{"id":57879,"date":"2025-08-09T22:39:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T22:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/57879\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T22:39:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T22:39:10","slug":"set-us-back-years-the-time-the-rolling-stones-were-booed-off-stage-and-replaced-by-monkeys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/57879\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSet Us Back Years!\u201d: The Time the Rolling Stones Were Booed off Stage and Replaced by Monkeys"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Rolling Stones<\/a> are a well-respected live act, and they have been for quite some time. It has been a while since they were met with a lackluster reception from a crowd. But, there was a time when the band wasn\u2019t the legends they are today and, as such, didn\u2019t get the warmest reaction from an audience. There was one show in particular wherein the local crowd got so fed up with the Rolling Stones that they shoved them off stage and replaced them with their openers. Which, oddly, happened to be a band of trained monkeys. <\/p>\n

[RELATED: 3 Controversial Songs by The Rolling Stones That Some Fans Have Left in the Past\u2014and Others Have Not]<\/a><\/p>\n

Monkey Man<\/p>\n

This fumbled show took place in San Antonio, Texas. Elsewhere on the lineup were George Jones and Bobby Vee, who inevitably had an easier time connecting with the crowd. As per usual, Texas stood loud, proud, and boooed the Stones off the stage. The Rolling Stones\u2019 metropolitan look paired with their less-than-conservative songs didn\u2019t go over so well with the crowd at this show<\/p>\n

\u201cLocal singers were cheered wildly,\u201d a news report of the event read<\/a>. \u201cBut the long-haired Rolling Stones \u2014 Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman \u2014 were booed.\u201d<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t the reception they were used to back home, which didn\u2019t bode well for their success in the American South. And, to add insult to injury, the band was upstaged by their opening act: a trained group of performing monkeys. We have to imagine that it was so offensive that it was laughable to this rising rock band. <\/p>\n

Bill Wyman\u2019s Thoughts on the Texas Show<\/p>\n

Rolling Stones\u2019 bassist Bill Wyman wrote about the show in his memoir, Stone Alone. He recalls being confused by the whole event, questioning why they were even there in the first place. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe concert was in the open air and everyone got a poor reception from a mixed crowd of cowboys and kids,\u201d he wrote<\/a>. \u201cWhat the hell were we doing here? People didn\u2019t know whether to take us seriously or as a joke. What had we let ourselves in for? Crowds were great to us at airports and hotels, but these two shows set us back years!\u201d<\/p>\n

The Rolling Stones\u2019 embarrassment at the Texas show didn\u2019t end there. Wyman went on to write about the following day, when the group got mistaken for women. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe next day, while we were sunbathing around the hotel pool in a temperature of 95\u00b0, a young waiter who was serving us drinks said that a guest had complained to the hotel that girls were at the pool, swimming and sunbathing topless \u2014 that was us,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re sure the Stones have more than rectified that awful Texas trip at this point. They\u2019ve played to many adoring crowds in the Lone Star State. However, we\u2019re sure thinking back on that fateful show still stings a little bit. <\/p>\n

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