Woodstock 2009?

[The Pagemeister]

Woodstock anniversary concert cancelled

CBC News

Plans for a free show to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the legendary Woodstock music festival have been cancelled.

Michael Lang, one of the original promoters of the landmark peace-and-love event in 1969, told Rolling Stone magazine that the anniversary concert he had been planning will not take place.

When asked why, he replied simply "Money. No sponsors."

According to the influential music magazine, Lang had initially sought to hold a commemorative concert this month in Brooklyn's Prospect Park and to include musicians like Joe Cocker and Santana, who were on the original bill.

When those plans fell through, he switched dates and had sought to hold the event in late September during New York's Climate Week, designed to draw attention to climate change and environmental initiatives.

For those who still want to commemorate the rainy Woodstock weekend 40 years ago, there are a host of other projects emerging this month to mark the anniversary.

Celebrated director Ang Lee's feature film Taking Woodstock, based on a true story of the man who volunteered his family's upstate New York motel and event permit to Lang and his fellow co-promoters, will be released on Aug. 28.

A host of albums, including a six-disc set entitled Woodstock: 40 Years On, is also set for release.

[Hotplant]

Do you think these "aging hippies" really give a shit about recapturing their youth? And if they were, then what's so bad about that?

What's wrong with people trying to live and have a good time? Why do you give a fuck about what other people want to do?

Don't agree with your views often, but on this you're 'spot on'

That's kind of like saying...why do we have to have Lollapalooza every year, can't those f'rs move on?

I really don't care if they cancelled, begged my mom to let me hitchhike there that August, alas she said NO!

[jimmie ray]

Woodstock anniversary concert cancelled

CBC News

Plans for a free show to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the legendary Woodstock music festival have been cancelled.

Michael Lang, one of the original promoters of the landmark peace-and-love event in 1969, told Rolling Stone magazine that the anniversary concert he had been planning will not take place.

When asked why, he replied simply "Money. No sponsors."

According to the influential music magazine, Lang had initially sought to hold a commemorative concert this month in Brooklyn's Prospect Park and to include musicians like Joe Cocker and Santana, who were on the original bill.

When those plans fell through, he switched dates and had sought to hold the event in late September during New York's Climate Week, designed to draw attention to climate change and environmental initiatives.

For those who still want to commemorate the rainy Woodstock weekend 40 years ago, there are a host of other projects emerging this month to mark the anniversary.

Celebrated director Ang Lee's feature film Taking Woodstock, based on a true story of the man who volunteered his family's upstate New York motel and event permit to Lang and his fellow co-promoters, will be released on Aug. 28.

A host of albums, including a six-disc set entitled Woodstock: 40 Years On, is also set for release.

There will still be a "Hereos of Woodstock" event at Bethal Woods this month, and it looks like (the remnants) of the bands involved will be doing a brief tour elsewhere. I don't see Joe Cocker or Santana involved in this, though.

[Jahfin]

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