Caroline Coon
The Clash. On the road, Topper Headon (drums), Joe Strummer (lead singer/guitar) and Paul Simonon (bass) at Heathrow airport on the way to The Second European Punk Rock Festival, South of France. August, 1977
Archival Pigment Print
29.7 x 42 cms
11 3/4 x 16 1/2 ins
11 3/4 x 16 1/2 ins
11490
The Clash. On the road, Topper Headon (drums), Joe Strummer (lead singer/guitar) and Paul Simonon (bass) at Heathrow airport on the way to The Second European Punk Rock Festival, South...
The Clash. On the road, Topper Headon (drums), Joe Strummer (lead singer/guitar) and Paul Simonon (bass) at Heathrow airport on the way to The Second European Punk Rock Festival, South of France. August 1977.
Invariably flights to gigs abroad are during the day. Often a band has performed the night before… which means musicians can get to airports dog-tired. It was typical to see The Clash at airports flat out exhausted, even catching up on sleep.