American Songwriter

On This Day: The Rolling Stones Film ‘Rock and Roll Circus’ With John Lennon, The Who, and More Then Shelve It for Nearly 30 Years

In 1968, the Rolling Stones wanted to promote their seventh album Beggar’s Banquet when director Michael Lindsay-Hogg suggested the idea of a circus-style variety show featuring clowns, fire eaters, ...
American Songwriter

Remember When: ‘The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus’ Is Finally Released

The hopes and optimism of rebellious youth were on full display in the swinging London of 1968. The idea of music changing the world seemed not only possible but inevitable. Rock’s royalty gathered ...
PBS

The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus

A 1968 concert featuring the Rolling Stones performing at the “Rock and Roll Circus.” In 1968, the Stones headlined “Rock and Roll Circus,” a planned TV special that mated aerialists, fire-eaters and ...
Berkshire Eagle

'The Rolling Stones: Rock and Roll Circus' was filmed in 1968, so why didn't it make its debut until 1996? Hear from its director during a pre-screening talk at Hudson Hall

HUDSON N.Y. — In 1968, music history was made when British American filmmaker Michael Lindsay-Hogg captured the Beatles in a recording studio for the documentary “Let It Be,” culminating in the ...