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The old geezer
2019-05-07 21:11:20 UTC
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Why???
Martin Gregorie
2019-05-07 21:53:29 UTC
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Post by The old geezer
Why???
Indeed.

Will any of the performers from the original Woodstock be performing?

Are any of them still singing?

Are any of them still alive?
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The old geezer
2019-05-08 09:59:10 UTC
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You can never go home anymore. Carlos Santana for one.
Martin Gregorie
2019-05-08 10:53:39 UTC
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Post by The old geezer
You can never go home anymore. Carlos Santana for one.
OK - never having seen a lineup list for Woodstock I didn't realise he
was there.

Saw him in Bristol, UK in with basically the Abraxas lineup in 1975. That
was one of the best rock shows I've been to, even allowing for the flashy
and somewhat talentless opening act - Earth,Wind and Fire.
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Ron Moses
2019-05-08 14:17:18 UTC
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Post by Martin Gregorie
Are any of them still singing?
Are any of them still alive?
I'm sure we could dig up a few surviving members of Sha Na Na if we had to.

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The old geezer
2019-07-10 22:28:54 UTC
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Another rejection! Duzn’t look good.
The old geezer
2019-07-20 13:46:09 UTC
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Going down like the Titanic! And if they do happen to pull it off you just know it’s gonna be one huge clusterf**k!!!
The old geezer
2019-07-26 19:57:54 UTC
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Really, now. Would you want to go to a music festival where Miley Cyrus is one of the “Headliners”????
The old geezer
2019-07-30 18:11:33 UTC
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Post by The old geezer
Really, now. Would you want to go to a music festival where Miley Cyrus is one of the “Headliners”????
Sinking FASTER Than The Titanic!!!!

https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2019/07/30/country-joe-john-sebastian-pull-out-of-woodstock-50-sinking-ship/23782557/
The old geezer
2019-07-31 20:08:07 UTC
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Officially cancelled!!! You can never go home anymore!
Martin Gregorie
2019-07-31 21:00:14 UTC
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Post by The old geezer
Officially cancelled!!! You can never go home anymore!
After having 25, 30 and 40 year anniversaries, with fewer original
performers each year but bigger crowds, I'm not really surprised the 50th
fizzed.

About the only remaining '70s festival to still be going strong is
probably Glastonbury in Somerset, UK. This has run from 1970 to this
year, 2019, with a gap every few years to let the fields recover after
particularly wet events, totalling 36 events over 49 years, and with
attendance rising from 1,500 to 135,000. It eventually grew so big that
the Mike Eavis, the dairy farmer who has always run it, bought the
neighbouring farm to accommodate the expanded festival.

However, I see that the Zappanale is keeping pace, with 30 events from
1990.
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