #3
December 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
On Christmas Day 1979, The Clash Christmas Dinner Dance is held at Acklam Hall.
December 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
On Christmas Day 1979, The Clash Christmas Dinner Dance is held at Acklam Hall.
Can you name the song?
Standing in the bog of a west end bar
Guy on the right leaning over too far
Money in my pocket gonna put it in the slot
Open up the pack see what type I got
Standing in the bog of a west end bar
Guy on the right leaning over too far
Money in my pocket gonna put it in the slot
Open up the pack see what type I got
December 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Can you name the song?
Standing in the bog of a west end bar
Guy on the right leaning over too far
Money in my pocket gonna put it in the slot
Open up the pack see what type I got
Standing in the bog of a west end bar
Guy on the right leaning over too far
Money in my pocket gonna put it in the slot
Open up the pack see what type I got
"London Calling" - The Clash
December 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"London Calling" - The Clash
1978, The Clash perform at Music Machine.
📸: Neil Anderson
📸: Neil Anderson
December 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
1978, The Clash perform at Music Machine.
📸: Neil Anderson
📸: Neil Anderson
Joe's original lyrics that were part of the London Calling scrapbook, released in 2019.
December 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Joe's original lyrics that were part of the London Calling scrapbook, released in 2019.
Finish the lyric…
The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in
Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin
Engines stop running, but I have no fear
The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in
Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin
Engines stop running, but I have no fear
December 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Finish the lyric…
The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in
Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin
Engines stop running, but I have no fear
The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in
Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin
Engines stop running, but I have no fear
During the recording of “London Calling”, The Clash played football every day.
“I just think we really found ourselves at that time, and it was a lot to do with the football, because it made us play together as one.” - Mick Jones
“I just think we really found ourselves at that time, and it was a lot to do with the football, because it made us play together as one.” - Mick Jones
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
During the recording of “London Calling”, The Clash played football every day.
“I just think we really found ourselves at that time, and it was a lot to do with the football, because it made us play together as one.” - Mick Jones
“I just think we really found ourselves at that time, and it was a lot to do with the football, because it made us play together as one.” - Mick Jones
Born on this day in 1955, Paul Simonon.
📸: Andre Csillag
📸: Andre Csillag
December 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Born on this day in 1955, Paul Simonon.
📸: Andre Csillag
📸: Andre Csillag
14th December 1979, The Clash’s third studio album “London Calling” is released. Whats your favourite tracks from the album?
December 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
14th December 1979, The Clash’s third studio album “London Calling” is released. Whats your favourite tracks from the album?
12th December 1980, The Clash released “Sandinista!”. Recorded in Jamaica, London and New York and shows the group on a creative roll experementing with dub, rap and jazz. A triple album containing 36 tracks, what are your top tracks?
December 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
12th December 1980, The Clash released “Sandinista!”. Recorded in Jamaica, London and New York and shows the group on a creative roll experementing with dub, rap and jazz. A triple album containing 36 tracks, what are your top tracks?
Can you name the song?
The kingdom is ransacked, the jewels all taken back and the chopper descends
They're hidden in the back, with a message on a half-baked tape with the spool going round
Saying I'm back here in this place and I could cry and there's smoke you could click on
The kingdom is ransacked, the jewels all taken back and the chopper descends
They're hidden in the back, with a message on a half-baked tape with the spool going round
Saying I'm back here in this place and I could cry and there's smoke you could click on
December 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Can you name the song?
The kingdom is ransacked, the jewels all taken back and the chopper descends
They're hidden in the back, with a message on a half-baked tape with the spool going round
Saying I'm back here in this place and I could cry and there's smoke you could click on
The kingdom is ransacked, the jewels all taken back and the chopper descends
They're hidden in the back, with a message on a half-baked tape with the spool going round
Saying I'm back here in this place and I could cry and there's smoke you could click on
“We’re not afraid to play around. What we’re doing now is experimenting. But I’ll only put on a record if it’s worth listening to. I hate music that’s so concerned with being ‘new’ that it forgets to have any soul, y’know?” - Joe Strummer, NME, 1981
📸: George Rose
📸: George Rose
December 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“We’re not afraid to play around. What we’re doing now is experimenting. But I’ll only put on a record if it’s worth listening to. I hate music that’s so concerned with being ‘new’ that it forgets to have any soul, y’know?” - Joe Strummer, NME, 1981
📸: George Rose
📸: George Rose
Manchester Electric Circus, 1976.
December 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Manchester Electric Circus, 1976.