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Joe Strummer: charity offers bands chance to play Glastonbury

submitted by Nick Jan 22nd 2008 07:00 pm (www.nme.com)

Bands could be in the chance of playing a slot at 2008's Glastonbury festival if they win a competition being stage by a charity honouring The Clash's late frontman Joe Stummer.

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Maximo Park: have Joe Strummer-played guitar stolen

submitted by Nick May 15th 2009 11:00 am (www.nme.com)

Maximo Park had a valuable guitar stolen yesterday (May 13) on the first night of their UK tour.

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Lily Allen: New Music: Lily Allen: "Straight to Hell" (The Clash cover) [Stream]

submitted by Nick Jan 20th 2009 08:00 pm (www.pitchforkmedia.com)

Hey, it's that riff from the Clash's "Straight to Hell", remember it? And this time it's actually being used in a version of the Clash's "Straight to Hell". That's London songstress Lily Allen on this particular cover. She contributed this laidback version of the dubby Joe Strummer-sung original to the covers comp Heroes, which benefits War Chil...

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Frank Zappa: Randy Jackson Soils Frank Zappa's Memory

submitted by Nick Jan 15th 2009 11:00 pm (www.antimusic.com)

It's this kind of lame crap that is destroying music. We actually received a press release about the t-shirt Randy Jackson wore on American Idle. It gets worse as they place Jackson in the same category as Frank Zappa, John Lennon, Janis Joplin, Robert Plant, Joe Strummer and Jeff Buckley.

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Joe Strummer: Charity gig to celebrate Joe Strummer's life announced

submitted by Nick Dec 11th 2008 04:00 pm (www.nme.com)

A Christmas benefit gig for the charity Strummerville is to be staged in London this December.

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Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten Coming To DVD

submitted by Nick Jun 18th 2008 08:00 am (www.antimusic.com)

The ongoing 30th anniversary salute to the Clash etches a new peak with the long-awaited DVD release of Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten