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I think that field won’t be ADA compliant. Walkers will be tough in the mud.
The kids nowadays won’t listen to thatmusic.
Good luck to the promoters, but there could never be a repeat.
Rick

Oops i did it again I should have checked JBs agenda.....The wife and i had been planning to go, but the funds have us going to Arizona instead .....its all good though, I have the feeling the wifey couldnt hang with me anyways .....i still want to see the names of the artist playing, i think it will be awesome

Im a little bummed out, guess i was expecting to see more of the original artist on the rumoured list....heaven has some great music up there as, many have moved on to the next life

Article from Rolling Stone concerning status of "legacy" bands and the chances of if and where they'd play:-
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi … ds-779553/

Thanks Banshee!.....if i could have picked one guitar player to see it would have been Alvin Lee, never had the pleasure, but I love his playing.....if i had only been as lucky as my friend who was 12, his older brother took him all the way from California.....

From Celebrity Access Encore:-

WATKINS GLEN, NY (CelebrityAccess) — With Woodstock 50 scheduled to take place in just six months, the event’s organizers have still not released an initial lineup for the event.
Woodstock 50, intended to mark the 50th anniversary of original Woodstock Music & Arts Festival, is scheduled to take place from 16-18 in Watkins Glen in Upstate New York a few miles from the original festival grounds.
Since the festival was first announced in January, few additional details about the event have come to light, leading to speculation about the event’s financial stability. According to a report in music news site Hits Daily Double, the delay in updates about the festival are due to “issues regarding the raising of money and venue capacity.”

According to HDD, the unofficial lineup for Woodstock 50 includes Dead & Co., The Killers, Miley Cyrus, Santana, The Black Keys, Chance the Rapper, Jay-Z, Imagine Dragons and Halsey but per HDD, only a few of the acts have received their full guarantees. Santana was also announced for a commemorative concert at Bethel Woods during Woodstock weekend.
The festival is being produced by Woodstock Ventures, formed via a partnership between three of the original Woodstock producers, Michael Lang, Joel Rosenman, and John Roberts’ family, with financial backing from Dentsu Aegis Network, a division of the Japanese advertising giant Dentsu, which will also assist with marketing and sponsorship via affiliated agencies.
Lang told the New York Times in January that he envisioned a large-scale event and anticipates selling 100,000 three-day passes, with most attendees camping on site. At the time, he declined to discuss the budget for the festival, but told the Times: “We paid $135,000 for all of our talent in 1969. Times have changed.”

Meanwhile, over at the Bethel Woods, "Woodstock 50" site:-

Thursday, August 15:  A screening of the Warner Bros. Academy-Award winning documentary, Woodstock: the Director’s Cut will be held on the historic festival field. It is an experience unlike any other to watch the documentary that chronicles the emergence of the Counterculture movement on the very field where it was filmed a half-century ago.

Friday, August 16: Ringo Starr and his All Star Band will take the Pavilion Stage, along with Arlo Guthrie, who performed just after midnight on Friday, the first day of the festival; as well as Edgar Winter with The Edgar Winter Band, returning to Bethel for the first time since performing at the festival with his brother Johnny Winter.

Saturday, August 17: Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Woodstock legend, Santana returns to Bethel Woods Pavilion Stage, exactly 50 years after his groundbreaking Saturday afternoon festival performance. Santana will be joined by special guests The Doobie Brothers.

Sunday, August 18: To be announced!

Peace Out, Y'awl...

Woodstock 50th Anniversary Festival Canceled https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/woods … cancelled/