Amazon.com: Live at Shea Stadium (Deluxe): The Clash: MusicBack in 1982, The Who were on their "farewell tour" of America's stadiums. Their opening act was The Clash. I was too young and too poor to go see those shows, but I was very excited about them at the time. I had a couple of friends who went and they said The Clash blew the The Who off the stage. Of course we were only 15 or 16 and The Clash was more our ge- ge- ge- generation than The Who, but The Clash were making a great mark for themselves.
In June 1981, The Clash were selling out 17 nights at Bond's International Casino in Times Square and making headlines. The promoter oversold it so hard the fire dept threatened to shut it all down, but the Clash, gotta love the late great Joe Strummer, agreed to play extra shows so everyone with a ticket saw a Clash show. November 1984, The Who released The Who's Last, a recording from that tour, but I never got to hear The Clash's live show. Now we finally can.
It's a big deal now that Shea Stadium is about to close and be bulldozed for the Citi Field. I hope all the groups that played there release Shea Stadium concert CDs. Grand Funk Railroad, Creedence, Bruce, The Beatles, The Stones and Billy Joel all did classic shows there.
The Freditor
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