Purple roadies provoked a fistfight with them. According to Deep Purple's lead vocalist, David Coverdale, "Apparently, a young Aussie band had jumped onstage, plugged into our gear and started playing! Well, all hell broke loose, from what I was told. Our roadies (big buggers to a man) wrestled with the young band to get them off our equipment and off the stage. Chaos and frolics ensued". Angus Young relates that there were incidents both before and after Deep Purple played. Jim Keays performed his solo concept album The Boy from the Stars. Keays and his band were reportedly the only act to have been paid for their appearance, having arranged an outside sponsorship. Later in the year, Deep Purple planned a tour for 1976 and after the Australian Musicians Union "made it clear ... that the proposed tour of Deep Purple could lead to considerable unrest" the UK band placed money into a fund so that artists appearing at Sunbury '75 were paid the full musician's rate. Band line-up Although slated to appear, AC/DC did not perform. AC/DC Ariel Ayers Rock Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs Buster Brown The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band Chain Daddy Cool Deep Purple Jim Keays Kush The La De Das Linda George Matt Taylor Skyhooks Renée Geyer and Sanctuary The Keystone Angels Madder Lake Ross Ryan Solid Rock Big Band Sherbet Skylight Foreday Riders The girl group, The Cookies, sang as backing singers for various artists including Kush and Linda George (they sang at three of the four festivals). Popular culture references The Fauves in 1998 released a song called "Sunbury 97" on their album, Lazy Highways. The lyrics include: There's the tree where mum & dad conceived me / Do you believe that I'm a child of Sunbury '73?. Chris Wilson recorded the track "Sunbury '73" on his 1998 release, The Long Weekend, that reminisces about a road trip south from Sydney to attend the concert. The television sitcom, All Together Now (1991-1993) features Jon English playing an ageing rocker trying to maintain a music career after his glory days as one of the performers at Sunbury. Australia Post issued a 50c stamp featuring the poster artwork of the 1972 festival as part of their series, Australian Rock Posters. Excerpts from Dixon's 1972 film Sunbury have been featured in many Australian TV specials and series including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Long Way to the