The Movie: The Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus
(1968)
What Is It?: Divine
unaired TV special finds the Stones hosting Taj Mahal, Jethro Tull, Marianne
Faithfull, a John Lennon supergroup, and—brace yourselves—The Who in a circus
environment. The story goes that the special didn’t air during its time because
The Who blew the Stones out of the ring. That’s true, but the Stones are still
fabulous. Jagger never looked so beautifully panther-like.
Why Today?: On
this day in 1968, all those great bands got together
to shoot this great concert film.
