Solving the mystery of why these rock legends were busking in York in 1980s
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Read full articleYork PressSolving the mystery of why these rock legends were busking in York in 1980sMaxine Gordon18 May 2025 at 0:19 am·4-min readLink copiedThe Clash delighting fans in King’s Square with a surprise busking session.YEP PIC MAY 1985.MAXINE GORDON unearths the real reasons why The Clash were busking in York in 1985TWO days in May some 40 years ago have became legendary in York’s rock ‘n’ roll history.Up there with the four gigs by The Beatles in 1963 at the Rialto in Fishergate, and Roxy Music playing the Museum Gardens in 1973, is the time punk rockers The Clash came to York on a busking tour.The band – led by flamboyant front man Joe Strummer – performed two impromptu street gigs in York on May 8 and 9 – one outside York Minster and another in King’s Square the following day.Legend has it that The Clash’s street gigs in York were as part of a spat with rival band The Alarm. The story goes they were ch