PJ to Headline Woodstock 50th Anniversary??

wall232

I never cancelled a hold on a hotel room faster than after seeing this lineup. 

jacquelynca

Lollapalooza just announced as well and no PJ.  Is outside lands our last hope???

PB11041

given2fly23 said:

xjoshfromworkx

I can't tell the difference between Coachella, Lollapalooza, and Woodstock this year.

Loujoe

Wow. Glad I took off back in the 90s for that one. NIN, porno for pyros, Dee-Lite, RHCP, joe cocker, violent fem, primus, bob dylan...hey that was a solid 20+++years ago. cant recreate that today...tons of mud.
sure some people from the new generation will have fun there this time...

Get_Right

Friday and Saturday are decent but probably not enough to go.  I will wait for more details on tickets.

kaw753

At the very least, I hope Limp Bizkit's manager gave them a call just to see what's up.

PJ_Soul

I think it's a pretty solid line up myself. I'd love to see several of those acts, especially The Killers, The Raconteurs, Portugal. The Man, Leon Bridges, Gary Clark Jr. Although I have to admit day 3 looks like shit.

given2fly23

PJWGIII

I’m really on the fence to go to this festival. Not everything the rumors hyped it up to be, but considering the trash lineups elsewhere this may be the best festival option for a long time...

igotid88

Cancelled

mrk2

mrk2 said:

Michael Lang and co have tried to put together Woodstock related concerts several times over the past 20 years and failed every time. All talk. Not gonna happen

Bump from page 4

PSUS2H

igotid88 said:

Cancelled

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/festivals/8509091/woodstock-50-festival-cancelled

Damn....

given2fly23

Woodstock 50, however, shared the following statement with the local Poughkeepsie Journal:

“Woodstock 50 vehemently denies the festival’s cancellation and legal remedy will (be) sought.”

SandyRavage

you know whats crazy to me? in 2019, we actually HOPE people fail. What the fuck is wrong with this life man

Get_Right

I am not so sure its over yet.  I'd guess millions have been shelled out to guarantee some of the artists. This is probably a strategy for the investors to get some money back. Definitely a shit show.  Lang should have outsourced the event to C3, then sit back and count the money.

tempo_n_groove

Ledbetterman10

There's only one man that can save this festival...

mrk2

SandyRavage said:

you know whats crazy to me? in 2019, we actually HOPE people fail. What the fuck is wrong with this life man

Nope, in 2019 our bullshit detectors have been finely tuned to sense these things

Ledbetterman10

mrk2 said:

SandyRavage said:

you know whats crazy to me? in 2019, we actually HOPE people fail. What the fuck is wrong with this life man

Nope, in 2019 our bullshit detectors have been finely tuned to sense these things

I agree with both of you guys. SandyRavage (great username by the way) is right that people these days seem to get off on the shortcomings or failures of others. But I don't think that's the case here with Woodstock. A very underwhelming lineup (compared to the 1969, 1994, and 1999 festivals), never saying what the ticket prices are, and postponing the ticket onsale date when it came caused me to "wait and see" rather than begin making plans. I almost booked a hotel too. Thank god I didn't. 

PJ_Soul

Ledbetterman10 said:

There's only one man that can save this festival...

Lol

PJ_Soul

given2fly23 said:

Woodstock 50, however, shared the following statement with the local Poughkeepsie Journal:

“Woodstock 50 vehemently denies the festival’s cancellation and legal remedy will (be) sought.”

What the fuck?

given2fly23

SandyRavage said:

you know whats crazy to me? in 2019, we actually HOPE people fail. What the fuck is wrong with this life man

I get your point, but speaking only for myself, it's not that I want people to fail, but festivals have ruined what I love about concerts (short sets, shitty crowd, crazy prices, hard to get to).  Being in Chicago, Lolla keeps a lot of my favorite bands from playing headline shows.  Over the last 5 years, I basically hope that none of "my bands" will play Lolla and if they do, they also do an aftershow that I can actually attend.  If wanting this festival trend to pull back because it has gotten out of hand and is hardly about the music anymore makes me a bad person, so be it. 

tempo_n_groove

given2fly23 said:

SandyRavage said:

you know whats crazy to me? in 2019, we actually HOPE people fail. What the fuck is wrong with this life man

I get your point, but speaking only for myself, it's not that I want people to fail, but festivals have ruined what I love about concerts (short sets, shitty crowd, crazy prices, hard to get to).  Being in Chicago, Lolla keeps a lot of my favorite bands from playing headline shows.  Over the last 5 years, I basically hope that none of "my bands" will play Lolla and if they do, they also do an aftershow that I can actually attend.  If wanting this festival trend to pull back because it has gotten out of hand and is hardly about the music anymore makes me a bad person, so be it. 

Agreed.

A lot of bands just do the festival circuit now instead of their own shows.

Bigger audience and bigger paycheck I guess?

On that note Jay-z did a 1400 person show this weekend at the opening of Webster Hall.  How cool would THAT have been to attend?

Get_Right

tempo_n_groove said:

given2fly23 said:

SandyRavage said:

you know whats crazy to me? in 2019, we actually HOPE people fail. What the fuck is wrong with this life man

I get your point, but speaking only for myself, it's not that I want people to fail, but festivals have ruined what I love about concerts (short sets, shitty crowd, crazy prices, hard to get to).  Being in Chicago, Lolla keeps a lot of my favorite bands from playing headline shows.  Over the last 5 years, I basically hope that none of "my bands" will play Lolla and if they do, they also do an aftershow that I can actually attend.  If wanting this festival trend to pull back because it has gotten out of hand and is hardly about the music anymore makes me a bad person, so be it. 

Agreed.

A lot of bands just do the festival circuit now instead of their own shows.

Bigger audience and bigger paycheck I guess?

On that note Jay-z did a 1400 person show this weekend at the opening of Webster Hall.  How cool would THAT have been to attend?

NYC reopening of Webster Hall = all suits and friends. It is a great venue though.
I love music festivals.  Great way to spend a weekend in a park with friends drinking beer and seeing TONS of live music. 

pjl44

given2fly23 said:

SandyRavage said:

you know whats crazy to me? in 2019, we actually HOPE people fail. What the fuck is wrong with this life man

I get your point, but speaking only for myself, it's not that I want people to fail, but festivals have ruined what I love about concerts (short sets, shitty crowd, crazy prices, hard to get to).  Being in Chicago, Lolla keeps a lot of my favorite bands from playing headline shows.  Over the last 5 years, I basically hope that none of "my bands" will play Lolla and if they do, they also do an aftershow that I can actually attend.  If wanting this festival trend to pull back because it has gotten out of hand and is hardly about the music anymore makes me a bad person, so be it. 

I'm torn. I've been to amazing festivals and complete shitshows. If festivals could be downsized by 80%, but I get to choose the 20% I'm in.

Jadler

pjl44 said:

given2fly23 said:

SandyRavage said:

you know whats crazy to me? in 2019, we actually HOPE people fail. What the fuck is wrong with this life man

I get your point, but speaking only for myself, it's not that I want people to fail, but festivals have ruined what I love about concerts (short sets, shitty crowd, crazy prices, hard to get to).  Being in Chicago, Lolla keeps a lot of my favorite bands from playing headline shows.  Over the last 5 years, I basically hope that none of "my bands" will play Lolla and if they do, they also do an aftershow that I can actually attend.  If wanting this festival trend to pull back because it has gotten out of hand and is hardly about the music anymore makes me a bad person, so be it. 

I'm torn. I've been to amazing festivals and complete shitshows. If festivals could be downsized by 80%, but I get to choose the 20% I'm in.

That’s exactly why I got tix to Ohana Fest this year. A “festival” yes, but smaller feel. Anyone ever go to the Life Is Good festival when it was around in Mass?

given2fly23

pjl44

There is no chance whatsoever that this will go sideways 

LeafsJaysCubsRaptorsFan

given2fly23 said:

Is this being run by billy McFarland and ja rule?