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Last week he was still at it - leading naked women up Downing Street and into a Black Maria, publicising yet another Grand Spectacular Rock’n’Roll Revival Show. I went as expected. Gary Glitter played for eighteen hours. Little Richard was booed. Seven different groups claimed to be the original Coasters or Drifters or both. Elvis didn’t show. Soggy memories and Jonathan King said it - bubble rock is here to stay. Only Chuck Berry was as wonderful as ever.