Fact #83824
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Short story:
When The Sweet play at The Grand Hall, Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock, Scotland, the audience is not impressed and begins a barrage of bottles which force the band to flee the stage and leave the hall. The incident will inspire the song Ballroom Blitz, written by Nicky Chinn And Mike Chapman, which Sweet will take to No2 in the UK charts later in the year.
Full article:
Captain Sensible (The Damned) : When Sweet were on [TV] you sat there in awe thinking, 'sod the school careers adviser that's the job for me'. And they wound your parents up something rotten too, which was a bonus. Steve Priest RIP.
(Source : BBC tv obituary)
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(Source : BBC tv obituary)