What Goes Around - Singer Bowl, NYC, August 2 1968

The Who performed at the Singer Bowl in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, New York, as part of the New York Rock Festival on August 2, 1968. They were the second act on the bill, following Elephant's Memory (John Lennon ended up producing them later) and preceding The Doors. The show was known for its revolving stage and the intense atmosphere, which included a melee caused by a long wait between the Who and Jim Morrison and the Doors coming onstage. A riot following The Doors' performance, according to Steemit.com. 

This is the story that Pete told me in London …. Jim was pretty bloated at that stage he had the big bushy beard and was walking around New York without a shirt and people were talking about him as a messiah. That tour I was in the middle of writing Tommy and was working on that while we traveled in support of The Doors. Just as The Doors were about to play and Jim appeared on stage a young woman jumped up on stage to touch Jim’s face. A security guard grabbed her and threw her off the stage and she hit something as she fell and gashed her face and head. She was pretty smashed up. We asked them to bring her over the barriers so she could get some first aid. When Jim came off the stage I approached him and asked if he’d seen what happened. He had and wasn’t happy with the way the security had handled it. I told him we had her backstage and it would mean a lot if he could spend some time with her. He said of course and we chatted to her for a while. That image stuck in my mind and became the inspiration for the song "Sally Simpson" on Tommy.

Her cheek hit a chair and blood trickled down
Mingling with her tears
Tommy carried on preaching….
Her face was gashed, and the ambulance men
Had to carry her out that night

The crowd went crazy
As Tommy left the stage
Little Sally was lost for the price of a touch
And a gash across her face, oh