Michael Lang, Producer of the “Woodstock” Festival Series, Has Died


According to a published report, Michael Lang, the legendary concert promoter, producer and artistic manager who produced the original Woodstock Music Art Festival, the pinnicle music event of the 1960s in 1969, died Saturday night, January 8th, 2022. He was 77 years old. Lang died of complications from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at Sloan Kettering hospital in New York City, a representative said. Lang also produced many other festivals and concerts including the successful sequel to Woodstock, Woodstock 1994, and its much maligned third edition, Woodstock 1999.He has produced albums for and managed dozens of acts, including Billy Joel, Joe Cocker and Rickie Lee Jones. Lang is survived by wife Tamara and his five children, Shala, Lariann, Molly, Harry and Laszlo. RIP.Continue reading


Plans For Woodstock’s 50th Anniversary Event


Bethel Woods Center For The Arts (BWCA), a non-profit cultural center located at the historic site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival in Bethel, New York, Live Nation, and INVNT, a global live brand storytelling agency, have announced Bethel Woods Music And Culture Festival: celebrating the golden anniversary at the historic site of the 1969 Woodstock festival. Taking place August 16-18, 2019 and held at BWCA just 90 minutes from New York City, the event is the successor to the original Woodstock in 1969, Woodstock 94, and Woodstock 99. Woodstock 99 had headliners such as Metallica, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Alanis Morisette, Megadeth, and dozens of other bands across rock and heavy metal genres. Continue reading