Woodstock ‘99 paid N.Y. hip-hop group close to nothing: ‘I still got the check’

The concert festival, celebrating the 30th anniversary of Woodstock, was held July 22-25, 1999, at Griffiss Air Force Base in ...

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 ...
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John Fogerty on the band that nearly ruined CCR’s Woodstock set — and the audience member who saved the show

Woodstock was the defining concert of 1960s rock and roll. The three-day event held in August 1969 boasted some of the day’s top acts, including Jimi Hendrix, the Who (whose set was famously ...