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"It was an unfortunate incident which has been exaggerated and turned into folklore": How contractual differences between Aerosmith and Metallica at Woodstock 1994 came to blows

Three More Days of Peace & Music? Not quite

Metal Hammer · Aug 17, 2024

"This sort of seat-of-the-pants indulgence would never fit the corporate cosiness of today’s major festivals": Ten Years After showcase the solos on Woodstock 1969

Of its time and on vinyl, the six-song set that made Ten Years After US festival titans

Louder · Aug 16, 2024

"A corporate jack-off music festival disguised as some kind of important cultural event for the young generation": The grimy legacy of Woodstock 1994

The 25th anniversary edition of the Woodstock Festival was supposed to revive memories of the original. It'll be remembered for mud.

Metal Hammer · Aug 12, 2024

“You hear bombs, a baby being born, an eagle flying, you hear things that people don’t normally hear”: how Jimi Hendrix pulled back from the brink of disaster at Woodstock and sealed his legend

The story of Jimi Hendrix’s iconic appearance at 1969’s Woodstock festival

Louder · Nov 5, 2023

Isle of Wight Festival 2024: Date, headliners, and how to get tickets

The festival is widely considered to be Europe's Woodstock

Evening Standard · Nov 3, 2023

Summer of Soul to Little Richard: I Am Everything – the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Forget Woodstock! Questlove’s gobsmacking documentary shows the true greatest festival of 1969. Plus, an eye-opening film about a rock’n’roll legend

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2023

Movie Review: Documentary 'Carlos' is a loving, respectful portrait of guitar god Santana

The documentary “Carlos” is a traditional linear tale, tracing rock icon Carlos Santana’s formative years in Tijuana, Mexico, his set at Woodstock, his dive into spirituality and his triumphant 1999 “Supernatural” album

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023

What does it mean to be "granola"?

From Woodstock to the "granola girl aesthetic," here's how a breakfast cereal became a whole identity

Salon · Sep 17, 2023

From Burning Man to Woodstock to Fyre Festival: what turns a festival into a disaster?

This year’s Burning Man Festival in Nevada has been washed out and 70,000 attendees are stuck in the mud. Summer rains have hit its desert location and, as we regularly find in the Australian Outback, when fine and dusty desert soils get wet, they are like glue. Transport becomes near…

The Conversation · Sep 6, 2023

Woodstock Festival: 50 mind-blowing facts about the original celebration of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll

The Woodstock Festival became part of rock'n'roll folklore as half a million hippies descended on a farm in upstate New York in 1969

Louder · Aug 15, 2023