Exclusive Rolling Stones footage: If Woodstock was the dream, Altamont was the nightmare @GuardianMusicOfficial
Exclusive Rolling Stones footage: If Woodstock was the dream, Altamont was the nightmare @GuardianMusicOfficial
Uploaded July 2011 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Forty years after the Stones' infamous concert at Altamont, Guardian photographer Eamonn McCabe unveils his previously unseen footage.

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Exclusive Rolling Stones footage: 'If Woodstock was the dream, Altamont was the nightmare'

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