By April 1984, the Clash were a different band. Mick Jones had been fired the previous September, and Joe Strummer was leading a retooled five-piece on the Out of Control Tour. The Albany Palace Theatre show came during the sessions that would produce Cut the Crap, the widely disowned final album. This was punk’s most defiant band in its most controversial chapter — Strummer pressing forward without his creative foil, playing theaters instead of arenas.
Your Guide to Live Music in Upstate New York
