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Opinion: The Rolling Stones' Altamont Music Festival, December 6, 1969: The Anti-Woodstock external link

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Sun, Aug 27 On December 6, 1969 the Rolling Stones organized - if that's the right word - and headlined the free Altamont Music Festival at the Altamont Speedway in northern California. This was a few months after Woodstock, and there was a general idea that the Stones would have their own Woodstock.

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