1980: THE CLASH on tour | Nationwide | Classic BBC Music | BBC Archive
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Nationwide reporter Duncan Gibbins joins The Clash - Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, 'Topper' Headon and Paul Simonon - on the Scottish leg of their 16 Tons Tour.

The band are saddled with debt, but remain determined to keep ticket and album prices as low as possible for their fans. Can their punk ideology survive the financial realities of the music industry?

Please be warned that this interview is from 1980 and contains themes and language that are of the time and may cause offence.

Originally broadcast 18 February, 1980.





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