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December 6th 2006 10:00
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December 06, 1969 - Altamont Concert
On December 6, 1969, about 300,000 people showed up for a rock-and-roll concert at the Altamont Speedway in Livermore, California.
The free concert was set up by the Rolling Stones as a Woodstock-type show and included Santana, Tina Turner, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.
However, violence at the concert caused by very poor planning, overcrowding, and security problems (the Hells Angels motorcycle gang was in charge of crowd and stage security) resulted in 850 people being hurt and one man beaten and stabbed to death. The Altamont Concert, considered "the day the 60s died," represents the end of the culture of the 60s.
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December 06, 1969 - Altamont Concert
On December 6, 1969, about 300,000 people showed up for a rock-and-roll concert at the Altamont Speedway in Livermore, California.
The free concert was set up by the Rolling Stones as a Woodstock-type show and included Santana, Tina Turner, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.
However, violence at the concert caused by very poor planning, overcrowding, and security problems (the Hells Angels motorcycle gang was in charge of crowd and stage security) resulted in 850 people being hurt and one man beaten and stabbed to death. The Altamont Concert, considered "the day the 60s died," represents the end of the culture of the 60s.
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