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In the wildest rock 'n' roll concert Toronto has heard in years, police were busy hauling dozens of screaming girls off Massey Hall stage last night a(...)
In the wildest rock 'n' roll concert Toronto has heard in years, police were busy hauling dozens of screaming girls off Massey Hall stage last night a(...)

In the wildest rock 'n' roll concert Toronto has heard in years, police were busy hauling dozens of screaming girls off Massey Hall stage last night a(...)

Date6/1/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: In the wildest rock 'n' roll concert Toronto has heard in years; police were busy hauling dozens of screaming girls off Massey Hall stage last night as the teenyboppers began clawing and tearing at the clothes of the Rosetta Stone band. They're animals; all animals; said one disgusted older girl.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0102437F
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