10 Musicians Who Survived Assassination Attempts

5. Mick Jagger

Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger performs during a concert in Berlin, Tuesday, June 10, 2014. The concert at the Waldbuehne stage is the first of two concerts in Germany as part of the '14 On Fire' tour of the British rock music legends. (AP Phot
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Here’s another very bizarre assassination attempt, this time by the Hell’s Angels. But their choice of transport towards the mansion of The Rolling Stone singer was not by bike, rather, by boat.

In 1969 The Rolling Stones refused to ever hire the Hell’s Angels as security again after their alleged stabbing of a man at a concert. This enraged the gang and a plan was hatched. To sail by boat to Mick Jagger’s mansion and murder him.

Apparently a storm sank the boat, and thus the armed gang couldn’t carry out their seafaring assault. Truly bizarre.

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