But Strummerville's not just about Clash covers. Three Sheffield bands, The F****wits, Fang Club and Repomen – the latter headlining the show – will play their own material with one or two Clash covers thrown in.
Fang Club play fast, edgy punk indie, The F****wits play reggae punk with distorted splashes of guitar with shouty vocals. RepoMen play new wave indie with glass-like vocals, spacious, distrorted licks on guitar and deep rumbling bass.

Following these sets a handful of musicians from Sheffield bands F****wits, Protex Blue, August 80 and Artery will perform a strictly Clash-covers set of around 15 of the band's classics.

Murray Fenton, Artery guitarist who helped to organise Strummerville, says: "It's going to be an epic night – we've chosen bands that will give the event cohesiveness – if you make it too eclectic you can end up shooting yourself in the foot."

Asked as to what makes the Clash so special, Fenton says: "They were just the greatest band ever. They affected more people's lives in a personal way than any other band."

All money will go towards the Joe Strummer Foundation for New Music, which was set up by his widow. "I think giving money to new music is exactly the kind of thing the Clash stood for and people like Joe Strummer tried to support new music. It's fitting that we donate all proceeds to the Joe Strummer charity."

Strummerville is at Corporation, Milton Street, from 7pm.


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