The Rolling Stones: The Forum, Los Angeles CA
Danny Holloway, NME, 17 June 1972
WEEKS PRIOR to their Los Angeles date, the entire population in L.A. was struck by Stones fever. Tickets went quick and 350,000 people had to be turned away from the four venues in the area where they appeared.
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