by Mark Zapata | Jan 10, 2022 | News, Sad News
Michael Lang was one of the masterminds behind the concept of the Woodstock Music Festival. The music producer, promoter, and artist manager passed away on Friday, January 8th at Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Lang died of complications from...
by Elise Yablon | Jul 29, 2019 | News
Woodstock 50 may have found a new venue, and it’s not in New York. The event is now in talks to be held at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, one hour outside of Washington, D.C. On Thursday (25th), Variety reported that Woodstock organizer Michael Lang...
by Elise Yablon | Jul 11, 2019 | News
Woodstock 50 was dealt yet another blow on Tuesday (9th) when their event permit for Vernon Downs was rejected by Oneida County. Oneida County ExecutiveAnthony Picente Jr. told Variety that the event’s application for the venue came too late and that “what they have...
by Elise Yablon | Jun 11, 2019 | News
Woodstock 50 was dealt another existential blow with the announcement that Watkins Glen International Racetrack had terminated the event’s site license. Said the venue in a statement Monday: “Watkins Glen International terminated the site license for Woodstock...
by Elise Yablon | May 8, 2019 | News
In the ongoing soap opera that is the Woodstock 50 anniversary festival, promoter Michael Lang has now accused his former investor Dentsu Aegis and it’s investing arm Amplifi Live of “sweeping” $17 Million from the festival’s bank accounts. “Initially I had some...