If Woodstock was the high point of 1960s idealism, Altamont has been called its death knell. Weirdly, these two events happened less than four months apart from one another—Woodstock took place from ...

Previously unreleased footage from the 1969 Altamont Speedway Free Festival has been released by the Library of Congress. The concert holds a notorious place in history. More than 300,000 people ...

No matter how rowdy a rock ‘n’ roll concert might get, few come close to the violence and chaos of the Altamont Speedway Free Festival in California, which took place on December 6, 1969. Two years ...

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 considered ...

The free concert was supposed to be a celebration marking the end of the group's 1969 U.S. tour. But instead, it turned into chaos. At Altamont, How 'Woodstock West' Turned Into 'Rock's Darkest Day' ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - December 6 is a day that will live in infamy in the annals of rock 'n' roll. On that day in 1969, the Rolling Stones gave a free concert at the Altamont Speedway, east of San ...

Was it the man in the blue shirt with the mustache and sideburns holding up the small, three-lens movie camera? Was it the guy with curly brown hair and a tan shirt aiming a black camera at the ...

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 ...