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Original Woodstock promoter Michael Lang has announced that the official 50th anniversary concert will be held in Central New York.
Lang announced Wednesday that “Woodstock 50,” a three-day festival honoring the original 1969 event, will take place at Watkins Glen, located 80 miles outside of Syracuse, on Aug. 16, 17 and 18, 2019. Tickets will go on sale in February; prices have not been announced.
Performers have not been named, but Lang told Rolling Stone that over 40 artists have already been booked for three stages. The full lineup will be announced next month.
“It’ll be an eclectic bill,” Lang told the magazine. “It’ll be hip-hop and rock and some pop and some of the legacy bands from the original festival.”
Carlos Santana, who performed at Woodstock in 1969, recently said he was in for Lang’s event. Lang added that some “newer bands” will likely perform tributes to original Woodstock performers like Janis Joplin, the Band, Jefferson Airplane and Joe Cocker.
By Geoff Herbert | gherbert@syracuse.com gherbert@syracuse.com
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The festival will take place the same weekend as another, separate 50th anniversary celebration on the original Woodstock site at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. Live Nation is sponsoring the “Bethel Woods Music and Culture Festival” on Aug. 16-18, 2019, with a series of concerts, “TED-style talks,” and a “We Are Golden” history exhibit at the Museum at Bethel Woods. https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2018/12/woodstock-50th-anniversary-concert-site-dates-confirmed-for-2019.html
In this Aug. 16, 1969 file photo, more than 400,000 people attend the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival in Bethel, N.Y. (AP Photo) The Associated Press -
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Woodstock Music and Arts Festival 1969
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JULY 1999 – Woodstock 99 East Stage
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JULY 1999 – Woodstock 99 West Stage
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