Essential Clash DVD Soon / Strummer Memorial Show

The Toronto Star is reporting that
Epic/Legacy has set a June 10th release date for "The Essential Clash"
DVD. The disc will feature videos for "White Riot," "Complete
Control," "Tommy Gun," "Clampdown," "Train In
Vain," "London Calling," "Bank Robber," "The Call
Up" and "Rock The Casbah." Live clips of "Should I Stay Or
Should I Go" and "Career Opportunities" will be included along
with rare promotional footage and the short film "Hell W10." Joe
Strummer wrote and directed the silent, black and white film in 1983. Promo
material includes a trailer for the "Clash On Broadway" boxed
set, footage from 1976 and and interview from the "London Weekly
Show." Initial plans were for the new footage and videos to be tacked onto
a re-release of the Grammy winning "Westway
To The World," but the band members did not want to force fans who
already owned the documentary to buy it a second time.

A memorial concert for Joe Strummer
is planned for April 20th at London's Tabernacle. It will feature performances
from The 101'ers (Strummer's pre-Clash band), longtime collaborator and
Mescalero Tymon Dogg, and veteran British pub-rock act Wilco Johnson.