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The Angels, The Stones and The Dead
In the final days of the Sixties, The Rolling Stones join forces with other rock legends to plan a free concert at Altamont Speedway that will rival Woodstock. The "bad boys of rock" don't have the warmest relationship w...
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The Angels, The Stones and The Dead is an episode from Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford by Pushkin Industries. In the final days of the Sixties, The Rolling Stones join forces with other rock legends to plan a free concert at Altamont Spee...
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Published Feb 6, 2026, 39:08 long, audio available.
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In the final days of the Sixties, The Rolling Stones join forces with other rock legends to plan a free concert at Altamont Speedway that will rival Woodstock. The "bad boys of rock" don't have the warmest relationship with the police, so they choose another option for security: The Hells Angels. They're both anti-establishment, they're both counterculture: what could possibly go wrong? See the show notes at timharford.com
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