I saw the Stones at Anaheim Stadium in the late 70s. For reasons I've never understood the crowd started throwing their shoes at the stage. Mick Jagger was dodging flying shoes for ten minutes before he finally stopped right in the middle of a song and told the crowd "ok, go ahead if you must and throw your damned shoes". For the next 20 minutes that's what they did. When it was over there were shoes stacked 2' deep on stage. It took another 20 minutes to clear them. Then the concert continued.
I'll never understand why someone would want to throw their shoes especially at somone they liked. But it happened, I was there.
In `72 after standing in line all nite for Stones tickets in Nashville the crowd got to pushing and several people
got pushed through the glass doors the next morning,short people were passing out,it was exhausting
The Stones in their prime,that was something to behold.
The smoke during the show was thick
The show at the Cow Palace was when they still could do general admission shows. So as soon as someone, anyone, walked onto the stage, everyone started to push towards rhe stage. I learn to always wear converse hightops to a concert. No matter what, noone can step on the back of your shoe and get it off.
Throwing shoes used to be a huge part of concert going.