NEW YORK, NY (Top40 Charts/ Legacy Recordings) - Legacy Recordings will celebrate the release of The
Clash Live: Revolution Rock DVD with a special one-night-only theatrical presentation of the electrifying live concert documentary in ten select cities on Tuesday, April 15.
With the arrival of The Clash Live: Revolution Rock in stores on April 15, Clash fans in the following cities will have the unique opportunity to experience the full-length DVD cut of the film on the big screen:
New York - Chelsea Cinemas
San Diego - Ultrastar Mission Valley 7
San Luis Obispo - The Downtown Center Cinema
Indianapolis - Showplace 16
Chicago - Showplace 12
Santa Fe - CCA Cinematheque
Seattle - Metro Cinemas
San Francisco - Opera Plaza Cinema
Boston - Kendall Square Cinema
Please check your local listings for full details.
Produced by longtime Clash collaborator Don Letts, The Clash Live: Revolution Rock seamlessly weaves together 22 definitive live concert and studio performances from 1977 to 1983 capturing the groundbreaking British band who established and expanded the power of punk-rock in the 1970s, 1980s and beyond.
The Clash Live: Revolution Rock follows the live transformation of the band, incorporating footage from all phases of the Clash's meteoric career, beginning with live-in-the-studio clips from 1979, crescendoing with triumphant concerts from clubland (London's The Music Machine, 1978) and theatres (the Lyceum, 1978, 1980), and climaxing with an transcendent blow-out, opening for The Who at New York's Shea Stadium in 1982.
The film also contains two television interviews dating from June 1981, when the Clash were in New York City playing an historic three-week, 17-show run at Bond's International Casino on Times Square. The first interview is with Tom Snyder on The Tomorrow Show, his long-running late-night NBC network staple, the second with local New York news anchor Sue Simmons on WNBC's Live At 5 broadcast.
Formed in London during the first wave of punk-rock in 1976, the Clash, known at the time as "The Only Band That Matters," became the most progressive and visionary rock band of its era, releasing five albums in six years, each a brave step into uncharted territory. Joe Strummer (guitar, vocals), Mick Jones (guitar, vocals), Paul Simonon (bass) and, at various times, drummers Nicky "Topper" Headon, Terry Chimes, and Pete Howard embraced the energy and confrontational attitude of punk. Refusing the limitations of any musical genre, the Clash incorporated elements of reggae, funk, dub, rap, hard rock and roots rockabilly into a continually evolving and challenging sound. Taking its name from the headlines of the day, the Clash wrote songs addressing the issues of class and race confronting the UK in the 1970s.
The Clash was induced into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in January 2003, a month after the untimely passing of the group's frontman, Joe Strummer, age 50, in December 2002.
The Clash Live: Revolution Rock is the perfect way to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Clash, the once-and-future "Only Band That Matters."
THE CLASH LIVE: REVOLUTION ROCK DVD - (Epic/Legacy DVD 728129)
1. Complete Control - The Essential Clash DVD - 1977
2. I Fought The Law - Rude Boy movie - Jan. 1979, London Lyceum
3. Police & Thieves - Punk and Its After Shocks - Jan. 1980, Aylesbury Friars
4. What's My Name - Revolution Rock - Nov., 1977, Manchester Elizabethan Suite
5. Capitol Radio One - Revolution Rock - Nov., 1977, Manchester Elizabethan Suite
6. White Riot - Revolution Rock - April 1977,
7. I'm So Bored With The U.S.A. - Revolution Rock Apollo - Nov. 1978, Manchester
8. London's Burning - Rude Boy movie - April 1978, London Victoria Park
9. 1977 - Revolution Rock - April 1977, Beaconsfield Studios
10. (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais - Rude Boy movie Apollo - July 1978, Glasgow
11. Tommy Gun - Revolution Rock - 1978
12. Safe European Home - Rude Boy movie - July 1978, London Music Machine
13. London Calling - Revolution Rock - June 1981, Bond's International Casino, New York City
14. Clampdown - Revolution Rock - Feb. 1980, Lewisham Odeon
15. The Guns Of Brixton - ABC Fridays tv show - April 1980, L.A.
16. Train In Vain - Revolution Rock - Feb. 1980, Lewisham Odeon
17. This Is Radio Clash - NBC Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder - June 1981, NYC
18. The Magnificent Seven - NBC Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder - June 1981, NYC
19. Brand New Cadillac - Revolution Rock - Feb. 1982, Tokyo Sun Plaza Hall
20. Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Revolution Rock - October 1982, Shea Stadium, NYC
21. Know Your Rights - Revolution Rock - May 1983, US Festival, San Bernardino, CA
22. Career Opportunities - Revolution Rock - October 1982, Shea Stadium, NYC
DVD Extras:
1. Interview - NBC Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder - June 1981, NYC
2. Interview - NBC Live At Five with Sue Simmons - June 1981, NYC
