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"It was the punk gig of dreams": what happened when The Clash brought Buzzcocks, The Slits and Subway Sect to Manchester

On May 1, 1977, The Clash started their first ever UK tour. A week later they played at the Electric Circus in Manchester, a night that changed the lives of those lucky enough to be there

It was the sound of splintering glass; of half-bricks crashing onto the pavement; of angry shouts and ferocious taunts.

It was an average Sunday evening in Collyhurst, two miles north of Manchester city centre. A bizarre and disorderly queue had formed outside a crumbling former picture house, latterly to gain infamy as The Electric Circus – a wholly inadequate, curiously vibrant downbeat rock house that was being etched into the heart of Manchester’s growing punk legacy.

If you prefer your punk memories to have been staged in post-apocalyptic surrealism, where garishly clad thrill-seekers risked serious bodily injury in the face of the absurd hostility of the local punk haters – be they neo Teds or merely sundry idiots – then The Electric Circus will remain forever part of that vision. It really was like that.

Sunday evenings, in particular, had become unmissable, with a series of gigs featuring The Ramones , Talking Heads, The Jam, The Stranglers , Buzzcocks [of course] and a parade of ragged local support acts who would, in due course, famously grasp the spotlight for their own musical adventures.

The Clash -fronted White Riot Tour would soon be seen as the gig on which The Electric Circus’s short reign would hinge. By 8pm the venue had swelled to a seething, ungodly mess, where it was necessary for revellers to submit to the increasingly erratic sway of the crowd. 

At the precise moment when the sullen Vic Godard and his ragamuffin oiks Subway Sect clambered onto the stage – it was an entertaining Electric Circus idiosyncrasy that, to get from dressing room to stage, bands had to run the gauntlet through the crowd, thus having to suffer something reminiscent of the old school playground ‘sport’ British Bulldog – a giant ex-Teddy Boy wandered into the throng, carrying one of the venue’s gruesome toilet pans above his head. Subway Sect were game enough, though the loveable Goddard’s wry, lyrical musings were lost somewhere amid the crackle, hiss and rumble of the Electric’s house PA.

But it was left to The Slits to inject a musical frisson into the evening’s edgy dynamic. This they achieved with an awesome, wholly effective blend of spectacularly musical ineptitude, empowering female belligerence and considerable wit. They dismantled the reggae rhythms they so adored, and produced a glorious racket that was striking even in those circumstances. 

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As The Slits’ set disintegrated into inevitable cacophony, singer Ari Up, having almost forsaken her trousers – much to the delight of the laddish mob at the front of the stage – leapt into the crowd and screamed at the DJ to crank up the reggae. Her request brought forth a blast of Max Romeo’s War In A Babylon – the title of which certainly seemed apt for the moment.

For Buzzcocks, revelling in the warmth of their home-town crowd for a second time that week, their set merely served to cement that unholy kinship. With Steve Diggle’s guitar chops improving on a seeming daily basis, and frontman Pete Shelley wryly goading the crowd, the tension was duly cranked up to a boiling, pre-Clash frenzy.

And so to The Clash, shunting boisterously through the ragged throng – and accepting the appalling rain of spittle with extraordinary grace. Kick-started by Joe Strummer’s opening rallying cry of “Maaaaaanchesssster’s burnnnin’!” the band hurtled through 60 minutes that would remain forever imprinted indelibly in the memories of those who were there. 

Janie Jones , Career Opportunities , I’m So Bored With The USA , Complete Control and a staggering Pressure Drop fused together on that evening as The Electric Circus appeared to rise from the stark realities of Collyhurst and move to a different world, where sweat, spit, beer, sex, amphetamine rushes, fevered musical intensity and absurd polemical naïveté were all that mattered. It was the punk gig of dreams.

As we filed out into the unfriendly night, we knew – we just knew – that it would never be quite the same again. And we were right.

This feature was originally published in Classic Rock 55, in June 2003.

Mick Middles is the author of nineteen books, most of which have concentrated on Manchester's music artists from punk to the present. He was the Manchester correspondent for  Sounds  magazine and his work has appeared in publications as diverse as the  Guardian ,  Daily Telegraph , the  Express ,  Manchester Evening News , The   Face ,  Kerraang ,  Classic Rock ,  Record Collector  and  Rock'n'Reel . He lives in Warrington.

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The Jam / 1977

1977 / january.

11 th Played at the 100 Club in London, which was reviewed by John Tobler for NME; “In comparison to the much vaunted Clash, The Jam are totally superior, not least because they have sufficient respect for their material to want it to be heard as music, rather than felt as noise. Exceedingly promising” .

22 nd Supported Bearded Lady at the Marquee in London. This was attended by Chris Parry from Polydor who was looking to sign the band.

25 th Played at the 100 Club in London, where Paul Weller reportedly burned an issue of Sniffin’ Glue onstage!

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1977 / February

5 th Supported Little Bob Story at Crawley College.

9 th Chris Parry held recording tests for ‘In The City’ at Polydor’s Stratford Place Studios.

15 th Signed to Polydor Records by Chris Parry, which was announced later that month. Chris Parry later recalled, that after handing over the cheque for the band’s advance, John Weller revealed that the band didn’t have a bank account yet. “John exclaimed, ‘I can’t take a cheque.’ So we went across to 399 Oxford Street, where Polydor banked. The money came across the counter in ten pound notes, John stuffed it in his pocket and went home a happy man!”

24 th Played at the Roxy in London.

1977 / March

16 th Played at the Red Cow in London, as part of their Red Cow residency from Wednesday 9 th March to Wednesday 30 th March.

22 nd Performed at the Roxy in London. March saw The Stranglers, Chelsea, Eater and more onstage at the Roxy.

29 th Took to the stage at the 100 Club in London as part of their ‘New Bands Night’.

31 st Played the final gig of the month at the Rochester Castle in Stoke Newington, London.

1977 / April

1 st Played at Leeds Polytechnic, which was reviewed by John Hamblett for NME; “Sure, they use the mid-60s ‘mod sound’ as a powerbase, of sorts, but from there it’s 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-zero, blast off, instant 70s modism, desperate tension, adrenalin rush guaranteed”.

17 th Supported the Stranglers and Cherry Vanilla at the Roundhouse in London.

26 th Recorded their first John Peel Session for BBC Radio One which included ‘In The City’, ‘Art School’, ‘I’ve Changed My Address’ and ‘The Modern World’ - all of which are included in the 1977 box set.

29 th Released first single, ‘In The City’, from debut album of the same name. Featured in their ‘Singles of the Week’ series, NME described it as “the most convincing British-penned teenage anthem I’ve heard in a very long time”.

White Riot Tour - A new wave package tour featuring The Clash as headliners along with The Jam, The Slits, The Buzzcocks and Subway Sect.

7 th Paul, Rick and Bruce posed for the cover of NME. The accompanying feature written by Steve Clarke described them as “the best rock ‘n’ roll band I have seen in many a year”.

8 th Played at the Rainbow Theatre in London with the Clash, The Buzzcocks, the Prefects and Subway Sect. This gig was reviewed by John Hayward from Music Week; “With their aggressive good looks and professional tightness, the Jam look set to join the Clash and the Damned as leading lights in the rapidly expanding new wave scene”.

The Jam left the White Riot Tour following the performance at the Rainbow Theatre in London. The press speculated as to what could have caused the conflict between the Jam and the Clash, however no reason was ever confirmed.

19 th Performed ‘In The City’ on their debut Top Of The Pops appearance. Footage of this performance is included in the 1977 box set.

20 th Released their debut studio album, ‘In The City’, to critical acclaim. Record Mirror’s Barry Cain wrote; “If you don’t like them, hard luck they’re gonna be around for a long time. It’s been a long time since albums actually reflected pre-20 delusions and this one does”.

28 th The Jam featured on the cover of Record Mirror alongside an in-depth interview where they discussed youth, new wave bands and the Queen, amongst other topics.

1977 / June

The Jam embarked on their first major headline tour, In The City. It was meant to stretch to 42 dates, but they called it a day after 36. That they had even got that far was pretty remarkable: Weller would later recall “travelling in this red Cortina for hours and having to learn to walk again when you got out,” and their first day off did not materialise until they were 27 dates in.

7 th The first date of their tour, the Jam travelled to Birmingham. This initial performance is attended and reviewed by Chas De Whalley for Sounds, who noted; “The Jam have arrived. Their pent-up fury spilling out over the dancefloor is pure beat for the feet and they have the Birmingham crowd firmly in their grasp”.

18 th Performed at Poplar Civic Hall, one of three Jubilee shows the Jam committed to for free. Julie Burchill from NME reviewed the performance; “If they looked any sharper they’d cut themselves to ribbons. Weller, Foxton and Buckler: the eternal triangle of stark, functional beauty. And the music’s the same; it’s so good it hurts, only a deaf man could dismiss it”.

19 th Played at the Electric Circus in Manchester. Full gig / Carnaby Street .

28 th The Jam recorded ‘All Around The World’ and ‘Carnaby Street’.

1977 / July

1 st Performed at the Mayfair Ballroom in Newcastle. Barry Cain from Record Mirror wrote of the event; “The band have already achieved two bell greatness in the pinball seat of power. And it ain’t gonna be long before number three and the jackpot”.

8 th The Jam released the single ‘All Around The World’ backed by the B-side ‘Carnaby Street’.

9 th Performed at the California Ballroom, Dunstable, where the Jam were supported by Chelsea.

19 th Recorded their second session with John Peel for BBC Radio One. The session included ‘All Around The World’, ‘London Girl’, ‘Bricks and Mortar’ and ‘Carnaby Street’.

21 st The Jam graced the stage of Top Of The Pops for the second time to perform ‘All Around The World’.

24 th Headlined the 4,000-capacity Hammersmith Odeon, much to even their own amazement. “Nobody wanted to do that, but it worked,” said John Weller. “That was the first big one that we did. Had we not done that, we would still have been fucking playing in the Red Cows of this world. Simple as that.”

1977 / August

4 th Took to the stage on Top Of The Pops for the third time to perform ‘All Around the World’.

18 th Returned to Top Of The Pops for the fourth time to perform ‘All Around The World’ . This performance is included in the 1977 box set!

20 th ‘All Around The World’ reached number 13 in the UK Top 50 Singles Chart.

24 th Performed ‘All Around The World’ on Marc - Marc Bolan’s TV Show. This performance features on the 1977 box set too!

25 th Began recording their second album, ‘This Is The Modern World’.

1977 / September

10 th Performed at the Nashville, London. This concert was recorded and dug out of the archives for the 1977 box set.

11 th Played at the 100 Club, London. This gig was also recorded and later released by Polydor. Godfrey Rust from Music Week attended, and later wrote; “The Jam are the real thing. For three unassuming young men they make a great deal of noise”.

21 st Recorded 4 tracks from their upcoming album, including their next single ‘The Modern World’.

30 th The Jam performed at the Paradiso Club, Amsterdam. This was the Jam’s first European tour and, despite cancellations in Norway and Sweden, the performance in the Netherlands went ahead.

1977 / October

8 th Began their first US tour, performing in Los Angeles, Boston and New York. The debut gig took place at Whisky-A-Go-Go in LA, where journalist Sylvie Simmons reviewed the Jam; “It’s powerful, it’s got bite, and you can see why they’ve been compared to early The Who”.

16 th Paul Weller went on NBC's 'The Tomorrow Show' while on the Jam’s first US tour.

21 st Released the single ’The Modern World’ off their upcoming second album, ’This Is the Modern World’, which was named Single of the Week by Sounds.

1977 / November

3 rd Took to the stage on Top Of The Pops to perform ’The Modern World’. You can find this performance in the 1977 box set.

17 th Began the Modern World tour, a UK headline tour to promote their new album, supported by the New Hearts.

18 th Released their second album, ‘This Is The Modern World’. Chas De Whalley reviewed the album for Sounds, stating; “‘This Is The Modern World’ is only a taster of what the Jam have stored up for the future and, despite the five stars, it still isn’t their masterpiece”.

20 th Performed ‘In The City’, ‘Bricks And Mortar’, ‘Carnaby Street’, ‘Slow Down’ and ‘All Around The World’ on So It Goes, Granada TV. Watch these performances on the 1977 box set!

26 th As their evening show at Friars, The Civic Centre in Aylesbury sold out, the Jam organised and played an extra afternoon gig - a first for the venue.

1977 / December

2 nd Played at the Bracknell Sports Centre. Chas De Whalley wrote an in-depth piece on the band and Paul in particular, from time he spent at this gig and Paul’s house in Woking.

10 th The Jam featured on the front cover of Record Mirror, and the accompanying interview took place at Paul’s house in Woking.

18 th Finishing the Modern World tour, the Jam’s final performance at the Hammersmith Odeon was attended and reviewed by Bob Edmands from NME, who noted; “They’re there for the Jam’s undoubted instrumental prowess, and the band are clearly so hot that the parallels with the Who are rendered redundant”.

24 th The Jam’s success in 1977 was recognised by end of the year press roundups - including NME which named ‘In The City’ one of the top singles and albums of the year.

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"My sister called me into the front room to see the performance of All Around the World on the Marc show. It was a pivotal moment, the energy, the haircuts, the suits and shoes, the red Rickenbackers and, of course, the music and lyrics. My first experience of my favourite band. No one will ever come close to meaning so much." Stuart

"White socks & loafers-class,met Bruce in Harrods once but he didn’t have time to give me the riff to “going underground”-still time? " RGM

"Was at the Hammersmith gig, superb. It was showing the world how quickly the 'youth' was changing the music world. " Gregory Bricusse

"Seeing All Around The World on the Marc show changed my life. Then I got to see them at Sheffield Top Rank. They unleashed the power, noise and the energy that was The Jam live. The first of fifteen times I saw them. My only disappointment being they didn't have the spraypainted The Jam backdrop that I'd been busy scrawling all over my schoolbooks." David Scholes

"in the city for me was awesome as i lived in the country great song" Marc Witten

"Seeing them in Bristol through to the last gig they done in Brighton I have kept playing there records very good memories " Timothy O Donovan

"Brighton... was stoked an early Christmas present... some fighting broke out & Paul said if you wanna fight get the f**k out or we're f**king off! What a legend - the Jam were just brilliant live" Mandy

"I was given in the city for Christmas and my life was changed for ever. Thanks for the memories lads" Dean Pickering

"Friars Aylesbury, Paul really pissed me off that night having a pop at the audience, I went home and cut out Paul,Bruce and Rick’s faces from “ All Around The World “ picture sleeve,still got the single." Alan Keinch

"I remember putting In the City on the turntable for the first time. Song one, side on, Art School played and I was a fan for life! " Eric Pleasant

"Living in Northern Ireland as a military brat being made to babysit for my parents friends. Them coming home totally Ming monged informing me they had no money to pay me. Instead they gave me the In the City album!!! Totally cheesed off I stomp home with my record . I play it when i get home and im totally hooked...there begins my love affair with the best F***ing band in the world .....The Jam ❤❤❤" Michelle D'arcier

"Finally getting to see The Jam for the first time at Hammy Odeon. Thought I was gonna piss myself with excitement, they were fuckin astonishing and I never looked back..." Rupert

"Just thought wow !!!this will shake up the punk and Mod scene, what a great sound and group" Paul

"Remembering In The City being played for the first time at our local youth club, pogoing like crazy and thinking this was year zero to me, nothing else mattered..." Rupert Tracy

"My older brother bringing home In The City and receiving a clip round the lug hole from my Dad when Time For Truth screamed FUCK OFF from his record player" Andrew Chippendale

"friars Aylesbury my first Jam concert i was fifteen ,this changed everything for me. the energy and power was mind blowing, this is the modern world." david fradley

"Saw this gig... good memories... from that point on, a fan for life" Sam

"I remember Paul telling the punks at the front to stop gobbing at them or they were going off.." Tony Deall

"Remember watching that show. Totally blown away. Became a Jam fan from then on... " Mark McGinness

"So many great memories of the band, can't wait to order the box set!" David

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From the stacks: the clash – white riot tour 1977.

This is actually a pretty recent bootleg, but the content is vintage Clash. The cover tells the whole story: What we have here is the Only Band That Matters’ May 28, 1977 show at De Montford Hall in Leicester. If I had a time machine, I’d probably burn it on this — not killing Hitler,…

The cover tells the whole story: What we have here is the Only Band That Matters’ May 28, 1977 show at De Montford Hall in Leicester. If I had a time machine, I’d probably burn it on this — not killing Hitler, not saving Will and Holly from Chaka, but on a chance to see the Clash on their 1977 tour. This isn’t footage from the De Montford Hall gig, but I present it to you as exhibit A that this would be the appropriate use of a time machine:

There are a few versions of this show floating around on bootlegs, but this one will set you back 25-50 bucks. Happy hunting.

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A twofer. I like the way you think, kid.

I, too, would burn my time machine trip to see The Clash live. Maybe see them live in Germany, THEN go kill Hitler? It would be a very full and satisfying 24 hours.

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Posted July 15, 2012 by vintagerock in The Clash . Tagged: concert , concerts , gig , gigs , music , pop , punk , rock , rock n roll . 9 Comments

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Posted by tappijoe on September 28, 2012 at 12:45 pm

this brings back memories. i had a ticket but couldn’t get in initially as i wasn’t a student but Strummer and co. came to the door and we were all let in although we couldn’t buy a drink at the bar as you had to show your card so it was a case of grabbing the nearest student. i remember not many people watching the other bands infact i can only remember the Slits (prob in the bar for the others). next time the Clash played i think it was at the Mayfair and the was a cracking night.

Posted by Stuart Forster on September 30, 2012 at 7:42 pm

yes you are bang on there about the students buying the tickets. 2 months earlier there was about a dozen punks at the poly for the stranglers. I’d just turned 16 and still had long hair. the hippy students lobbed cans at the damned and they left the stage. 2 months later, every student was wearing wrapround shades and covered in safety pins.

Posted by Merv Simkins on October 7, 2013 at 3:46 pm

Good article. I was at this gig, aged 19 with long hair. It was a revelation, these (the bands, all of them) were people who seemed to be living the whole thing intensely, not just turning up and playing tired licks before retiring to some bar to get pissed and recite Monty Python sketches. It was like they were from another world. I remmbr the fighting at the door (actually not so much fighting, iirc, as a couple of concerted failed attempts to bust in) but none inside, and don’t recall much spitting. I spoke to Mick Jones as he sat on the edge of the stage (you couldn’t have done that with Yes or Camel). Don’t remember the Prefects but all the other bands did make a vivid impression – a raw, inner-city edge and intensity that seemed to be part of them, not just some stage act – I’d never seen that in any rock band. It was if they’d gone beyond caring about the tedious day-today crap the rest of us clung on to, most of all they didn’t seem to give a shit if what they did ‘worked’ as music or art, they just did it, and because of that it was brilliant. It wasn’t like a gig – though many other punk/new wave events I saw were – it was like being at an event with stuff going on all around you. I had friends at the tiem who formed bands, moved to London and/or went for the whole new-wave thing big time pretty much as a result of having been at this one gig.

Posted by vintagerock on October 7, 2013 at 4:57 pm

Great comment Merv Many thanks for this. You capture the spirit of that night just perfectly Great days. Peter

Posted by Ian on January 11, 2015 at 12:09 pm

I remember this gig very well! I was 17 & my band,The M.P’s,had all got tickets through our student following.This was the one everyone had been talking about for weeks & we weren’t disappointed.The sound was raw & sharp,cutting through you with it’s harshness.The support bands were a great foil for The Clash.The Slits & Subway Sect weren’t your run of the mill,by the numbers ‘punk’ bands.They both brought a different sound to the night. (I also can’t remember seeing The Prefects…) There was a bit of fighting in the hall itself,mainly the odd punk being picked on when he left the safety of his group of mates. The worst part of the night was the attack by a group of skinheads. A group of us were making our way to the bar after The Subway Sect set,via the main entrance hall.All of a sudden the doors crashed open & a group of 20 or so skinheads burst in.They were all dressed in white boiler suits a la Clockwork Orange & started beating on whoever was in their way.It seemed to last for ages but probably only minutes.One of them wearing black gloves,pumped a fist in the air,blew a whistle & they all ran out the door & into a waiting van.Talk about a well planned operation.Afterwards we found cards on the floor that said “Congratulations.You’ve just been visited by Longbenton Skins”. Sadly,because of this incident,this gig has stayed reasonably fresh in my mind.

Posted by vintagerock on January 11, 2015 at 4:03 pm

Wow! Great story Ian. I remember there was a lot of violence that night. Happy, scary nights 🙂 Cheers Peter

Posted by Caro on May 20, 2015 at 9:27 pm

Was there (age 15) with my friend Helen who had a Saturday job at HMV records in Northumberland Street and must have got tickets via that, as we weren’t old enough to be students. Do remember that most of the support acts were fairly inaudible, making the Clash stand out. There were certainly some scuffles although as females we managed to avoid being targets. Also remember the mix of punks and ‘geriatric hippy’ students, which was fairly amusing.

Posted by vintagerock on May 21, 2015 at 5:46 am

Great! Many thanks Peter

Posted by Ian Swanwick on January 29, 2016 at 7:33 pm

I was a student at the uni and went with my housemates. We had a copy of the album and listened to it a couple of times before we went to get familiar with the band. Actually, we all went thinking it would be a bit of a laugh, but when we got there it was a real shock to see how serious the audience was – a big reality check. I was in the men’s when someone from the band’s crew was arguing with someone from the students union about security. The Clash’s guy wanted people in front of the stage with linked arms and the other guy was saying no way that’s going to be necessary… (it was).

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The Clash Setlist at Gröna Lund, Stockholm, Sweden

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• London's Burning Play Video
• Deny Play Video
• Cheat Play Video
• 48 Hours Play Video
• Protex Blue Play Video
• I'm So Bored With the U.S.A. Play Video
• Hate & War Play Video
• Janie Jones Play Video
• Remote Control Play Video
• Career Opportunities Play Video
• Police and Thieves ( Junior Murvin  cover) Play Video
• Garageland Play Video
• Capital Radio Play Video
• White Riot Play Video

Note: Setlist Incomplete and possibly out of order. They opened with London's Burning and the last encore was "White Riot"

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• Career Opportunities
• Hate & War
• I'm So Bored With the U.S.A.
• Janie Jones
• London's Burning
• Protex Blue
• Remote Control
• Capital Radio
• Police and Thieves by Junior Murvin

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