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The '''Altamont Free Concert''', also known as '''Altamont Speedway Free Festival''' or '''Woodstock West''', was an event held on December 6, 1969 that effectively brought the 60's era to an end.<ref>[http://ultimateclassicrock.com/rolling-stones-altamont/ 45 Years Ago: The Rolling Stones’ Altamont Speedway Concert Ends in Homicide]</ref><ref>[http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-altamont-festival-brings-the-1960s-to-a-violent-end The Altamont Festival brings the 1960s to a violent end]</ref>  The event is known for left wing violence, and the death of Meredith Hunter.

The '''Altamont Free Concert''', also known as '''Altamont Speedway Free Festival''' or '''Woodstock West''', was an event held on December 6, 1969 that effectively brought the 1960s era to an end.<ref>[http://ultimateclassicrock.com/rolling-stones-altamont/ 45 Years Ago: The Rolling Stones’ Altamont Speedway Concert Ends in Homicide]</ref><ref>[http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-altamont-festival-brings-the-1960s-to-a-violent-end The Altamont Festival brings the 1960s to a violent end]</ref>  The event is known for left-wing violence, and the stabbing and beating death of Meredith Hunter, which was caught on camera and appeared in ''Gimme Shelter'', a documentary film about the concert and its aftermath.<ref name="Altamont Death">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qTKsylrpsg Altamont Free Concert - Death of Meredith Hunter]</ref>

==Musical Acts==

==Musical Acts==

The artists and groups who performed included: The [[Rolling Stones]], Santana, Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Crosby, Stills and Nash.

The artists and groups who headlined the concert included: The [[Rolling Stones]], Santana, Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Crosby, Stills and Nash.

==American Pie==

==American Pie==

==Security==

==Security==

The biker gang [[Hell's Angels]] provided security at the event, and according to video footage, the killer of Meredith Hunder.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qTKsylrpsg Altamont Free Concert - Death of Meredith Hunter]</ref>

The biker gang [[Hell's Angels]] provided security at the event, and according to the video footage in ''Gimme Shelter'', one of its members, Alan Passaro, was the killer of Meredith Hunter.<ref name="Altamont Death"/>  Passaro, who had charged at Hunter and stabbed him with a knife in the footage, was charged with murder following the concert but was later acquitted in a trial on grounds of self-defence after Hunter was seen in the footage pulling out a revolver and pointing it toward the concert stage before Passaro struck.

==See also==

==See also==