ROLLING STONES IN BROUGHTY FERRY - 1965

What the hell were The Rolling Stones doing in the Ferry, you may well be wondering??!!

Well it wasn't for a gig, that's for sure.

When the Stones arrived in Dundee in June 1965 to play at the Caird Hall, DC Thomsons organised a photo shoot with the band to get "exclusives" for their teen girl magazines - Romeo and Jackie. So off they all went, resulting in this image of the Stones posing at a rock garden in Broughty Ferry. It was actually in the grounds of the now demolished, Taypark Hotel.

Glitzy or what?!

It's only rock (garden) 'n' roll...

ROLLING STONES - CAIRD HALL - 1965

44 years ago today, The Rolling Stones were on stage at the Caird Hall.

Not once but twice, playing 2 shows on the day. The ticket here being for the 2nd performance.

Stones gigs were pretty notorious back then as a result of their frenzied fans causing damage to the halls. I know Edinburgh's Usher Hall got smashed up on the same tour, although I'm not too sure how the Caird Hall fared on this particular visit.
I do know, however, and as you can read in the cutting, that the Marryat Hall was used as an improvised medical centre to treat all the lassies who fainted!

The band were on a roll in '65 with hit singles such as "The Last Time", "Satisfaction" and "Get Off Of My Cloud" all released that year.

And it was 15 shillings to get in - 75p..!!!