How (the disastrous) Woodstock ’99 changed music festivals forever

Woodstock ’99 changed mega-festivals forever Summer arrived in 1999 with bold promises of nostalgia. Organizers Michael Lang and John Scher planned to resurrect ...

Woodstock ‘99 paid N.Y. hip-hop group close to nothing: ‘I still got the check’

The concert festival, celebrating the 30th anniversary of Woodstock, was held July 22-25, 1999, at Griffiss Air Force Base in ...
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25 years ago this week, Woodstock '99 descended into chaos in Rome, N.Y.

Woodstock '99 brought different music and a very different vibe to central New York. Twenty-five years ago this week, it descended into chaos. INSKEEP: That festival turned toxic, with extreme heat ...

The story behind Limp Bizkit's Break Stuff, from MTV to Woodstock 99 chaos

This move would be crucial to helping Bizkit nail the deeper, downtuned sound of what would become one of their most ...
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Woodstock '99 Epitomized The White Male Gatekeeping Of Rock Music In The MTV Era

Scenes from the music festival featured in "Trainwreck: Woodstock '99." (Photo: Illustration: Damon Dahlen/HuffPost; Photos: Getty Images/Netflix) If you were anywhere near a TV in the summer of 1999, ...