1964 was a banner year for The Rolling Stones. The band scored their first and second UK number one singles (It's All Over Now and Little Red Rooster), became the first band to perform on the BBC's new flagship music show Top Of The Pops, released their self-titled debut album, and toured the US for the first time. But it wasn't all good news, for on July 24, 1964, the quintet's show at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool ended in a riot, and earned the Londoners an indefinite band from the seaside town.
Following their disappointing US debut tour - bassist Bill Wyman preferred to describe it as a "disaster" - the Stones might have anticipated that they'd be assured a warmer welcome on home soil. In Blackpool, however, this was certainly not the case.
