woodstock 50

In March of 2019, Woodstock 50 was announced. Set to be held in August 2019 in New York, the festival soon faced a number of problems. After a venue change, a shift to a free benefit show and several acts dropping from the lineup, Woodstock 50 was ultimately canceled in the end. Now, the festival […]

In a move absolutely no one saw coming, Woodstock 50 has officially cancelled their upcoming celebration. The news comes days after a venue change, shift to a free benefit show and several artists dropping from the lineup. The event was first announced in March to be held Aug. 16-18 in Watkins Glen, New York. Most […]

The ongoing story of Woodstock 50 and its attempt to get the event off the ground is one of never-ending determination. After losing their venue, sponsors and having several artists pull from the festival, Woodstock has refused to call it quits. Now, it looks like the event will reportedly be reworked as a benefit concert, […]

All of the artists who were set to perform at the Woodstock 50 festival have been released of their contracts just weeks before the planned event.  The news comes after the festival was fighting for a new venue for the quite a while, but announced they were relocating to Maryland instead of New York.  Read […]

While Woodstock 50 has been fighting for a new venue for the last little while, it looks like they’ve secured a spot now. The festival is happening, but instead of being in upstate New York as originally planned, they’ll be heading for Maryland. Read More: Slipknot gets brutally adorable cover from band of kids Organizers confirmed to […]

Following the loss of their venue, Woodstock 50 is getting desperate to find a new space to host their event. The festival made an embarrassingly sad effort to secure a venue on social media asking the town of Vernon to approve their event without going through the proper channels. Read More: Billie Eilish makes Justin Bieber […]

After facing the loss of their venue, Woodstock 50 was forced to seek out a new location for their event. A couple of days ago it was revealed that the festival applied for a new venue with a decreased capacity size. Now, the organizers have provided yet another update about the event, and it sounds […]

After facing the loss of their venue, Woodstock 50 was forced to seek out a new location for their event. A couple of days ago it was revealed that the festival applied for a new venue with a decreased capacity size. However, sources tell Billboard that co-founder Michael Lang and partner Greg Peck have yet to […]

It might be hard to find another event with the determination of Woodstock 50. After losing their original investor Dentsu Aegis Network, Woodstock tackled that issue by finding the festival another backer. The festival then faced the loss of their venue, forcing them to secure another location. Now, it looks like a new location has been applied for […]

It’s beginning to feel like someone has put a curse on Woodstock 50 as the festival hits yet another snag. After losing their original investor Dentsu Aegis Network, Woodstock tackled that issue by finding the festival another backer. Now, it looks like they have another major hurdle to jump as the festival has allegedly lost […]

Recently, Woodstock 50 found a new financial partner after winning their lawsuit against former investors Dentsu Aegis Network. However, the old investors are now required to pay a large sum of money to the festival. Read more: iDKHOW extend “Night Heat” tour with summer dates To backtrack, this all started when Dentsu announced that the […]

After winning their lawsuit against former investors Dentsu Aegis Network, Woodstock 50 has found a new financial partner. According to Pitchfork, the festival will be financially backed by American investment bank Oppenheimer & Co. Read More: Facebook launches ticketing service through event pages In a press release, John Tonelli, head of Debt Capital Markets & Syndication at Oppenheimer, expressed the company […]

Woodstock 50 is set to continue after a judge ruled in favor of the festival against investor company Dentsu. Earlier this month, the organizers of the festival filed a court order against Dentsu Aegis Network, the financial partner that originally announced that the festival was cancelled. Read more: Hayley Williams addresses “current war on women’s […]

Woodstock 50 has sent the heads of attendees for a spin over the last few weeks after rumors of its cancellation surfaced from investment company Dentsu, only to be denied by the festival’s co-founder Michael Lang a short while later. Now, according to TMZ, Lang is claiming Dentsu tried to sabotage the festival’s revival. Read […]

The future of Woodstock 50 may still be unclear, but that didn’t stop the festival from taking to Instagram to thank fans for their continued support throughout this emotional rollercoaster. After the festival was allegedly canceled by investors, Woodstock co-founder Michael Lang pushed back against the claims stating that the investor did “not have the right to unilaterally cancel the festival.” Read more: YouTuber […]

UPDATE: MAY 1, 5:33 P.M. EST Following the myriad of events unfolding over the past few days, it was recently learned that Woodstock 50 has allegedly hired Donald Trump’s attorney to pursue legal action against former investors, Dentsu Aegis Network. According to Consequence Of Sound, Woodstock co-founder Michael Lang has sought after Marc E. Kasowitz […]

After the festival was allegedly cancelled by investors yesterday, Woodstock co-founder Michael Lang pushed back against the claims. However, the festival had yet to share a detailed statement about the future of Woodstock 50, until today.  Prior to today, Lang’s interview with The New York Times claimed Dentsu Aegis Network did “not have the right to unilaterally cancel […]