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Pink Floyd play at The Summer Music Festival, Municipal Stadium (later re-named JFK Stadium), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Also on the bill are The Troggs, Mandala and headliners The Who, but this last group does not appear because of heavy rain which brings the event to a soggy and untimely end. Procol Harum are also listed as appearing but had to cancel because of work permit problems.Full article:
Joe Queenan (audience) : I have no recollection of The Troggs, Mandala or the Friends Of The Family being there that evening. As I recall it, the lineup included the Box Tops (headed by future Big Star cult hero Alex Clilton), Country Joe & the Fish (good-natured Frisco weirdos) and the soulful, homegrown Delfonics, with Pink Floyd the headliners who took the stage immediately after Wilson Pickett wrapped up his scintillating rendition of Mustang Sally. I have no recollection whatsoever of the Who being part of this extravaganza. But in saying this, it is possible that I have conflated one, two or even 30 events, in the way that people who may have attended one too many Pink Floyd concerts so often will. For those steeped in the lore of Pink Floyd are nothing if not addled.
(Source : feature in The Guardian, 25 Jan 2008)
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(Source : feature in The Guardian, 25 Jan 2008)