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Max Bell

"He proceeded to take his trousers off between songs. The police got very twitchy": The chaotic night Led Zeppelin jammed with Ten Years After and the Jeff Beck Group

Robert Plant onstage.

On July 13, 1969, Vanilla Fudge headlined the final ever live show at the Singer Bowl, a stadium in Queens, New York. Joining them on the bill were The Jeff Beck Group,  Ten Years After and the Edwin Hawkins Singers, and it's a night that's gone down in history: The night John Bonham almost got arrested and Ten Years After frontman Alvin Lee got covered in orange juice. 

“Alvin was the butt of the juice thing, so he wouldn’t have been amused," Ten Years After bassist Ric Lee told Classic Rock. "The vibe that night within the band wasn’t that great. Just before we hit the stage Led Zeppelin arrived with manager Peter Grant and tour manager Richard Cole. 

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