Woodstock 50 is canceled — or is it? Mystery surrounds attempt to commemorate a legendary festival.
Sheryl Crow performed at Woodstock 99 in Rome, N.Y. — a 30th anniversary commemoration of the legendary 1969 music festival whose planned 50th anniversary concert is mired in uncertainty. By Geoff Edgers Geoff Edgers Reporter covering movies, museums, comedy, music and pop culture Email Bio Follow April 30 at 2:28 PM On Monday morning, Country Joe McDonald got a news alert on his phone. The Japanese investors had pulled out. The permits hadn’t been approved.
“I don’t know whether it’s money, insurance, water, safety,” he said. “I think it would be a great bill if it could have happened. But if it can’t happen, it can’t happen.” “The bottom line, there is going to be a Woodstock 50th Anniversary Festival, as there must be, and it’s going to be a blast,” the statement read.
A van decorated with"Woodstock or Bust" photographed in 2009 at the site of the original Woodstock Festival site in Bethel, N.Y. “I wouldn’t completely count it out,” said Andy Gensler, the executive editor of Pollstar, the concert industry trade publication. “We don’t know if somebody is going to pick up the pieces.”
Nonetheless, Sebastian said he had been looking forward to playing to such a massive audience. And he appreciated the effort to mix in contemporary artists with Woodstock originals such as John Fogerty, Canned Heat and David Crosby.
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