Pop Preservation Society

29/09/2026

This Friday. This vinyl collection could be yours!

29/09/2026

READ: noise11.com/news/black-market-clash-two-sets-20260929

Thank you to Paul Cashmere from Noise11 for spreading the word about our upcoming show this Friday evening at The Curtin in Carlton.

27/09/2026

MELBOURNE CLASH FANS - ENDS THIS FRIDAY, 2 OCTOBER

WIN FIVE CLASSIC CLASH ALBUMS ON VINYL

We're giving one ticket holder at our next Black Market Clash show five classic Clash albums on 180g vinyl, valued at $400.

The winner takes home the lot:

THE CLASH - 1LP 180g vinyl
• White Riot
• Janie Jones
• London's Burning

GIVE 'EM ENOUGH ROPE - 1LP 180g vinyl
• Tommy Gun
• Safe European Home
• English Civil War

LONDON CALLING - 2LP 180g vinyl
• London Calling
• Train In Vain
• Clampdown

SANDINISTA! - 3LP 180g vinyl
• The Magnificent Seven
• Hitsville UK
• The Call Up

COMBAT ROCK + THE PEOPLE'S HALL - Limited Edition 3LP 180g vinyl
• Rock The Casbah
• Should I Stay Or Should I Go
• Straight To Hell

That's five classic Clash releases across 10 LPs, going to one winner on the night.

And there's a two-hour Clash show to go with it.

BLACK MARKET CLASH - The Story Of The Clash.

Two sets. Two hours live. Five classic Clash albums. Three piece horn section.

Friday 2 October
The Curtin, 29 Lygon Street, Carlton
Doors 8pm | Show 8.30pm | 18+

HOW TO ENTER:
Buy a ticket online to Black Market Clash - The Story Of The Clash at The Curtin this Friday.
One eligible paid ticket = one entry.
The complete 10 LP collection will be drawn this Friday night at The Curtin, Carlton.

Every eligible paid ticket includes one entry into the draw, including tickets already purchased.

Numbered competition stubs will be issued when eligible tickets are presented at the venue. The winning number will be drawn at intermission and the winner takes home all five releases on the night.

GET TICKETS:
https://blackmarketclash.com.au

Full Terms and Conditions:
https://blackmarketclash.com.au/_files/ugd/4fd914_9e019ba6435643b1933635473c4891a5.pdf

Promotion conducted by Pop Preservation Society Pty Ltd. Terms and Conditions apply.

25/09/2026

We wanted to share this one because Australian Musician has been part of the fabric of Australian music for 30 years, and publications like this matter.

If you have spent any amount of your life playing in bands, buying instruments, going to gigs, recording music or simply being interested in how musicians actually make music, there is a fair chance Australian Musician has crossed your path somewhere along the way.

Greg Phillips has kept it going independently since taking ownership in 2023, and photographer Jason Rosewarne has spent the past 11 years documenting musicians for the publication. On Wednesday 2 December, those two stories come together for CAPTURED LIVE at Studio 52 / Empire Music Studios in Heidelberg West.

Jason will be exhibiting photographs from his years shooting Australian and international artists, followed by a live concert featuring Geoff Achison, Shannon Stephen Bourne, Jimi Hocking, Kathleen Halloran, Lloyd Spiegel, John McNamara, Andrea Marr and Joshua Batten, with more guests to come.

The concert is being recorded for a live album, so while Australian Musician is opening up part of its archive, they're also making something new.

There is another important reason to support it. $5 from every ticket, proceeds from the sale of Jason's framed photographs and proceeds from the planned live album will go to NeuroEndocrine Cancer Australia.

Australian music needs people who document it, photograph it, write about it, record it and, perhaps most importantly, keep turning up.

Congratulations to Greg, Jason and everyone involved with Australian Musician on 30 years.

CAPTURED LIVE
Wednesday 2 December 2026
Empire Music Studios - 9 Northern Rd, Heidelberg West
Exhibition from 5.30pm
Concert from 7.30pm
General Admission $40
VIP table seating $60
A very worthwhile night to support.

Tix: https://trybooking.com/DQFHM

https://australianmusician.com.au/captured-live-celebrating-the-photography-of-jason-rosewarne-3-decades-of-australian-musician/

Captured Live WED DEC 2nd
Geoff Achison, Shannon Bourne, Jimi Hocking, Kathleen Halloran, Lloyd Spiegel, John McNamara, Andrea Marr, Joshua Batten

23/09/2026

BLACK MARKET CLASH - THE STORY OF THE CLASH
THE CURTIN • FRIDAY 2 OCTOBER
TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Black Market Clash brings the story of The Clash to The Curtin for a full two-set, two-hour headline show, with no supports.
From the raw punk of the first album through Give ’Em Enough Rope, London Calling, Sandinista! and Combat Rock, the show follows The Clash through punk, reggae, ska, dub and rock ’n’ roll.

Featuring Melbourne musicians Victor Stranges (The Methinks, The Futurists), Garry Allen (Crossbones Boogie, Kahuna Daddies), Stu D Thomas (Dave Graney & The MistLY, Kim Salmon & The Surrealists), Mike Dupp (The Methinks, The Futurists) and Gian Cannizzaro (Chick).

Expect Janie Jones, Safe European Home, London Calling, Lost In The Supermarket, Bankrobber, Straight To Hell, Should I Stay Or Should I Go and more.

For this show, a three-piece horn section joins the band for Rudie Can’t Fail, Revolution Rock and more from The Clash catalogue.

FRIDAY 2 OCTOBER 2026
THE CURTIN, CARLTON
Two complete sets. No supports.

Tickets on sale now via Oztix:
https://johncurtinhotel.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/49cc6fb9-fd34-46a7-a34c-6d8aa90d9611

23/09/2026

Black Market Clash | The Story Of The Clash

Friday 2 October at The Curtin.

Two sets. Two hours. Songs from the self-titled debut through Give ’Em Enough Rope, London Calling, Sandinista! and Combat Rock.

Plus our three-piece horn section.

Don’t miss out.

Friday 2 October • 8:00pm
The Curtin, Carlton • 18+
$42.80 GA
Tickets → blackmarketclash.com.au

21/09/2026

Yes we are crazy alright.

CALLING ALL MELBOURNE CLASH FANS!

WIN FIVE CLASSIC CLASH ALBUMS ON VINYL - VALUED AT $400 (competition ends Fri 2 Oct, 2026)

Not a “best of.” Not a sampler. Five official Columbia/Legacy 180g pressings. Ten records. The UK studio run from 1977 to 1982.

Every eligible paid ticket holder for BLACK MARKET CLASH – THE STORY OF THE CLASH: A TWO HOUR CELEBRATION at The Curtin, Carlton, Friday 2 October 2026 gets one entry. Already holding a ticket? You’re in. Present it at the door and you’ll be issued a numbered competition stub.

Winner drawn at intermission. You must be present to win.

THE PRIZE

The Clash (1977) - 1LP

Columbia/Legacy 88985348291. 180g remaster.

UK original 14-track album. Not the later American rewrite. Picture sleeve with lyric inner.

Janie Jones • Remote Control • I’m So Bored With The U.S.A. • White Riot • Hate & War • What’s My Name • Deny • London’s Burning • Career Opportunities • Cheat • Protex Blue • Police & Thieves • 48 Hours • Garageland
Give ’Em Enough Rope (1978) - 1LP

Columbia/Legacy 88985419541. 180g remaster.

Original artwork recreated with printed lyric inner. UK titles throughout.

Safe European Home • English Civil War • Tommy Gun • Julie’s Been Working For The Drug Squad • Last Gang In Town • Guns On The Roof • Drug-Stabbing Time • Stay Free • Cheapskates • All The Young Punks (New Boots And Contracts)
London Calling (1979) - 2LP

Columbia/Legacy 88875112701. 180g remaster.

Printed inner sleeves with lyrics, photos and credits. Train In Vain is on the labels of this pressing. It was left off the original 1979 UK jacket.

London Calling • Brand New Cadillac • Jimmy Jazz • Hateful • Rudie Can’t Fail • Spanish Bombs • The Right Profile • Lost In The Supermarket • Clampdown • The Guns Of Brixton • Wrong ’Em Boyo • Death Or Glory • Koka Kola • The Card Cheat • Lover’s Rock • Four Horsemen • I’m Not Down • Revolution Rock • Train In Vain

Sandinista! (1980) - 3LP

Columbia/Legacy 88985435071. 180g remaster.

Wide-spine jacket. Six-panel lyric and credit insert. All 36 original tracks, including Version Pardner.

The Magnificent Seven • Hitsville U.K. • Junco Partner • Ivan Meets G.I. Joe • The Leader • Something About England • Rebel Waltz • Look Here • The Crooked Beat • Somebody Got Murdered • One More Time • One More Dub • Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) • Up In Heaven (Not Only Here) • Corner Soul • Let’s Go Crazy • If Music Could Talk • The Sound Of The Sinners • Police On My Back • Midnight Log • The Equaliser • The Call Up • Washington Bullets • Broadway • Lose This Skin • Charlie Don’t Surf • Mensforth Hill • Ju**ie Slip • Kingston Advice • The Street Parade • Version City • Living In Fame • Silicone On Sapphire • Version Pardner • Career Opportunities • Shepherds Delight

Combat Rock + The People’s Hall (1982 / 2022) - Limited Edition 3LP

Columbia 19439955131. 180g special edition.

Wide-spine jacket replicating the original sleeve, with obi strip, printed inners, fold-out poster, rare Pennie Smith photographs and Tom Vague’s History of Frestonia essay. LP1 is the 1982 album, remastered by Tim Young with The Clash.

LPs 2 and 3 are The People’s Hall: 12 extra tracks compiled by the band. The last side is blank.

1982 album:

Know Your Rights • Car Jamming • Should I Stay Or Should I Go • Rock The Casbah • Red Angel Dragnet • Straight To Hell • Overpowered By Funk • Atom Tan • Sean Flynn • Ghetto Defendant • Inoculated City • Death Is A Star
The People’s Hall:

Outside Bonds • Radio Clash • Futura 2000 • First Night Back In London • Radio One - Mikey Dread • He Who Dares Or Is Tired • Long Time Jerk • The Fulham Connection (aka The Beautiful People Are Ugly Too) • Midnight To Stevens • Sean Flynn (extended) • Idle In Kangaroo Court • Know Your Rights (People’s Hall version)
That’s the stack. From Janie Jones to Death Is A Star, plus the Frestonia extras.

GIG DETAILS

Black Market Clash - The Story Of The Clash
Friday 2 October 2026
The Curtin
29 Lygon Street, Carlton VIC (Australia)
Doors 8:00pm
Show 8:30pm
18+
Two sets. Two hours live. Drawing from five classic Clash albums. Three piece horn section.

HOW TO ENTER

Buy a ticket. Bring it on the night. Collect your stub. Stay for the draw.

Tickets and Terms and Conditions: blackmarketclash.com.au

One entry per eligible paid ticket. Winner must be present at the draw to win. Promotion conducted by Pop Preservation Society Pty Ltd. Terms and Conditions apply.

15/09/2026