Woodstock Festival facts
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The 1st moon landing, the Manson murders and the Woodstock festival all happened within the timespan of just one month (the Summer of 69) (cbsnews.com)
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Tommy James and the Shondells declined an invitation to perform at the Woodstock festival, because James' secretary put it to him as "Yeah, listen, there's this pig farmer in upstate New York that wants you to play in his field."
Who played at woodstock festival 1969?
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what happened at woodstock festival 1969?
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During the final hours of the music festival "Woodstock 99" a peace promotion organization handed out candles to the audience to create a candlelight vigil for the final hours of the festival. The audience used the candles to set fire to an audio tower and start bonfires.
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There were no reported incidents of violence at the original Woodstock. The three-day festival was attended by over 500,000 people.
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Although there were two deaths at Woodstock (an overdose and someone crushed by a tractor), there were two births as well, netting a zero loss over the three day festival.
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Green Day joined the lineups of both the Lollapalooza festival and Woodstock '94, where the group started an infamous mud fight. During the concert, a security guard mistook bassist Mike Dirnt for a stage-invading fan and punched out some of his teeth.
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Martin Scorsese worked on the 1970 documentary about the 1969 music festival Woodstock. He was assistant director and editor.
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In 1969, English rock guitar legend Jeff Beck cancelled plans to play Woodstock and flew back home to London because he heard his wife was having an affair with the gardener. Bandmate Rod Stewart was not concerned: “Ah, well, seen one outdoor festival you’ve seen them all.”
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The Woodstock festival actually lost money, and it was the movies and the live album which enabled the producers to earn money to pay off creditors
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At the music festival Woodstock 1994, during a Green Day concert, a mud fight happened and a security guard mistook their bassist Mike Dirnt for a fan trying to climb up on stage. He lost two teeth.
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Woodstock was intended as a profit-making venture, not a free music festival. Tickets cost $18 in advance and $24 at the gate (about $120 and $160 in today's dollars), but organizers made it free after more than 400,000 showed up instead of the expected 200,000.
"the Summer Jam at Watkins Glen" in 1973 had a larger attendance than the better known Woodstock festival. Despite the fact that only 3 bands performed there the festival had over 600,000 attendees. "The crowd was so huge that most of the audience were not able to see the stage." - source
Billed as the next Woodstock, The Powder Ridge Rock Festival was shut down before it began. 30,000 hippies showed up to find no bands, no food and no plumbing, but were greeted by at least 70 drug dealers selling hits of acid for $1.
The 1969 Woodstock music festival didn't actually take place in Woodstock, NY but was actually held in nearby Bethel, NY because residents of Woodstock were opposed to having it. - source
The who en el festival de woodstock?
After the festival, Woodstock Ventures was over $1 million dollars in debt, after failing to sign corporate sponsors. Took over a decade to repay the debt
How many woodstock festivals have there been?
The bird 'Woodstock' from comic Peanuts was named because Schulz was reading an article about the Woodstock Festival
In a single four week period in 1969 the following occurred: Chappaquiddick, the Moon Landing, the first three Zodiac letters were sent to newspapers, both Manson murders, The Beatles' Abbey Road photograph taken, and the Woodstock festival
The Miami Pop Festival. A 3 day music festival in 1968. One year before woodstock. Featuring Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Three Dog Night, and more
