The Clash play the Theatre Mogador in Paris

September 1981: Number 38 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of world and folk musicIn September 1981, the Clash played a seven-night residency at the Theatre Mogador in Paris. Post-Sandinista!, pre-Combat Rock, this incarnation of the rebel-rockers – one that was obsessed with dub, funk, hip-hop and Latin America – would influence a generation of French musicians. The audience for those shows included a veritable who's who of French music – Manu Chao, Rachid Tah...

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