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Anybody heard of another woodstock. U can go to wikipedia and it says there is going to be another one this year for FREE! I always check at woodstock.com and it has been saying under construction 4 a while. I hope it comes true!
"We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, movie gods, and rock stars. But we wont, and we're slowly learning that fact & we're very, very pissed off......."
RS says they are doing two shows in Berlin and New York and want some of the bands who played the original like Santana, The Who, and The Dead to play it.
-When I Hear My Name -Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground -Blue Orchid -Passive Manipulation -Red Rain -Death Letter -My Doorbell -Hotel Yorba -Same Boy You've Always Known -Lovesick -Little Ghost -We're Going to Be Friends -The Hardest Button to Button -Black Math -The Nurse -I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself
Encore: -Ball and Biscuit -Seven Nation Army -Screwdriver
RS says they are doing two shows in Berlin and New York and want some of the bands who played the original like Santana, The Who, and The Dead to play it.
funny you mention those three because they are rumored to play on CoS site. if this thing turns out like i think it might i might make my first trip to NYC.
Post by arlenefavreau1 on Mar 4, 2009 9:15:26 GMT -5
If it's back at yasgers farm I'm down cuz Rome sucked a$$ . Been to the two following the orriginal and corperate stock (pepsi) was deffinately better than the concrete slabstock (rome) .
Post by lordrockinhood on Mar 4, 2009 9:50:19 GMT -5
^^^ I didn't drink a single Pepsi all weekend and had one of the BEST times of my entire life! Whenever I drive past the site in Saugerties now I get a bit misty in the memories But yeah, the second I saw the evil one was on a former military base??? How decidedly UN-W'Stock can you get? You couldn't have paid me to go to that mess
Woodstock '99 was a case study in how NOT to run a festival. I think sometimes people take 'Roo's organization for granted. I had some friends that went and you couldn't get ANYTHING in, even water I was told. That tarnished the name of Woodstock.
Post by jackthesack on Mar 4, 2009 10:04:46 GMT -5
Woodstock 99 was a blast for me. Most of the people i ran across were having a great time. Sure the water was expensive but you were allowed to bring in anything but a grill...which we snuck in anyways. Bad shit happened but that is so far from the experience i had. anyways if it's free i'll be there this year
Post by arlenefavreau1 on Mar 4, 2009 10:48:09 GMT -5
No pepsi for me either and yes I was a "filthy mud bather" there . In Rome we got in what ever we wanted but the concrete slab was just to fu<(ing retarded .
Post by jackthesack on Mar 4, 2009 11:19:17 GMT -5
I think i enjoyed '99 because it was my first concert. I was 15 and went with what i'd call my 2nd family. Mom #2 along with 2 other adults took me and 7 of our closest friends. I enjoyed some corn for the first time ever. I just remember it being extremely hot but i didn't care...i felt great the whole time, didn't get sick and definitely have some crazy memories from it. I remember leaving after the chili peppers and there were fires everywhere. I didn't see much looting on the way to the car but found some really tasy lemonade.
White Denim - 8/13-14 Power of the Riff - 9/1-2 Bruce Springsteen - 9/19 & 9/21 Gonjasufi - 9/24 Jay Z - 10/4 Animal Collective - 10/5 Swans - 10/10 GWAR - 10/16 New Order - 10/18 Squarepusher - 11/1 Bassnectar - 11/18 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - 11/27 Bonnaroo 2013 - ???
Post by arlenefavreau1 on Mar 4, 2009 12:15:15 GMT -5
I guess everyone I went with and still hang arround with expected so much more from the Rome set because we also went to Saugerties and thourghly enjoyed ourselves . Rome just didn't feel right we went had as much fun as we could get away with . But it was no compairison to Saugerties . The mud slide , the rain , the mud bombing of Green Day a really fun time had by all.
Post by lordrockinhood on Mar 4, 2009 12:56:20 GMT -5
Yup, Michael Lang who did all 3 previous festys... I was wondering about the ticket issue as well, but there was something like 250,000 at '94 I think, maybe even more like 350,000... so I'm not sure ticket limits would really be an issue if they do it on a scale like that again
Post by neighborhooodcreep on Mar 4, 2009 13:11:47 GMT -5
Well being #2 on this list (NYC) it looks as if the likes of Santana, The Who and The Dead to play it I could easily see it exceeding that. BTW can you imagine that Rod Stewert show in Brazil? Crazy
TOP 10 ROCK CONCERTS OF ALL TIME BY ATTENDANCE:
1) Rod Stewart at Copacabana Beach - 3.5 million people It was December 31st, 1994 in Rio. It was New Years Eve, and the crowds were going ape shit. Rod Stewart didn’t have to ask “Do You Think I’m Sexy?” The atmosphere was drenched with sexual overtones and “savage” lust took the crowd by storm. Nudity, banging, drinking – you name it… Over 4,381 women gave birth during the concert. 6.5 millions of pounds of trash was left on the city streets.
2) New York Philharmonic in Central Park - 800,000 people The New York Philharmonic orchestra has a long tradition of offering its music to people worldwide. In New York City's Central Park on July 5th, 1986, nearly a million snobs showed – many wearing ascots on an already humid evening. Gang members who tried to rob members of the crowd were “ignored” by their affluent targets. “We’re just better than them,” said Ian Forbes. "I’m not giving some gutter-trash my Rolex.”
3) Garth Brooks in Central Park - 750,000 people Who would’ a thunk a country star could pull in such a crowd? On August 7th, 1997 the 10-gallon hat wearing retard Garth Brooks did just that. He took to the stage wearing his brand-new blue jeans pulled up to just inches below his nipples. His 30-gallon ass shook to the beat of such classics as “Friends in Low Places,” “The Dance” and – Billy Joel’s “Shameless.” Joel even took to the stage slurring his way through the song. For and encore Brooks and his bass player lassoed and roped three homeless men from the audience –they then forced the three men to “line-dance” onstage to the crowds wild cheers!
4) Steve Wozniak's 1983 US Festival - 670,000 people Steve Wozniak is one of the co-founders of Apple Computers. In 1983, he held the “US Festival” from May 28th to May 30th, in Devore, California. This was his way of trying to show his enemy Bill Gates that he was “the real businessman!” All the greatest performers of the era were there such as Flock of Seagulls, Willie Nelson, Motley Crue, Hank Williams Jr., Wall of Voodoo, Scorpions, INXS, U2, Stevie Nicks, Van Halen, and David Bowie. Wozniak needed 800,000 people to break even – meaning, the whole event was a financial disaster. “He lost his pants on that one big time,” said a triumphant Bill Gates. A drunk Vince Neil of Motley crew reportedly drove a Wozniak’s custom gold cart off the stage, breaking Stevie Nicks’ right leg in the process.
5) Summer Jam at Watkins Glen - over 600,132 people A huge hippy concert called Summer Jam was organized and held on July 28th, 1973 at the Grand Prix auto circuit in Watkins Glen, New York. Although tickets were available for purchase, a dirty hippy named Artie Wilson spread a rumor that “this jam is free!” So that being said, every stinking, bearded, draft-dodging, toothless loser from coast to coast headed to Watkins Glen. The Grateful Dead opened the show by playing for five hours – with two of those hours being a freaking drum solo. The Allman Brothers, and the Band also played for hours on end. There were naked chicks everywhere. Gregg Allman allegedly fathered three children at the show. The best part, however, was when a dirty hippy decided to make a grand entrance by parachuting into the show. He jumped from the plane holding a stick of lit dynamite that he tossed as he jumped. He thought the boom would make people look up. He forgot that the dynamite fell at the same rate of speed – right next to him. It blew him to bits and showered the crowd with “shredded hippy parts!” Good times indeed.
6) Isle of Wight Festival - 600,000 people In 1970, Woodstock was still fresh on everyone's mind and everybody wanted to jump on the bandwagon. The Isle of Wight Festival is to this day the biggest concert ever held in the United Kingdom. Although tickets were sold for the event, the area where it was held was overlooked by a hill. In short - anyone who wanted to come without paying had a terrific view of the show from this knoll. The promoter came onstage every other hour asking for money and yelling at the kids – and it was all caught on film. Hippy greed had spread overseas… The festival attracted acts like The Who, Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis, Jethro Tull, The Doors, Leonard Cohen, Joan Baez, and Jimi Hendrix - his last performance, as he died shortly after.
7) Simon & Garfunkel in Central Park - 500,000 people It was on September 19th, 1981 that Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel reunited for the second time after their initial breakup. Never doing things at “half” measure, they performed in New York's Central Park and drew a crowd of 500,000 yuppies and tunnel trash. The front of the stage featured a three foot high wooden lip that obscured the fact that Simon was standing on a foot-tall crate that made him seem “less tiny” next to his towering afro-clad partner Garfunkel. The “sounds of silence” were interrupted by a the sounds of “a gang of wilding youths who were raping a Central Park groundskeeper.” Simon laughed it off, telling the crowd not to worry – “it’ll all work out, man.” They broke into “Feeling Groovy” as an ambulance drove the victim’s lifeless body away, and ironically, across the 57th Street Bridge.
8) Toronto SARS Benefit - 450,000 people In 2003, a new disease called SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) swept through Asia and the city of Toronto, Canada. The disease took its toll on tourism and hence the Canadian metropolis' economy, so city officials decided to put together a “benefit concert” on July 30th, 2003, to “make people less afraid of Canadians.” The Canadian band Rush played its “2112” album in it’s entirety. “It’s our open love letter to people who suffer from dyslexia,” said Geddy Lee. The crowd went nuts. The Rolling Stones, AC/DC and Justin Timberlake also performed. However, the Canucks didn’t like Timberlake and drunken fans chased him from the stage. Surrounded, the guards looked the other way as three men forced Timberlake to strip and write: “I AM A WIGGER” across his chest. Otherwise, the show was great.
9) Woodstock 1969 - 400,000 people What do you get when you mix a hundred thousand dirty losers with a puddle of mud? Answer: the stench of two hundred thousand armpits! Now add ten pounds of pot, 20,000 hits of LSD, 6 hippies with cameras, four 100-watt speakers, a stage built by chipmunks, and 30 marginal bands - (excluding "The Who.") Answer: You get "Woodstock!" The greatest scam since Enron or the Moon Landing. The newspapers reported "nearly half a million people in attendance." Who was counting the crowd? Probably the same guy who turned 15,000 knuckleheads into the "Million Man March"? The filmed version opens with fifteen minutes of Richie Havens changing a guitar string! Richie was nice enough to bring his guitar but forgot to bring his teeth - or any talent! Don't believe me? Watch the tape! This eventually segways into another dentally challenged loser named Alvin Lee, who sings a song called, ironically, "I'm Going Home"... for about forty-five minutes. Hey, if I'm going home it only takes about three! Quick: Name one band from Woodstock that hasn't broken into your car and stolen your Blaupunk for crack money! Bottom line: Here's the true test - Reach up and feel your biteplate. Do you have all your teeth? If you do, then you probably weren't at Woodstock. Now, for those of you missing teeth..."WHOSE FUCKING HOUSE DID YOU BREAK INTO SO THAT YOU COULD SNEAK ON THE INTERNET!... As for The Who, it was Pete Townsend who was cool enough to beat a dirty hippie over the head with his guitar during their set. Watch this movie if you don't believe me! You know what? I can't talk about this anymore. I'm starting to feel... dirty.
10) Blockbuster RockFest 1997 - 385,000 people On June 21st, 1997, the TBA Entertainment Corporation decided that what Fort Worth, Texas needed was a major rock concert to cap off a record spree of prisoner executions. Approximately 385,000 fans bought tickets and showed up to enjoy this music-filled day and to celebrate capital punishment. Held at the Texas Motor Speedway, which is usually reserved for auto racing, the Blockbuster RockFest featured 16 of the hottest performers of the era including No Doubt, Collective Soul, Matchbox Twenty, Bush, Jewel, the Wallflowers, and Counting Crows. Gwen Stefani of “No Doubt” told the rowdy crowd that she had “no doubt that the people on death row deserve to be there. Otherwise, why are they there!” The band dedicated “Don’t Speak” to the “ACLU and any other mother fucking pussy organization!”
Post by lordrockinhood on Mar 4, 2009 13:33:25 GMT -5
That Rod Stewart thing is INTENSE
Over 4,381 women gave birth during the concert
^^^ This right here says it ALL, I mean... to compare...
"With a 2007 population of 1,620,867[1] living in a land area of 22.96 square miles (59.47 km²), Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most densely populated county in the United States"
Post by neighborhooodcreep on Mar 4, 2009 13:36:48 GMT -5
NYC is the most densely populated major city in the United States, with an estimated 8,274,527 people occupying just under 305 square miles (790 km2). The New York metropolitan area's population is also the nation's highest, estimated at 18,815,988 people over 6,720 square miles (17,400 km2)
Post by lordrockinhood on Mar 4, 2009 14:27:44 GMT -5
^^Found this on Wiki, which would land it somewhere between #2----#5
"attendance, the maximum amount of people believed to be watching Live 8 on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at a given time, is estimated to have been between 600,000 and 800,000."
^^Found this on Wiki, which would land it somewhere between #2----#5
"attendance, the maximum amount of people believed to be watching Live 8 on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at a given time, is estimated to have been between 600,000 and 800,000."
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