New Barbarians
(featuring Keith Richards, Ron Wood, Stanley Clarke, and others...)

Milwaukee Arena - April 29, 1979







The concert had been advertised by promoters to have surprise guests - "you never know who might show up" was one phrase I remember hearing on radio commercials in the weeks leading up to the show. Rumours were flying of everyone from Neil Young to Mick Jagger to Pete Townshend to Rod Stewart to Jeff Beck...... (you get the idea).

So when the house lights came up, after the encore, and it became obvious to everyone that not one "surprise guest" had shown up - well, the next couple pictures tell the story of what happened next ......





81 people arrested in the riot that ensued, which carried out into the streets of downtown Milwaukee.

My friends and I made a hasty, inconspicous retreat, while kids were getting dragged away around us by the 30 Milwaukee Police units that had converged on the scene. (I'm getting this information from the following day's newspaper articles, which I have in my concert scrapbooks.)

Ah! ..... the glorious days of youth .....



Edited 2 times by prescottvern 09/17/11 03:27:04.