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Crowd of 40,000 rocks fans at Exhibition Stadium yesterday for Emerson, Lake and Palmer concert was well-behaved, generally, police reported. Force's (...)
Crowd of 40,000 rocks fans at Exhibition Stadium yesterday for Emerson, Lake and Palmer concert was well-behaved, generally, police reported. Force's (...)

Crowd of 40,000 rocks fans at Exhibition Stadium yesterday for Emerson, Lake and Palmer concert was well-behaved, generally, police reported. Force's (...)

Date7/24/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Crowd of 40;000 rocks fans at Exhibition Stadium yesterday for Emerson; Lake and Palmer concert was well-behaved; generally; police reported. Force's major activity was leaving tickets on illegally parked cars and having some towed away. Toronto Transit Commission tripled its usual number of vehicles for occasion and moved out 8;000 fans in less than 50 minutes. In past years; it has been called cattle-car operation - damage has ranged in thousands.
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Guitarist Greg Lake, with Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer, last night performed for 40,000 fans at the CNE Stadium
Guitarist Greg Lake, with Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer, last night performed for 40,000 fans at the CNE Stadium
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