October 5th, 2011
For the first time since 2008, Damon Albarn, Tony Allen, Paul Simonon and Simon Tongwill come together for a show, a special one-off The Good, The Bad and The Queen gig atLondon’s Coronet, New Kent Road on Thursday 10th November, 2011, celebrating 40 yearsof Greenpeace and the arrival of the new Rainbow Warrior III in London.
“We’ve always supported Greenpeace and their amazing work. It should be a great night,we’re really looking forward to it.” Paul Simonon
John Sauven, Executive Director of Greenpeace added “I can’t think of a better way tocelebrate our 40th Anniversary than with The Good, the Bad and the Queen. What makesit really special is that this show will coincide with the arrival of Greenpeace’s brand newRainbow Warrior to its new mooring on the Thames.”
The Good The Bad And The Queen debuted with a show at The Roundhouse, London inOctober 2006, with an eponymous album released by Honest Jon’s/Parlophone the followingJanuary, which garnered wide spread acclaim and was described by The Times as “..a tearinducing, beautiful record”. A string of dates followed, including a farewell show to theHammersmith Palais and an outdoor performance overlooking the River Thames at theTower of London.
Greenpeace is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. What began as small groupof campaigners sailing into a US nuclear testing sight in 1971 to try and halt nuclearproliferation, has 40 years later expanded into a environmental organisation with over3 million supporters world wide that is leading the fight against global warming, theexploitation of areas in the Arctic for oil and the destruction of the rainforests in South EastAsia and Latin America.
Tickets are available from this Friday 7th October at 9am from the usual outlets and on0844 249 1000 / 0844 811 0051 / 020 7734 8932 / 0844 844 0444 / coronettheatre.co.uk /gigsandtours.com / ticketline.co.uk
For press enquiries call Niall on 0207 865 8226 or 07711 156 88.
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March 1st, 2010
Help make “I Put A Spell On You” number 1! The charity single in support of Haiti features Mick Jones, Shane MacGowan, Nick Cave, Bobby Gillespie, Chrissie Hynde, Glen Matlock, Paloma Faith, Eliza Doolittle and Johnny Depp.
Tags: charity, haiti, Mick Jones
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October 21st, 2009
The Clash and Converse are collaborating together to produce a new collection of shoes. Leading the collection is a special tribute version of the Chuck Taylor All Star shoe in white, which marks the 20th anniversary of the album London Calling. The album cover graphics are reproduced in rubber. Combat rock references abound on fresh high-tops with clean Clash skull and cross bones logos. An All Star Outsider has the look of legitimate military gear and a simple version of the classic Chuck in olive drab punctuates the band’s revolutionary style with campaign badges fastened to military drab uppers. The collection will be available in the shops from December 2009. More designs to follow check back here for updates.
Tags: clash, converse, merchandise, shoes
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October 21st, 2009
Classic Album Covers - The Clash - London Calling
Great music and great art – Royal Mail will launch its 2010 Special Stamps programme with ten iconic album covers from the past four decades.
Classic Album Covers, released on 7 January, features some of the greatest examples of album design, created for UK music artists and brought to life on ten First Class stamps.
The design of each stamp shows a classic album cover, but with a musical twist – an arc of vinyl emerges outside the die-cut of the stamp.
For decades the album sleeve has been the canvas for some of the most imaginative graphic artists in the world, and this issue celebrates this unique art form and some of its greatest examples.
There will be a range of stamp products, including an illustrated Presentation Pack, a First Day Cover, and a unique stamp book.
More information will be available closer to the issue date from www.royalmail.com/stamps
Tags: Classic Album, London Calling, Stamp
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July 11th, 2009
2 ACKLAM ROAD, Portobello Green,
London, W10 5XL, (02077929626.)
Ladbroke Grove Underground.
18th July to 25th August 2009,
11am-7pm. Wednesday-Sunday (free.)
‘Rock n Roll’ and ‘Public Library’ shouldn’t mix, one phrase is brash, loud the other sedate and quiet. Yet these two cultures are about to collide. For the first time since the 1850 Library Act that much loved British institution the public library is about gain a loud, revolutionary 21st Century companion.
The Rock n Roll Public Library is Mick Jones’s (The Clash, B.A.D, Carbon Silicon) direct artistic challenge to the likes of the corporate 02 British Music Experience. Rather than let his creative legacy atrophy Jones is ’transforming’ his own archive of near 10.000 artefacts into one unique ‘guerrilla-library.’ Set under the Westway motorway in 3000 sq.ft of former office space, Jones’s five-week civic endeavour will also encourage visitors to enrol, interact with the archive-exhibition (Jones began collecting well before he formed The Clash in 1976 to eventual international success, as such it forms an invaluable guide to the influences that informed Jones as a pop-artist). Also uniquely by request users will be able to scan (courtesy Genus, U.K distributor of the Book2net Kiosk) certain objects and via memory stick carry them away. Please note visitors to the world’s first, resolutely alternative, Rock n Roll Public Library shouldn’t expect peace and quiet.
Tags: BAD, carbon silicon, Mick Jones, The Clash
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May 30th, 2009
Legendary Clash drummer TOPPER HEADON has donated his Mini Cooper to be raffled for Strummerville. Starting May 30th
Topper’s Red 2-Tone customized Mini Cooper is going up for raffle on May the 30th, with all proceeds going to the charity Strummerville Joe Strummer’s New Music Foundation.
Strummerville is a registered charity that aims to create new opportunities for aspiring musicians.
Set up by the friends and family of Joe Strummer in the year after his death, the charity seeks to reflect Joe’s unique contribution to the music world by offering support, resources and performance opportunities to artists who would not normally have access to them.
“This car has been my pride and joy. I had it two tone customized and it was the first car I drove when I got clean, so you can imagine I’ve been attached to it and have loved it a lot. But, I so love the great work that Strummerville are doing so am delighted to donate the car to be raffled and I hope it will make a fortune for the charity. Giving kids a chance is such a good cause.” Love Topper
If you would like to win the legendary Clash drummer’s near perfect condition Mini, you can enter via the strummerville www.strummerville.com website from May 30th, with the raffle running for six weeks.
Tags: headon, strummerville, topper
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April 29th, 2009
Partizan, the production company behind award-winning music videos for The White Stripes, Katy Perry, Beyonce, Madonna, Take That, U2 and Foo Fighters, have teamed up with MTV to find the ultimate superfan.
Partizan are looking for music’s most loyal, passionate fans. Whoever you love, if you love them more than anyone else, Partizan want to meet you. The winners will star in a campaign/short film to be shown across the MTV network.
If you’re 18 or over, come to their casting at Replay Casting Studio, 25 Museum Street, London WC1A 1JT, UK on Wednesday 29th April or Thursday 30th April.
Show your devotion to your musical heroes with your wardrobe and if there is anything else you think might help you win the title of the ultimate superfan, bring it with you!
Those selected to be part of the campaign will be paid for their appearance, unfortunately there is no fee for attending the casting.
Tags: casting, clash, fan
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February 19th, 2009
Mick Jones and Lily Allen cover “Straight to Hell” for Warchild - listen to it now on Myspace From Today, Tuesday 10th Feb, MySpace are featuring the War Child “Heroes” album in full as a global exclusive, ahead of its UK release on 16th Feb,and its US release on 24th Feb, Canada 2nd March.
The Heroes album features an exclusive version of “Straight To Hell” by Lily Allen & Mick Jones.
To listen to the track please head over to: http://www.myspace.com/warchildheroes
Tags: clash, cover, heroes, lily allen, Mick Jones, straight to hell, warchild
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February 19th, 2009
Mick Jones Presents his alternative to the British Music Experience ”The Rock & Roll Public Library”
Where:
CHELSEA SPACE
16 John Islip Street
London
SW1P 4JU
When:
18th March - 18th April 2009
(Private View: Tuesday 17th March 6-8:30pm)
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Tags: Mick Jones, Rock and Roll public library, Rock the Casbah, The Clash
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February 17th, 2009
We came across this demo of Rock the Casbah :
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“We’ve always supported Greenpeace and their amazing work. It should be a great night,we’re really looking forward to it.” Paul Simonon
