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Boston Gliderdrome: 'The best atmosphere ever'
Music's biggest names played there in its heyday.
Some of the biggest names in music played at Boston's Gliderdrome in its heyday in the 1960s and early 70s.
The likes of Elton John, Stevie Wonder, T-Rex, Dusty Springfield, The Who and Tina Turner all performed in front of screaming crowds in the venue's Starlight Ballroom.
As Karl Bird finds out in part one of a two-part documentary, little has changed since it opened in 1964, including the memories - but after 60 years what does the future hold for the Gliderdrome?