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Dead & Company, the perennial jam band mainstays whose members helped solidify and define the 1960s rock scene with their performance at the original, are the latest casualties of organizers’ decision to try and stage the festival at Maryland’s Merriweather Post Pavilion next month. A source close to the band has confirmed that the group, who was set to headline the festival, will not appear at Woodstock 50 if producers are able to put on the beleaguered concert August 16th through 18th. The group joins Jay-Z and Woodstock ’69 alum John Fogerty as the latest artists to decline to perform. “John Fogerty knows where he will be for the anniversary weekend of Woodstock,” Fogerty’s rep said in a statement.
After four failed attempts to stage the festival at Vernon Downs in Vernon, NY, organizers received a letter from Howard County executives in Maryland welcoming them to Merriweather Post Pavilion if they were able to secure acts. “approached Merriweather about hosting their event here in Columbia, Md.,” Seth Hurwitz, operator of Merriweather Post Pavilion, said in a statement on Thursday. “The Woodstock folks are working on securing the artists now. If the bands come, we’ll produce the show.
The decision to try and move Woodstock 50 to Maryland comes after several tumultuous months for the festival, starting back in April when the start of ticket sales was
Stop trying to copy shit that happened. It's just like most remakes of great movies. They almost always suck.
Stop trying to make Woodstock50 happen!