The Clash - "Tommy Gun" #TheClash

Finish the lyric... By order of the prophet We ban that boogie sound

Originally released in September 1982 during the Combat Rock USA tour as a double A side, Should I Stay or Should I Go / Straight To Hell is being re-released on 7inch yellow vinyl with new artwork on the 12th June 2026. theclash.lnk.to/SIS7

1982, The Clash play in New Orleans at The Warehouse.

Can you name the song? The kids in the halls and the pipes in the walls Make me noises for company

The Clash - “Straight to Hell” is being re-released on 7inch yellow vinyl along with “Should I Stay or Should I Go” on 12th June 2026. theclash.lnk.to/SIS7 #TheClash

Born on this day in 1955, Nicky 'Topper' Headon.

1981, The Clash play the first night of a week long residency at Bond International Casino in New York. Further dates would be added to what became a 17 date run of shows.

1977, The Clash play at Colston Hall in Bristol. #TheClash

Finish the lyric... He's in love with rock'n'roll, whoa He's in love with gettin' stoned, whoa

The Clash’s 7" vinyl featuring "Straight To Hell" on the b-side is available for pre-order now. #TheClash

1980, The Clash perform at Olypen, Lund.

1977, The Clash perform at Rock Garden Middlesbrough.  📸: Joanne Welford

1981, The Clash perform at Eissporthalle, Berlin.

1977, The Clash perform at Swansea University.

1977, The Clash in Amsterdam.

13th May 1977 "Remote Control" is released as a single by CBS, against the band's wishes, the band wanted ‘Janie Jones’

Finish the lyric... I left my baby and it feels so bad Guess my race is run

11th May 1979, a four track EP “The Cost of Living” is released, featuring “I Fought The Law” and “Capital Radio”

"Straight to Hell" by The Clash was written during the end of the recording sessions for Combat Rock, during a “mad, creative rush” the day before the band were due to fly out of the city for New Year’s Eve.

"It was just a good rockin’ song, our attempt at writing a classic. When we were just playing, that was the kind of thing we used to like to play.” - Mick Jones on "Should I Stay Or Should I Go"

Originally released in September 1982 during the Combat Rock USA tour as a double A side, Should I Stay or Should I Go /Straight To Hell is being re-released on 7inch yellow vinyl with new artwork on the 12th June 2026.

Finish the lyric... Wanna join in a chorus of the Amerasian blues? When it's Christmas out in Ho Chi Minh City

1977, The Clash perform at Barbarella’s in Birmingham on the White Riot Tour alongside The Buzzcocks, The Slits & Subway Sect. Poster: Andrew Brookes

1978, The Clash perform at Rock Against Racism at Victoria Park in East London, alongside Tom Robinson, X-Ray Spex, Steel Pulse and Patrik Fitzgerald.

Can you name the song? Well, I wish I had me one million dollars Oh, one million to call my own (all my own) I would raise meat and say, "grow for me baby" I would raise me a tobacco farm

The Clash - "Complete Control" #TheClash

26th April 1977, Topper Headon plays his first live show with The Clash at Le Chartreux Cinema, Rouen, France. 📸: Pennie Smith

1983, Joe Strummer runs the London Marathon. 📸: Steve Rapport

1980, The Clash make their major American network debut on ABC's Fridays.

23rd April 1982, "Know Your Rights" was released as a single with "First Night Back in London" on the b-side. #TheClash

The Clash - "What's My Name" #TheClash

Finish the lyric... Get off the streets Get off the streets Run You don't have a home to go to Smush

The Clash. 📸: Adrian Boot

Can you guess what year this photo was taken? 📸: Pennie Smith

Can you name the song? Nobody knows what they are doin' Beyond your control, Friday night's a ruin

The Clash - "London's Burning" #TheClash

finish the lyric... Ring! Ring! It's 7 a.m. Move yourself to go again Cold water in the face

April 1981, “The Magnificent Seven” was released as a single with “The Magnificent Dance” on the B-side.

In 1977, tracks “Listen” and “Capital Radio” along with two interview excerpts are released as The Capital Radio E.P.

On 8th April 1977, the bands debut album The Clash is released.

The Clash. 📸: Michael Putland

“English Civil War” by The Clash on Alright Now. #TheClash

Tony Parsons’ landmark Clash feature appears in NME, drawing from the interview he conducted with Joe, Mick and Paul on the London Underground Circle Line.

Finish the lyric... It's up to you, not to heed the call up And you must not act, the way you were brought up

The Clash - "Safe European Home" #TheClash

1977, Mick Jones meets Topper Headon at a The Kinks gig and asks him to audition to join The Clash. 📸: Caroline Coon

The Clash. 📸: Neal Preston

Finish the lyric... And everybody's doin' Just what they're told to

The Clash - “White Riot” #TheClash