The Clash on a children’s TV show? It happened.

March 28, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment 0 min read

One day in January 1980, kids in the UK tuned into a TV show called Tiswas expecting to see the usual. Instead, they got a faceful of The Clash.

The band had released London Calling a few weeks earlier and were in the midst of doing promotion. But who the hell thought that this would be a good idea?

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