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 ...

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' ...

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

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 ...

Recordings from the 1969 concert and interviews with those who were there reveal how the festival became a scene of chaos, violence and death. Episode 2 brings you inside the concert and a day many ...

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 ...

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 Rolling Stones perform "Gimme Shelter" at the Altamont Speedway in California. (1969 File Photo/The Associated Press) “Rock and roll’s all-time worst day, December 6th.” So wrote John Burks in ...

In 1970, a documentary about a rock concert became something far bigger, and far darker, than anyone expected. The film ...

It's easy to see the cataclysm as a symbol: of the end of the '60s, of the death of the counterculture, of the Woodstock generation's rude wake-up. The Dec. 6, 1969, Rolling Stones concert at Altamont ...