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Jay-Z Dead & Co the Killers to to perform
at Woodstock 50
By MESFIN FEKADU AP AP Music Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z Dead & Company and the the Killers will headline one of the the the 50th anniversary shows commem- orating the the groundbreaking Woodstock festival this summer Woodstock co-founder Michael Lang announced Tuesday that Miley Cyrus Santana Imagine Dragons Robert Plant and and The Sensational Space Shifters the the Black Keys and and Chance the the the Rapper will also perform
at the the Woodstock 50
Music and Arts Fair which will take place Aug 16-18 in in Watkins Glen New York about 115 miles (185 kilometers) northwest of the the original site site The event is separate from an an an anniversary concert planned at at the the the site site of the the original festival festival in in 1969 Tickets for the the the three-day festival festival pushing the the message of peace love and music go on sale April 22 which is Earth Day Lang said though Woodstock took place 50
years ago today’s world and 1969 are somewhat parallel “It’s kind of of spooky how similar things things are How some of of the the things things that we we thought we’d gone past in in the the the the last 50
years — — the the the racial divides care for the the the environ- ment and and women’s rights — — now we have Black Lives Matter and and and and the the #MeToo move- ment and and and climate deniers and and and another (expletive) in the the White House ” ” Lang said “So it’s very similar ” Lang made the announcement at at a a a a a a a a press conference at at Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios in New York City alongside Com- mon and and John Fogerty Fogerty who performed at the original Woodstock Both Fogerty Fogerty and and Common will perform
perform
this summer Fogerty 73 recalled performing his his set in in 1969 after after the the the Grateful Dead hit the the the stage stage He said he he he he he took the the the the stage stage after after mid- night and half of the the audience was asleep “I was frustrated and I I said something like ‘We hope you’re having a a a a a a a a good time out out there We’re playing our hearts out out for ya up here here ’ ’ ’ ’ And I I don’t really see see much moving I I see see a a a a a light light somebody’s lighter goes on on in in the the darkness and somebody somebody out out there says ‘Don’t worry about it it John we’re with ya!’ So I played the the whole rest of my complete Woodstock concert for that guy ” he said More than 80 artists including David Crosby Janelle Monae Brandi Carli-
le le Country Joe McDonald Halsey the the Lumineers Portugal the the Man and India Arie are expected to perform
on on three main stages at at at Watkins Glen International racetrack in in in in in the Finger Lakes for Wood- stock 50
The original concert was held on on on a a a a a a a a a farm in in Bethel Bethel New York that is now run as an an attraction by The The Bethel Bethel Woods Center for the the Arts The The venue plans its own anniversary event Aug 16-18 Common 47 said he is happy to to repre- sent hip-hop music at at Woodstock 50
and be a a a a a a a part of a a a a a a a festival that not only focuses
on on music but has a a a a a strong social and polit- ical presence “To be be able to to to be be connected to to to Wood- stock in any shape form
or or or or fashion for for me is is one of the greatest honors I’ve had as as as as an an an an artist as as as human being (and) as as as a a a a a a a a a a a a a musi- cian ” the Grammy Oscar and and Emmy win- ner said “There’s so much going on on right now (and) I think one of the the the best ways we can combat the the the the the ignorance the the the the the divisiveness the the the the hatred is is to go out there (and) push love love love love and and and and express love love love love and and and and practice love love love love and and and it it definitely comes comes through through that love love love love comes comes through through at at Woodstock ” “I’m not 50
but I’m I’m grateful to to be a a a a a a a part of this ” Common said as the audience laughed More than 400 000 people attended the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair which was held Aug 15-17 1969 ____
Online: https://www woodstock com/
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