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Play The Clash back through the city

Follow The Clash from Rehearsal Rehearsals to Westway, with each stop restoring a precise piece of the World fans recognise.

Read in this order, then plan travel between the public locations. Historical references and private properties are not visitor stops. This is a story sequence, not a timed walking itinerary.

Place and area markers · not exact camera positions

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Selected: Rehearsal Rehearsals
  1. 01
    Side A · Origin

    Begin at Rehearsal Rehearsals, where The Clash declares its relationship with the city.

    ORIGIN / CULTURAL SITE

    Rehearsal Rehearsals

    Rehearsal Rehearsals location context
    Nittentrikken · CC0 · Cropped location photograph

    The band rehearsed in a railway-arch space that became part workshop, part clubhouse.

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  2. 02
    ORIGIN / CULTURAL SITE

    100 Club

    100 Club location context
    David from UK · CC BY 2.0 · Cropped location photograph

    The 1976 punk festival placed the Clash in the movement’s decisive public line-up.

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  3. 03
    Side B · Making the sound

    Move through Electric Ballroom, where the World’s geography and emotional rhythm shift.

    STUDIO / SCENE

    Electric Ballroom

    Electric Ballroom location context
    Stevewestinlondon at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cropped location photograph

    The venue anchors the band’s connection to a London punk circuit that mixed music and politics.

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  4. 04
    STUDIO / SCENE

    Victoria Park

    Victoria Park location context
    Ewan Munro from London, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Cropped location photograph

    The Clash played Rock Against Racism’s 1978 carnival to a vast crowd after the march from Trafalgar Square.

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  5. 05
    Encore · The living archive

    End at Westway, where production history, memory or fan pilgrimage continues.

    LIVE / LEGACY

    Westway

    Westway location context
    J Taylor · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Cropped location photograph

    The elevated motorway became both local landscape and symbol in the band’s west-London writing.

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PACK FOR THE JOURNEY

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Original posters, records, books, physical editions and licensed merchandise for this route.

The Clash - London Calling original poster
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The Clash - London Calling

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The Clash - New York City original poster
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The Clash - New York City

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The Clash on vinyl and CD

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The Clash books and photography

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