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Woodstock 50 has ended a major legal battle. According to Billboard, organizers of the ill-fated festival quietly settled their lawsuit against Japanese marketing firm Dentsu in late 2020. Woodstock 50 sued the Tokyo-based company in April of last year, alleging the investor had “secretly decided to abandon, and then sabotage” the anniversary event just months before its scheduled kickoff. The plaintiffs […]
Just over two weeks before it was set to take place, Woodstock 50 has officially been canceled. As Variety reports, the anniversary festival was likely called off due to the high number of performers who announced they would no longer perform. Earlier this week the team behind the ill-fated fest revealed that they would no longer […]
The road to Woodstock 50 has been anything but smooth. Since it was announced in late 2018, the anniversary festival has been plagued by a number of issues, such as venue changes, legal disputes with investors, cancellation rumors, and the loss of headliner JAY-Z. But event organizers aren’t giving up. According to TMZ, the team behind Woodstock 50 has […]
Woodstock 50 is without a venue once again as its permit has been denied by Oneida County officials. The county, which includes the proposed festival site Vernon Downs, opted to deny the fest’s permit and officials cited the anniversary shows dysfunction. “It’s been chaotic,” Oneida County Administrator Anthony Picente Jr. told Variety. “Originally it was […]
Woodstock 50 is facing yet another uphill battle after what was the expected location for the event, Watkins Glen International, announced Monday that it has pulled out. “Watkins Glen International terminated the site license for Woodstock pursuant to provisions of the contract,” a statement obtained by Variety earlier today reads. “As such, WGI will not […]
Manhattan judge Barry Ostrager ruled Wednesday that Woodstock 50’s former investor Dentsu Aegis Network did not have the right to announce the cancellation of the festival after pulling their financial backing, Pitchfork reports. The ruling means that Woodstock 50 is back on, barring any other unforeseen circumstances. The judge determined that Dentsu will not be required to return the $17.8 million put […]
Despite claims made earlier today by their now former investor Amplifi Live, Woodstock 50 organizers released a statement of their own expressing their commitment to pushing forward with planning of the festival while seeking out new financial backing. “We are committed to ensuring that the 50th Anniversary of Woodstock is marked with a festival deserving of its iconic name and place in […]
Woodstock 50, which was scheduled to go down August 16-18 in Watkins Glen, New York, might be facing some problems, Billboard reports. The original Woodstock festival was held on the same exact dates in 1969. Agents for acts that are scheduled to perform at the festival reportedly received an email from Danny Wimmer Presents saying that the on-sale date for […]
Those Woodstock 50 rumors were true. On Tuesday night, event organizers revealed the official lineup for the much anticipated music festival, confirming performances by JAY-Z, Change the Rapper, Vince Staples, Miley Cyrus, Halsey, Run the Jewels, Janelle Monáe, Princess Nokia, Common, and much, much more. “The lineup will be a mix of some of the old […]
The legendary Woodstock festival is set to return for three days this summer. The original event’s co-creator, Michael Lang, confirmed that the event will be back at Watkins Glen, New York on Aug. 16-18, almost the exact dates as the first Woodstock 50 years ago. Woodstock has been revived multiple times since its 1969 iteration to diminishing […]
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