On this day in 1969, the Rolling Stones headline the Altamont concert at a speedway in California. It's a free event with Jefferson Airplane and Santana also on the bill, but it turns violent when the Hells Angels motorcycle gang, who are hired as security, kill a crowd member. The concert is documented in The Stones movie Gimme Shelter. | MONSTERS OF ROCK

On this day in 1969, The Rolling Stones headline the Altamont concert at the speedway in California. It's a free event with Jefferson Airplane and Santana also on the bill. It turns violent when the Hells Angels motorcycle gang, who are hired as security, kill a crowd member. The concert is documented in The Stones movie Gimme Shelter. | MONSTERS OF ROCK

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