Woodstock 50 officially cancelled - Global News

Woodstock 50‘s co-founder announced on Wednesday that the long-troubled three-day anniversary music festival has been officially cancelled.Story continues below“We are saddened that a series of unforeseen setbacks has made it impossible to put on the Festival we imagined with the great lineup we had booked and the social engagement we were anticipating,” a statement provided to Global News from Michael Lang read.The revelation came after an ongoing sea of troubles and doubt.From the event being falsely cancelled to the Woodstock 50 team losing its biggest investor, and the loss of not only one, but two venues set to host the festival, Lang and co. haven’t had a lot of luck since announcing the festival in March.Woodstock Music Festival co-producer Michael Lang is interviewed during a celebration of the 40th anniversary of Woodstock at the at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC on Aug. 13, 2009, in New York City.Michael Loccisano/Getty ImagesThey were forced to relocate the festival from New York to Maryland just last week after finally finding a venue — the Merriweather Post Pavilion — willing to host the nearly doomed festival.As a result of the relocation, Woodstock 50 lost almost its entire lineup of performers, including headlining acts Miley Cyrus, Jay-Z, Dead & Company and The Raconteurs, among many others.READ MORE: Miley Cyrus pulls out of Woodstock 50, joining other artists“When we lost the Glen and then Vernon Downs we looked for a way to do some good rather than just cancel,” the 74-year-old Lang said, referring to the initially proposed venue of Watkins Glen in New York and the backup site, which was a casino and horse-racing track in the town of Vernon, N.Y.He later revealed that his team had collaborated with non-profit organization HeadCount, which promotes democracy through music, to make Woodstock a smaller charity event, in hopes of raising funds for the foundation ahead of the next presidential election in 2020.WATCH: Miley Cyrus is latest artist to pull out of Woodstock 50

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August 01, 2019 at 04:24AM