Posted on 08/02/2019 7:55:50 AM PDT by rktman
Music fans still talk about Woodstock to this day. Hundreds of thousands of people flocked to a dairy farm in Bethel, New York in the summer of 1969 to see the likes of Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead, and CCR grace the stage for the world's most iconic rock concert. They'll be talking about Woodstock 50 too - but for a much different reason. Just about everything went wrong for the organizers behind the Woodstock 50th Anniversary Festival, and it's now curtains closed.
First, there was some trouble with the production company (which changed hands a few times.) Then the festival’s financier, Dentsu Aegis, pulled its funding. Then major artists started pulling out of the concert. Then they lost the venue.
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You can't hire the National Guard just for security purposes........
Not to mention the attendees would likely go home to bed by 9:00 p.m.
I still remember attending the free Diana Ross concert in central park NYC.
With Alvin Lee, he MAY share the prize for Best Individual Performance at Woodstock.
Fyre Festival
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