Woodstock’s 40th Birthday Takes Shape
The festival’s organiser names his wish-list and says the legendary bash will utilise ‘as many green techniques as we can’.
As we previously reported, the Woodstock festival looks set for a 40th anniversary this summer. The famous (not to say infamous) free festival took place in New York state in August 1969 and featured appearances from Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Santana, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin and more.
Co-founder Michael Lang again wants to stage a free show to mark the anniversary. "We want to have as small a carbon imprint as we can and use as many green techniques as we can," he explained in an interview with Billboard.
"There would be a lot of legacy bands – The Who, Santana, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Joe Cocker maybe. And it would be people like Steve Earle and Ben Harper. There's certainly room for the Chili Peppers and Dave Matthews...That would be the shape of the music."
Everyone seems to have now blanked out the memory of the ill-fated Woodstock '99, which ended in riots, fires and general misbehaviour in front of the likes of Muse, The Offspring and Rage Against The Machine.
Tagged as Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Festivals 2009
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