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Music-history books and websites report that the Rolling Stones visited San Diego ten times to date, but tour posters and handbills have turned up that shed light on a little-known 11th concert a matinee on November 11, 1969. San Francisco music archive Wolfgang's Vault has a Randy Tuten-designed, 14" X 22" Rolling Stones concert poster for November 10, 1969, at the San Diego International Sports Arena. The poster is amended at the bottom, "By Popular Demand, Second Show, 2:30 p.m., Tues., Nov. 11." Indicating the rarity of these advertisements, an Oakland Coliseum poster for November 9 sells for $289; the San Diego edition, which uses the same image, will set you back $2115.
Katherine Hall, spokesperson for Wolfgang's Vault, is at a loss for the show's exclusion from music-history sites but insists it did take place. "The Bill Graham database holding the booking files does show San Diego on the 10th of November and the 11th of November, as does our poster. Bill Graham was a serious person, not one to book a show or state there's a show and not put it on." According to Sports Arena general manager Ernie Hahn, the arena doesn't have records regarding the show, though he can confirm seeing the show on Graham's database. While the November 10, 15-song set has been extensively bootlegged, nothing from a possible second show has surfaced.
The confusion likely stems from the fact that the Stones played at the coliseum in Phoenix, Arizona, on November 11, 1969. However, on this tour, they did play more than one show in several cities, and it's only a one-hour-and-ten-minute flight from San Diego to Phoenix.
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FRANCKY
The gambling in Vegas was on the night of November 11/12 so AFTER
the Phoenix show and NOT before...
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Ron Schneider
Hi Dan
I didn't see the debate... the Vegas stop was an impromptu stop on the return from Phoenix--- Phoenix hadn't sold out as the promoter picked it up late and didn't promote so it was a bit disappointing. The only way to enliven the moment was a stopover in Vegas. The captain said it was no problem as it was in route to our destination. The afternoon show seems to stir a bit of a memory but I would have to check all my papers to confirm..
ron
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bmuseed
Phew...I just noted my Aug 2009 quote that you quoted which I had forgotten by the time of my email reply...lucky my comments are consistant--
ron
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stoneslib
To help with this question, I consulted local microfilm of a San Diego underground paper of the time, San Diego Free Door. Their November 6, 1969 issue has this ad, which states the "only" SD show was the 8:30 pm on November 10.
This suggests the planned November 11 afternoon show was indeed dropped and did not occur.
Harold
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It was an add on show due to popular demand according to the concert poster. Besides have you not read the input from Ron Schneider?