The Rollings Stones Gimme Shelter

Director Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
United States / 92 min. / 1970 / English / English subtitles

The end of an era incarnates in the Rolling Stones’ tour of America, in 1969. Their tragic concert in Altamont administers the fatal blow to the innocence of the Sixties and inaugurates the spirit of a new decade. Utterly awesome images. 


Altamont is the pits. Altamont is the end of the Sixties, typified in the pool cues with which the Hell’s Angels assaulted the peaceniks of the festival. This innocence, this hippy dream of peace and love, ended at Altamont, stabbed in the heart by greasy Hell’s Angels and blasted from a distance by Vietnam. Although Gimme Shelter is a fabulous panoramic view of the Stones’ 1969 US tour, and although spectacular moments come to pass (Keith Richards hearing “Wild Horses for the first time, the hilarious press conferences, the concerts), Altamont is the zenith and personal black spot of this famous documentary by Albert Maysles. Altamont, where a more disconnected than ever Mick Jagger tells the people to “get groovy” while the criminal security heavies stab a black guy in the front row. Altamont, where Hell’s Angels interrupt Jefferson Airplane and take over the stage to threaten the group. Altamont, all the bad karma stored up over a decade turned into a rock festival, and a brave, intrepid, observational documentary, that leaves a bad taste in the mouth but is nonetheless essential viewing.

For all those die-hard fans! We will sell prints of the original poster!

The Muff, concert a the foyer of Het Ketelhuis! This band is well known by our audiences, always supporting! And we love them!


This time they will play on Saturday, the punk-rock-ska day!


The Muff are four Amsterdam based long-haired men who have developed in the recent years into a super-tight band with brilliant pop rock songs. The Muff stands out for ecstatic melodies and epic choirs on a bed of explosive grooves. The music is limitless, without concessions and bursting with musicality and energy.
After two intensive years, they launched their debut album People Sheople last February. The songs contain a wide range of technical delights and it is not a coincidence that they have been called the ‘Amsterdammer Queen’ in the media. So party mode!

Gimme Shelter
The Rolling Stones
Charlotte Zwerin
Albert Maysles, David Maysles
Ronald Schneider