Clash

The bassist relives his 1978 Rock Against Racism set with Strummer and co.

The Good The Bad And The Queen headline as the sun comes out in London

Paul Simonon's Spanish paintings to be exhibited for the first time

Both bands perform onstage at intimate Jack Daniels Mash gig

Babyshambles also feature in Rock Against Racism movie

Mick Jones is surprise guest at first NME Awards show

The drummer joins Jones' new band Carbon/Silicon onstage

The band kick off Ally Pally treble with tributes to The Smiths and New Order too

As I mentioned, signing off yesterday’s blog, I was just off to an industrial estate somewhere in Acton, west London, for what had been described to me as a ‘public rehearsal’ by Carbon/Silicon, the ‘band’ formed by The Clash’s Mick Jones and Tony James, formerly of Generation X and Sigue Sigue Sputnik. I had almost cried off going, but thankfully thought better of what would have been a calamitous decision I would subsequently regretted. It turned out to be a brilliant evening.

Complete control: Joe’n’Mick’s three-minute stabs at immortality – plus Argentinean promos!