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The Who play at Miami Marine Stadium, Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida, USA. The venue is remarkable in that it floats on the waters of Biscayne Bay. The show is opened with a reading by beat guru Allen Ginsberg. Full article:
Mark Fried (audience) : I was with a couple of friends and we tried to get in by boat. There were a lot of boats in front of the floating stage, and as we drove over, a boat approached us and said “Let’s see your tickets.” We didn’t have any, so we got kicked out. We tried again, and got kicked out again. Finally, we boated over to Fischer Island - and we decided to try it one more time.
This time, we got in and no one stopped us. We docked right next to the floating stage. Our bow was on the floating stage, right next to the speaker, and The Who were no further than ten feet away!
We actually came in after the concert started; I remember them playing Magic Bus and I Can See For Miles and Miles. It was amazing - there they were, Keith Moon was amazing, Roger Daltrey singing, and Pete Townshend windmilling his guitar.
During all of this, we would hop up onto the stage, dive off the stage into the water, swim around to our boat, pull ourselves onto the boat, and then go back to the stage. By the end of it, there was a lot of excitement as Pete Townshend was smashing his guitar into the speakers.
George Butticaz (audience) : At the end of the show, Keith kicked his drums off the stage into the water, amongst the boats anchored in front of the stage. Freakin’ awesome. That night they played “Magic Bus” for the first time in public.
Pete Lamoia (audience) : I remember a couple of those beautiful tom-toms bobbing in Biscayne Bay like corks. Didnt their roadie jump in the water to retrieve them and keep them away from souvenir hunters?
(Source : https://whoshaq.wordpress.com/2014/05/24/the-night-keith-moon-threw-his-drums-into-the-bay/)
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This time, we got in and no one stopped us. We docked right next to the floating stage. Our bow was on the floating stage, right next to the speaker, and The Who were no further than ten feet away!
We actually came in after the concert started; I remember them playing Magic Bus and I Can See For Miles and Miles. It was amazing - there they were, Keith Moon was amazing, Roger Daltrey singing, and Pete Townshend windmilling his guitar.
During all of this, we would hop up onto the stage, dive off the stage into the water, swim around to our boat, pull ourselves onto the boat, and then go back to the stage. By the end of it, there was a lot of excitement as Pete Townshend was smashing his guitar into the speakers.
George Butticaz (audience) : At the end of the show, Keith kicked his drums off the stage into the water, amongst the boats anchored in front of the stage. Freakin’ awesome. That night they played “Magic Bus” for the first time in public.
Pete Lamoia (audience) : I remember a couple of those beautiful tom-toms bobbing in Biscayne Bay like corks. Didnt their roadie jump in the water to retrieve them and keep them away from souvenir hunters?
(Source : https://whoshaq.wordpress.com/2014/05/24/the-night-keith-moon-threw-his-drums-into-the-bay/)