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103FM via www.topix.net/music/punkTopix: Tickets are going on sale for a benefit concert marking the fifth anniversary of the show that Joe Strummer performed to raise money for striking firefighters just weeks before his death.

The leader of 70s punk band The Clash died aged 50 in 2002, attracting tributes from musicians across the world.

The benefit concert, being held at Acton Town Hall in west London in November, will include performances by Billy Bragg, former Clash members Mick Jones and Topper Headon, and Tymon Dogg – who taught Strummer how to play the guitar.

Part of the proceeds will go to a campaign by Billy Bragg to put instruments into prisons across the United Kingdom in memory of Strummer.

Geoff Martin, director of the Left Field section at the Glastonbury Festival, said: “I was the compere at the Acton Joe Strummer show for the Fire Brigades Union five years ago. It was an incredible night with Joe and Mick Jones joining forces on stage for the first time in nearly 20 years.

“The shock news of Joe`s death just a few weeks later came as a real blow to all of us fighting for social justice, but this show give us a chance to come together and recharge the batteries.”