Because the tour was in Europe there wasn’t much US press coverage. If you think Altamont was scary, it was only one day. The 1970 Euro tour was two months of violence! Anti Vietnam war protests, cars burning in the streets, mob control police, Hell’s Angels with bare chests and badges pinned to them, drunk …
More Gimme Shelter stuff for you…The (sympathy) for the Devil is in the details. While in Paris for the Palais des Sports show (video below is from that time) during the 1970 Rolling Stones Euro Tour, I was visited by the Maysles at the George V Hotel. They were finishing the film and wanted Glyn …
