Stars line up for Strummer Tribute Show

The show, "Arms Aloft in Acton Town", on Thursday 15th November 2007, will be headlined by life-long Clash fan and political campaigner Billy Bragg. Former Clash members Mick Jones and Topper Headon have confirmed that they will be at the show as have members of Hard Fi who have picked up the baton from The Clash and brought the spirit of Joe Strummer to a new generation. Jerry Dammers from The Specials will be the DJ on the night and the support act is Tymon Dogg - the guy who taught Joe how to play guitar.
 
A chunk of the proceeds from the show will go to a new campaign "Jail Guitar Doors" which has been launched by Billy Bragg to put instruments into prisons up and down the country in memory of Joe Strummer.
 
Billy said: "Hearing The Clash as a 19 year old had changed my life, so I guess I was looking for a project that underscored the transformative power of music. Inspiration arrived in the shape of a letter from Malcolm Dudley, a drug and alcohol counsellor working at HMP Guy's Marsh near Shaftesbury in Dorset." The result is Jail Guitar Doors and the campaign is gaining support right across the UK.
 
The show is backed by the Fire Brigades Union and by the Left Field Stage at Glastonbury Festival.
 
Geoff Martin, Director of the Glastonbury Left Field, said: "I was the compere at the Acton Joe Strummer show for the FBU five years ago. It was an incredible night with Joe and Mick Jones joining forces on stage for the first time in nearly 20 years. The shock news of Joe's death just a few weeks later came as a real blow to all of us fighting for social justice but this show give us a chance to come together and recharge the batteries."
 
Tickets for the show at £17.50 and £12.50 concessions can be ordered on the hotline number 0207 737 0199 or online here.

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