Woodstock 50 had nearly every resource a festival could ask for: storied brand name, massive financial backing and industry goodwill. Where did it all go wrong?
Weeks before it was supposed to begin, Woodstock cofounder Michael Lang has decided to pull the plug after failing to get a free event off the ground in Maryland
Woodstock: The Director's Cut will play in theaters nationwide on August 15th — the legendary festival's 50th anniversary
"We'll continue to do our best until we find out one way or the other whether it's going to happen," Woodstock cofounder Michael Lang says of beleaguered 50th anniversary concert
Festival may appeal decision for latest Vernon Downs venue
"Some of them are sensible and some of them are things they put in there so that they didn’t want you to be able to do it again and you couldn’t"
"Watkins Glen International terminated the site license for Woodstock pursuant to provisions of the contract," a rep for the racetrack says. "As such, WGI will not be hosting the Woodstock 50 Festival"
Oppenheimer & Co. will now provide the festival's funding as organizers hustle to try and secure permits
"We have never lost faith," declare organizers as New York court rules in its favor but without granting organizers the money needed to proceed.
The organizers' war against former investor Dentsu is going to court next week in a last-ditch effort to save the beleaguered festival
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