The Clash
Markethalle Hamburg
20 May 1980
‘The Riot Show’
16 Tons Tour

01. Clash City Rockers
02. Brand New Cadillac
03. Safe European Home
04. Koka Kola
05. I fought the Law
06. White Man
07. 48 Hours
08. Police and thieves
09. Clampdown
10. English Civil War
11. Janie Jones
12. London’s Burning
13. Imp so bored with the USA
14. White Riot
15. Armagideon Time
16. Complete Control

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Notes

This is the infamous riot show where there was mayhem in the audience and on the stage, riot police battling with fans outside, and Joe was arrested for seriously assaulting a ‘fan’ with his guitar. His actions shocked Joe, and had a lasting personal impact on him.
He would raise the incident in a number of interviews there after. Joe said, “I nearly murdered somebody, and it made me realise that you can’t face violence with violence. It doesn’t work”. There is information on the night from three sources; German newspaper reports from the time, an eyewitness account described in Last Gang in Town, and interviews with Joe.