How (the disastrous) Woodstock ’99 changed music festivals forever

Woodstock ’99 changed mega-festivals forever Summer arrived in 1999 with bold promises of nostalgia. Organizers Michael Lang and John Scher planned to resurrect ...
Yahoo

The Couple in This Famous Woodstock Album Cover Photo Is Still Together 50 Years Later

For the couple seen embracing under a blanket on the cover of the Woodstock soundtrack, milestone anniversaries of the music festival in Bethel, N.Y., are usually happy occasions. Ever since LIFE ...
NPR

Can Woodstock 50 'Re-Create The Magic' Of The Original Festival?

"They're trying to re-create the magic and some of the cultural dominance that the original Woodstock did," NPR Music's Stephen Thompson says, noting that organizers are not only working in the shadow ...
Poughkeepsie Journal

Woodstock 2019: Iconic concerts have history of problems, perseverance

A dispute among Woodstock 50 organizers over whether the upcoming anniversary concert is canceled or not marks the latest issue to plague concerts linked to the famous festival held in August 1969. In ...
The New York Times

Woodstock Music Festivals

A new photography show celebrates the 30th anniversary of Woodstock 1994, middle child to the festivals of 1969 and 1999. By Annie Aguiar Just 22 when she charmed the festival crowd, she went on to ...
WMUR

This Day in History: First Woodstock Music Festival held in 1969

The Woodstock Music Festival began on Aug. 15, 1969, and remains a symbol of the counterculture movement of the 1960s.Woodstock was a three-day music festival attended by mainly young people living ...