MAY 16, 1969 – Pete Townshend spent the night in jail for assaulting a man during a Who gig at The Fillmore East in New York. What Townshend didn’t know was the man who jumped onto the stage was a plainclothes policeman trying to warn the audience that a fire had broken out. Townshend had figured him for a rabid fan, and literally booted him right off off the edge of the stage and was immediately arrested.The Who guitarist was later fined $30 for the offense.
