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Fraser Lewry

"It was energetic, but so chaotic. I thought, 'Somebody's going to die'": Watch unhinged Alice Cooper footage from the infamous Toronto Rock N Roll Revival

Alice Cooper in a screengrab from the Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World trailer.

Toronto's Rock N Roll Revival Festival, held in 1969, has gone down in history for several reasons, not least because it included an early Alice Cooper set that gave the world a taste of what he would bring to the world: wild theatrics and absolute chaos.

The festival, which also featured appearances from early rock'n'rollers Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley and Gene Vincent alongside more recent arrivals Alice Cooper and The Doors, is most famous for showcasing John Lennon's first performance outside The Beatles. But it's Cooper's antics – and the apparent death of a chicken he tossed into the crowd – that's the focus of a new trailer from a documentary about the festival.    

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