Builtaroundtheearliest,untilnowunseen,footageofTheClashinconcert,filmedbyJulienTempleastheyopenedtheinfamousRoxyclubinadilapidatedCoventGardenon1January1977,thisshowtakesusonatime-travellingtripbacktothatstrangeplanetthatwasGreatBritaininthelate1970sandthemomentwhenpunkemergedintothemainstreamconsciousness. FeaturingthevoicesofJoeStrummerandTheClashfromthetime,andintercuttingtherawandvisceralfootageofthisiconicshowwithtellingmomentsfromtheBBC'sNewYear'sEve,HogmanayandNewYear'sDayschedulesofnearly40yearsago,itcelebratesthatgreatenduringBritishcustomofgettingtogether,enmasseandoftensubstantiallytheworseforwear,tousherinthenewyear. NewYear'sDayiswhenwecollectivelytakethetimetoreflectontheyearthathasjustgonebyandponderwhatthenewonemightholdinstoreforus.UnknowntotheunsuspectingBritishpublic,1977wasofcoursetheannusmirabilisofpunk.TheyearinwhichTheClashthemselvestookoff,catchingtheimaginationofthenation'syouth.Astheiriconicsong1977countsusdowntomidnight,wesharewiththemandJoeStrummer,inpreviouslyunseeninterviewsfromthetime,theirhopesandpredictionsforthe12monthsahead.


