>>>>>>>>>So they want to bust the promoter/owner of the event because people at the show did drugs?
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>>>>>>>>That's not what was claimed. The claim was that there were open sales of "cocaine, marijuana, LSD, Ecstasy, hallucinogenic mushrooms, opium and marijuana-laced food at Camp Zoe in a Middle East bazaar-like atmosphere where drug vendors shouted sales pitches to passers-by". This with the promotors knowledge and, presumably, consent.
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>>>>>>>Have you been to a concert in the USA? This is nothing new or unique.
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>>>>>>Maybe not unique but if the description is correct then not common either.
>>>>>>(I've been to about 1500 concerts in the States, in every State - I was a road manager for a *long* time.)
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>>>>>For which band(s)? If it was, say, the Osmonds, your experiences may not have been "representative" :)
>>>>LOL. Lots of bands but the Osmonds, thankfully, were not among them.....
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>>>Wild guess - the B52's ?
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>>There are a few Google hits for ["viv phillips" "road manager"] and ["vivian phillips" "road manager"].
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>Traffic in '74?
Before and after.

>I wore the grooves out of "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" and "Shootout at the Fantasy Factory"

That was the era of 1/2 hr jams on stage (g)