Focus: Hardrock, Manchester
Tony Stewart, NME, 13 January 1973
ALTHOUGH OUR entry into the European Economic Community is being saluted with umpteen art forms and rock concerts in the capital, perhaps the greatest and certainly the most significant was the unofficial celebration at Manchester's Hardrock on Sunday night. With the magnificent Focus.
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