I was sad to learn of this. In 1975, at the age of 17, I watched one of the most amazing multi-act gigs of my life at Wembley stadium, described here. Elton John was the headlining act. The Beach Boys appeared as the sun was starting to set, and it was just magical, as if we’d all been transported to 1960s California. Earlier acts included Stackridge, Chaka Khan, Joe Walsh and Eagles (who Walsh was shortly afterwards to join). The feeling in the audience after the Beach Boys’ appearance was that even Elton John couldn’t follow that, but we were wrong. His act was sensational, ending with (if memory serves me correctly) Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting.

Happy days.

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