Rolling Stones Wellington Town Hall
Source-supported records show that the Rolling Stones played two concerts at Wellington Town Hall on 28 February 1966. Archival records and later institutional histories state that a fan seized Mick Jagger during one show and police or security intervened. Later sources also report a balcony-related injury, but the exact sequence remains disputed.
Overview
What Happened
The strongest common point across the document is the venue and date: Wellington Town Hall, Wellington, New Zealand, on 28 February 1966.
Records describe the Rolling Stones playing two shows at the venue. During one of them, a fan reportedly seized Mick Jagger and was restrained by police or security. The same core scene is supported by an archival image record and later institutional sources.
The injury picture is weaker. NZHistory says a girl later fell from the theatre balcony and dislocated her legs. A later source citing Bill Wyman’s memoir says a girl jumped from the rear balcony and grabbed Jagger. No open contemporary newspaper report was located in the document to settle the detail.
The page therefore treats the fan restraint as the best-supported operational incident, and the balcony injury sequence as a disputed point. No fatalities were verified.
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Chronology
Known Sequence
Source Conflicts
Conflicting Information
Both accounts relate to the Wellington Town Hall concert date, but they describe different mechanics: one says the girl fell, while another says she jumped.
The source set contains a clash over whether the Rolling Stones were linked with Roy Orbison or with The Searchers and Max Merritt and the Meteors for the 1966 Wellington date.
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Unverified Details
The exact number of injured people was not verified.
The fan who seized Mick Jagger was not identified in the supplied source file.
No open contemporary newspaper report confirming the balcony injury detail was located in the document.
No fatalities linked to the incident were verified.
The exact street number for the Town Hall on the event date was not verified; Wakefield Street and Wellington Town Hall were supported.
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