Garageland (song) - Appearances

Appearances

The song made its live debut on 10–11 March 1977, on the first and second night of an early gig at The Coliseum in Harlesden, London, where the band was supported by Subway Sect, Buzzcocks, and The Slits. From that moment to 1985, the song has become a stable part of the setlists of their future tours and concerts, and has graced stages all over the world. Among the most important venues, concert halls and arenas there were:

• De Montfort Hall in Leicester (1977),
• the Lyceum Theatre, London (1978),
• the Agora in Cleveland (1979),
• the New York Palladium (1979),
• the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey (1980),
• the Orpheum Theatre in Boston (1980),
• the Hammersmith Palais in London (1980),
• the Théâtre Mogador in Paris (1981),
• the Brixton Academy in London (1982 & 1985),
• the Saint Paul Civic Center Arena in St Paul, Minnesota (1982),
• the Johanneshovs Isstadion in Stockholm (1984),
• the Espace Ballard in Paris (1984),
• the Orange arena at the Roskilde Festival of 1985 in Denmark.

"Garageland" was first featured as the last track of the band's debut album as well as in its 1979 U.S. release. It also is featured in many unofficial and semi-official bootlegs such as the 1992 release of U.S.A. 1979. It was featured in the 1980 film release Rude Boy, where it was performed live at Rehearsal Rehearsals, but the audio was re-recorded at Wessex Studios, and on The Punk Rock Movie, directed and filmed by Don Letts mainly at The Roxy club in Super 8 in the autumn of 1977 during The Clash's White Riot tour, and published in DVD format in 1992. "Garageland" is also featured on some live and compilation albums, most notably on Clash on Broadway and The Essential Clash, both released in 2003, Rarities released in 2003, and Pearl Harbour '79 released in 1979 in Japan and in 2004 worldwide.