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50 Greatest Event Flops in History

FLOP No. 3 – Altamont Free Concert (1969)

GatheringPoint.news: The 50 Biggest Flops in Event History

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David Adler
Aug 26, 2025
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Rolling Stones Concert and Tension

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The Promise: Billed as the “Woodstock of the West,” the Rolling Stones organized a free concert with a dream lineup—Jefferson Airplane, Santana, and the Grateful Dead.

What Happened: The Stones hired the Hells Angels as security, paying them in beer. Fights broke out. Jefferson Airplane’s singer was punched. The Dead refuse…

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