Special Clash photographic exhibit coming to Toronto

On February 20, 1979, a pre-London Calling Clash rolled into Toronto for their first-ever Canadian date. Bussing in from New York where they’d just played the Palladium three nights earlier, the band set up at the Rex Danforth Theatre.

Here’s the set list from that night.

1. I’m So Bored with the USA
2. Guns on the Room
3. Jail Guitar Doors
4. Drug-Stabbing Time
5. Tommy Gun
6. City of the Dead
7. Career Opportunities
8. Clash City Rockers
9. (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
10. English Civil War
11. Stay Free
12. Police and Thieves
13. Capital Radio
14. Janie Jones
15. Garageland
16. Julie’s Been Working for the Drug Squad
17. Complete Control
18. London’s Burning
19. White Riot

With the 40th anniversary of that gig looming, there’s a photographic exhibition set for the The Library at Pape and Danforth in Toronto.

Clash on the Danforth is a multimedia experience that will feature everyone from photos, artifacts, and even cassettes from the era. Might be a nice place to celebrate International Clash Day, which is an actual official day in Toronto.

Read more here.