BurySOUND
On 14th July 1978 The Clash played a gig at The Corn Exchange in Bury St Edmunds. The event was opposed from the outset by the local authority and the subsequent controversy over alleged damage to property, drunkenness and public urination by punks resulted in St Edmundsbury Borough Council banning the performances of contemporary live music in public buildings. Incredibly that ban lasted almost twenty years!
In 1997 things changed when Jackie Smith, then the council’s Youth & Community Development Officer, decided to develop something for the young people of Bury – the result was a skate park and BurySOUND.
In July 2024, Bury St Edmunds’ local history society refused to put it’s support behind a call for a blue plaque to commemorate the 1978 concert.
