Why the Rolling Stones' 1970 European Tour and 'Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!' Are Tied Together in Legend

The interesting thing is that the live album and the tour aren’t actually the same tour. ‘Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!’ was recorded in late 1969 during the US tour that ended at Altamont. But the 1970 European tour—their first since Brian Jones’ death and with Mick Taylor fully settled in—was where the Stones consciously went out to prove they were still the greatest rock and roll band in the world. Altamont had shaken everything, and they needed