Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 16—ALTAMONT — Five members of the Altamont Community High School band were recognized this week as winners of the the ...

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They didn’t bring lawn chairs to Altamont. The modern-day rock festival has come a long way. In a remarkable comeback, thriving, massive outdoor music festivals have sprung up across the country over ...

No matter how rowdy a rock ‘n’ roll concert might get, few come close to the violence and chaos of the Altamont Speedway Free Festival in California, which took place on December 6, 1969. Two years ...

The Grateful Dead may be icons of the peace and love generation, but a new book reveals the band’s key role in the ill-fated Altamont free music festival, an infamous 1969 concert stained by violence, ...

Four months after Woodstock celebrated the free-spirited nature of the 1960s, Altamont brought the decade to a crashing close. The free festival, which took place at a speedway 50 miles east of San ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Evening Standard via Getty Images One of the more endearing moments of 2010's Classic Rock Awards came when Exile On Main ...