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Rock fans close to the Grandstand stage cheer as chair flies through the air during rioting last night after Alice Cooper show was cancelled
Rock fans close to the Grandstand stage cheer as chair flies through the air during rioting last night after Alice Cooper show was cancelled

Rock fans close to the Grandstand stage cheer as chair flies through the air during rioting last night after Alice Cooper show was cancelled

Date8/19/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Rock fans close to the Grandstand stage cheer as chair flies through the air during rioting last night after Alice Cooper show was cancelled
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0013500F
The riot: A chair flies during the uproar after Alice Cooper failed to appear at the CNE Tuesday night
The riot: A chair flies during the uproar after Alice Cooper failed to appear at the CNE Tuesday night
8/19/1980
Alice Cooper fans threw scores of chairs on the Grandstand stage until police, sheilding themselves with chairs forced them back into stands
Alice Cooper fans threw scores of chairs on the Grandstand stage until police, sheilding themselves with chairs forced them back into stands
8/19/1980
Security guard surveys wreckage left by rock fans at CNE Grandstand last night
Security guard surveys wreckage left by rock fans at CNE Grandstand last night
8/19/1980
Riot arrest: Police arrest a youth during rioting last night in Brooklyn's Crown Heights area, the fourth straight day of unrest
Riot arrest: Police arrest a youth during rioting last night in Brooklyn's Crown Heights area, the fourth straight day of unrest
8/23/1991
Shotgun blast victim Patrolman Joseph Hennigan lies by a squad car as racial rioting flared for the second straight night in Buffalo's Negro ghetto last night
Shotgun blast victim Patrolman Joseph Hennigan lies by a squad car as racial rioting flared for the second straight night in Buffalo's Negro ghetto last night
6/29/1967
Looted store in the predominantly Negro Roxbury section of Boston goes up in flames last night in the wake of three days of rioting
Looted store in the predominantly Negro Roxbury section of Boston goes up in flames last night in the wake of three days of rioting
6/4/1967
Metro police drag away a suspect during Monday's looting and rioting
Metro police drag away a suspect during Monday's looting and rioting
5/6/1992
Dripping With Egg that struck him is this innocent victim of the wild rioting in Allan Gardens
Dripping With Egg that struck him is this innocent victim of the wild rioting in Allan Gardens
5/31/1965
A Citizen Sandwich consisting of a policeman on the ground, a civilian on top of him and another officer on top of him develops in rioting yesterday d(...)
A Citizen Sandwich consisting of a policeman on the ground, a civilian on top of him and another officer on top of him develops in rioting yesterday d(...)
6/17/1967
Wreckage left by 150 rioting Guelph prisoners is inspected by prison official Jim Cassidy
Wreckage left by 150 rioting Guelph prisoners is inspected by prison official Jim Cassidy
5/8/1979
Diane towns was one of those shot in pre-dawn rioting on Cleveland's east side, Gangs with fire bombs and Molotov cocktails roamed a 10-mile-square area setting countless fires
Diane towns was one of those shot in pre-dawn rioting on Cleveland's east side, Gangs with fire bombs and Molotov cocktails roamed a 10-mile-square area setting countless fires
7/21/1966
Police constable restrains a Dinamo Zagreb player during last night's wild brawl which forced cancellation of exhibition soccer game with Greek team at the CNE
Police constable restrains a Dinamo Zagreb player during last night's wild brawl which forced cancellation of exhibition soccer game with Greek team at the CNE
7/9/1971