Description
The Clash released the single “Bank Robber,” which had previously been available only as an import. Their record label, CBS, had initially rejected its release, considering the song insufficiently commercial.
Related events
- The Clash released the single “Should I Stay or Should I Go” in the UK.
- The Clash played a private concert for journalists at the Chalk Farm rehearsal studios in London.
- During the carnival in the London district of Notting Hill, clashes broke out between Black youths and the police. Members of The Clash were present, and the event inspired them to write “White Riot” as a call for white people to protest with the same intensity.