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Fact #117121

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Short story:

Security guard George Byington is stabbed to death by 21-year-old Kerry Flaherty while The Who are setting up for that night’s concert in Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, New York.

Full article:

Ian Dove (reviewer, Record Mirror) : The group contented itself with a high energy display that had microphones twirling and guitars being broken and the rock steady drumming of Keith Moon. It was rock theatre but with the dependence on music rather than image. The opening number was Love Ain’t For Keeping from their new album and, apart from this, it was the same old Who, which is to say one of the best groups working.