STONES RIOT AT RAH

SEPTEMBER 23

The Rolling Stones begin a 12-date tour at the Royal Albert Hall, supported by the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, The Yardbirds, Peter Jay & The New Jay Walkers and Long John Baldry. The Stones are greeted by a mini-riot, greatly enjoyed by Brian Jones, and filmed by Peter Whitehead on a 16mm camera. The film-maker later said Jagger told him he was going to incite a stage invasion, adding: “After a couple of songs, he turned around and said ‘Ready?’ and within 15 seconds the kids were on-stage swinging around his neck.” Whitehead later intercuts the footage with scenes of the Stones in drag for a promo clip for Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?

It’s a scream: (from left) “Gimme an ‘aaaaaah!’”; somewhere in there, the Stones’ Keith Richards.