It was November 1973 and rock giants The Who were performing at Newcastle Odeon on Pilgrim Sreet. It would prove to be a troubled evening.
The following day's Evening Chronicle reported: “The band lived up to its reputation for violence on stage with an expensive display of guitar and amplifier smashing last night. The concert was stopped in chaos when Pete Townshend bawled out sound engineers, destroyed pre-recorded backing tapes, and smashed up equipment. It was a ridiculous display of violence.”
The band, upset by ongoing sound problems, partied heavily later that night at the Five Bridges Hotel (later the Swallow Hotel) in Gateshead. “Police went to the band’s luxury suite in the early hours of the morning to investigate a disturbance,” it was reported.
