Closing Bell: Woodstock 40th Anniversary at Prospect Park?
Yes, this could really happen. NY Daily News reports that Michael Lang, who helped put on the famous 1969 festival, is hoping to put on a Woodstock 40th anniversary concert in Prospect Park’s Long Meadow this summer. However, he needs to find $8 million to $10 million to pay for it by the end of…
Yes, this could really happen. NY Daily News reports that Michael Lang, who helped put on the famous 1969 festival, is hoping to put on a Woodstock 40th anniversary concert in Prospect Park’s Long Meadow this summer. However, he needs to find $8 million to $10 million to pay for it by the end of the month. The event would be billed as a throwback to the original with bands like Crosby, Stills and Nash and Dave Matthews Band (different from the ’99 fiasco). Do you think this is a good idea? Would you go?
Photo by FlySi.
150,000 people is a lot tho. it would totally make the park more run down and raggedy than already is.
*rob*
jester…he wasn’t even born then.
And the reason the 30th anniversary party which actually was at Woodstock was such a flop was because it was full of crap like Metallica and got that kind of heavy metal crowd and there was a fair amount of violence.
I think you’re just too young to remember classic CSNY. “Southern Man??”
Doing lines of denture adhesive powder (on a fully unfurled Depends®) makes for a very unsettling image. . .
should be:
…the youngest ‘one’ there.
devil in the details…
expecting 150,000
need to raise $10,000,000
thats $66 per head to have the concert.
boondoggle alert.
I would def. go. Love the music from that era, but I’d probably be the youngest on there 🙂
Janis Joplin rules!!!
Seeing as how I make my living photographing concerts I say bring it on! Doesn’t sound too likely in this climate though.
Hopefully Iron and Wine could play…
CSN suck.
Back on topic, $8-10MM is a lot to raise in a month. Sounds implausible; although some of those original musicians could write a check for that. Secondly, how’s he going to round eveybody up so quickly to play in the summer. Thirdly, does that $8-10 MM cover resodding the meadow???