Narrator / Host (mostly Dominic Sandbrook)

So a prediction that did not work out exactly as he anticipated.

So a prediction that did not work out exactly as he anticipated.

So a prediction that did not work out exactly as he anticipated.

Because actually, it's just after this concert that their tax advisor, who is, I believe, a Bavarian aristocrat called Prince Rupert Leuvenstein, who didn't like their music, had never heard of them before they took him on, but was brilliant at taxes. He said to them, you need to get out of Britain. You have been very poorly advised. You've been underpaying tax for years.

Because actually, it's just after this concert that their tax advisor, who is, I believe, a Bavarian aristocrat called Prince Rupert Leuvenstein, who didn't like their music, had never heard of them before they took him on, but was brilliant at taxes. He said to them, you need to get out of Britain. You have been very poorly advised. You've been underpaying tax for years.

Because actually, it's just after this concert that their tax advisor, who is, I believe, a Bavarian aristocrat called Prince Rupert Leuvenstein, who didn't like their music, had never heard of them before they took him on, but was brilliant at taxes. He said to them, you need to get out of Britain. You have been very poorly advised. You've been underpaying tax for years.

The only way you can basically escape this and not be completely bankrupt is to get out of the country. So you're two years non-resident, and that means they go to France. But of course, they still need to make money. And so in October, they fly to America for their first tour since the summer of 1966. And actually, when they get to America at the end of 1969...

The only way you can basically escape this and not be completely bankrupt is to get out of the country. So you're two years non-resident, and that means they go to France. But of course, they still need to make money. And so in October, they fly to America for their first tour since the summer of 1966. And actually, when they get to America at the end of 1969...

The only way you can basically escape this and not be completely bankrupt is to get out of the country. So you're two years non-resident, and that means they go to France. But of course, they still need to make money. And so in October, they fly to America for their first tour since the summer of 1966. And actually, when they get to America at the end of 1969...

They are young, but they're not politically naive. They can tell that something has changed in the atmosphere. So listeners will remember our America in 1968 series. And we've moved on less than a year since the end of that, Nixon's election. Keith Richards said afterwards, he said, when we went to America before, it was Walt Disney and hamburger dates. But when you came back in 1969...

They are young, but they're not politically naive. They can tell that something has changed in the atmosphere. So listeners will remember our America in 1968 series. And we've moved on less than a year since the end of that, Nixon's election. Keith Richards said afterwards, he said, when we went to America before, it was Walt Disney and hamburger dates. But when you came back in 1969...

They are young, but they're not politically naive. They can tell that something has changed in the atmosphere. So listeners will remember our America in 1968 series. And we've moved on less than a year since the end of that, Nixon's election. Keith Richards said afterwards, he said, when we went to America before, it was Walt Disney and hamburger dates. But when you came back in 1969...

It wasn't anymore. It's darker. They've had riots. They've had Vietnam. Just the atmosphere feels, everything just feels more conflicted. And, you know, even the gigs. There was much less screaming than there was. There aren't teeny boppers there. The fans seem older. And they comment on it. Charlie Watts, people didn't scream anymore. The music was taken seriously.

It wasn't anymore. It's darker. They've had riots. They've had Vietnam. Just the atmosphere feels, everything just feels more conflicted. And, you know, even the gigs. There was much less screaming than there was. There aren't teeny boppers there. The fans seem older. And they comment on it. Charlie Watts, people didn't scream anymore. The music was taken seriously.

It wasn't anymore. It's darker. They've had riots. They've had Vietnam. Just the atmosphere feels, everything just feels more conflicted. And, you know, even the gigs. There was much less screaming than there was. There aren't teeny boppers there. The fans seem older. And they comment on it. Charlie Watts, people didn't scream anymore. The music was taken seriously.

Mick Jagger, he said the real surprise was that people actually listened to the music. But presumably they are older. I mean, the teeny boppers have grown up. Exactly. And the tickets are also... much more expensive. This is the first rock tour, I think, where there were a lot of complaints about the prices of the tickets.

Mick Jagger, he said the real surprise was that people actually listened to the music. But presumably they are older. I mean, the teeny boppers have grown up. Exactly. And the tickets are also... much more expensive. This is the first rock tour, I think, where there were a lot of complaints about the prices of the tickets.

Mick Jagger, he said the real surprise was that people actually listened to the music. But presumably they are older. I mean, the teeny boppers have grown up. Exactly. And the tickets are also... much more expensive. This is the first rock tour, I think, where there were a lot of complaints about the prices of the tickets.

Because, of course, they're charging as much as they can at this point because they're desperate for money because of their tax imbroglio. But also they can because both they and the fans have grown up. And I think this is actually part of a much bigger cultural shift that we often forget about.

Because, of course, they're charging as much as they can at this point because they're desperate for money because of their tax imbroglio. But also they can because both they and the fans have grown up. And I think this is actually part of a much bigger cultural shift that we often forget about.