The Altamont Speedway Free Festival was the conclusion to the Rolling Stones' 1969 tour. It was also marred by tragedy and irresponsibility.

Dec. 6 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, abolishing slavery in the United States. In 1877, The Washington Post published its first ...

The full story of the free festival at California’s Altamont Speedway in 1969 has never been told. Sure, the concert film/documentary Gimme Shelter was released in 1970, but that was a movie, an ...

Concerts and festivals are designed to be celebratory and escapist events. However, they are full of opportunities for disaster. Alcohol, crowds, poor management, inaccessible food and water, housing, ...

Fifty-two years ago today, a Hells Angel, hired by the Rolling Stones to provide “security” at the band’s era-defining free festival in the East Bay, stabbed a Black concertgoer to death in front of ...