'Come and see me tarts': Status Quo rocker Francis Rossi tells of Savile's sick invite to join in his dressing room 'sex party'
- Savile told Rossi to 'come and see the f****** tarts we've got' after Top of the Pops broadcast in 1968
- The band kept their distance from the presenter because he was 'very odd' and there were rumours circulating about him
- The teenage star was recently married and refused invitation
- Frontman Rossi said he had heard the child abuser 'paid a lot of people off'
- There were also rumours about the 'Leeds Mafia', who would intimidate anyone who spoke out about Savile's vile behaviour
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Aged just 18, Status Quo frontman Francis Rossi waited nervously before the band played on Top of the Pops in 1968.
The band's single Pictures of Matchstick Men had gone to number seven and the broadcast would be their first big break into TV - but as he stood there, he was approached by the presenter Jimmy Savile, who has since been exposed as a serial sex abuser.
To his shock, Savile invited him to his dressing room, saying: 'Come and see me tarts.'
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