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Fact #68214

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Short story:

The Beatles play at McIlroy's Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK. Young Swindon musician Justin Hayward, later to join The Moody Blues, plays on the same bill, but misses The Beatles' set!

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Bill Reid (promoter) : They were a very unusual band. They just turned up in a van, got out and got up on stage. They were entirely different to the other bands around at the time, who were playing in gold lam