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

The helicopter landed just before 3 p.m. and Mick Jagger, 26 years old, bushy-haired and chewing gum, peacocked onto the pavement. That’s when a stranger ran toward him. “I hate you!” the man screamed ...

The Grateful Dead may be icons of the peace and love generation, but a new book reveals the band’s key role in the ill-fated Altamont free music festival, an infamous 1969 concert stained by violence, ...

Fifty years ago, on Dec. 6, 1969 — "rock ‘n’ roll's all-time worst day… a day when everything went perfectly wrong,” according to Rolling Stone magazine — one of the greatest tragedies in music ...

One day in early December 1969, a KGO radio traffic helicopter cruised past the East Bay city of Livermore, on its way to the hilly, barren, treeless landscape known as the Altamont Pass. That copter ...

Four months after Woodstock celebrated the free-spirited nature of the 1960s, Altamont brought the decade to a crashing close. The free festival, which took place at a speedway 50 miles east of San ...

Mick Jagger on stage at Altamont. Dec. 6, 1969. Ethan Russell has a funny story about the late Jim Marshall, who helped create the archetype of the rock ‘n’ roll photographer. Marshall, who took ...

"Rock and roll's all-time worst day, December 6th." So wrote John Burks in February 1970 in Rolling Stone, referring to what might be the genre's most infamous concert - the Rolling Stones' 1969 ...

The 50th anniversary of the historic Altamont rock festival occurred last week. Perhaps you noticed all those news reports on the internet featuring photos of beautiful young women dancing around with ...

The music died 50 years ago Friday. The crazy thing is how close it came to dying in our arms, at the raceway in the rolling hills of southern Sonoma County. On Dec. 6, 1969, the Rolling Stones ...

The Grateful Dead may be icons of the peace and love generation, but a new book reveals the band’s key role in the ill-fated Altamont free music festival, an infamous 1969 concert stained by violence, ...