A free Rolling Stones concert turned violent melee that left four dead and many others injured, the Altamont Speedway Free Festival occurred 55 years ago today — a disaster that is often ...

The Stones were fresh off the release of their soon-to-be classic Let It Bleed in December 1969 when they put on a free show at the Altamont Speedway. Jeff Hochberg/Getty To keep the crowd in ...

Previously unreleased footage from the infamous Altamont Speedway Free Festival in 1969 has been released by the Library of Congress. ORDER NOW: Paul Weller is on the cover in the latest issue of ...

The Rolling Stones had just begun Under My Thumb and Mick Jagger was only a line or so into the song when music writer Stanley Booth, standing beside guitarist Keith Richards’ amplifier, spotted ...

LIVERMORE, Calif. (UPI) --A stabbing death climaxed the Altamont free concert attended by hundreds of thousands of young persons in perhaps the biggest musical bash of all time at Altamont Speedway.

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor the next day. In 1969, the Altamont Speedway Free Festival was held in Northern California. The ...