Rolling Stones Give Free Concert — No One Killed

Saturday, February 8th, 2003

I had to chuckle at the dark humor of this news story: Rolling Stones Give Free Concert — No One Killed. If you’re not familiar with Stones history, this should clear things up:

The event at the Staples Center was a considerably more sedate affair than their last free show, at the Altamont Speedway near San Francisco in 1969. Then, security was handled by the local Hells Angels chapter, who clubbed fans with pool cues while the band looked on helplessly. A teenager was stabbed to death as he appeared to point a gun at the stage.

I sounds like an urban legend, doesn’t it? The Hells Angels worked security for the Stones? And killed a guy?

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