Following the Doors' controversial concert in Miami, Florida, where lead singer Jim Morrison performed while he was intoxicated,[1] the band started touring to promote their upcoming album, Morrison Hotel.

The Doors played 24 dates in the United States and Canada throughout the first half of 1970.

[3] One such performance of that concert included an extended version of "The End" in which Morrison incorporated the line "Bring out your dead".

[5] The tour's last concert was performed in Isle of Wight Festival on August 29.

The band played alongside Jimi Hendrix, the Who, Joni Mitchell, Jethro Tull, Taste, Leonard Cohen, Miles Davis, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Sly and the Family Stone.