#Woodstock50 #MusicFestival #Peace #Love #Music by Mary Louise Kelly Mallory Yu It's been 50 years since Woodstock Music & Arts Festival. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of three days of peace, love, and music, Woodstock 50 will take place this Aug. 16–18, 2019 in Watkins Glen, N.Y. Festival co-founder Michael Lang has announced the official lineup for the anniversary festival with Jay-Z , Dead & Company and The Killers as headliners. Rounding out the list of performers are Miley Cyrus, Imagine Dragons, The Black Keys and Chance The Rapper as well as acts like Santana who performed at the seminal fest five decades ago. But what makes this 50th-anniversary lineup special among a saturated field of music festivals this? "They're trying to recreate the magic and some of the cultural dominance that the original Woodstock did," NPR Music's Stephen Thompson says, noting that organizers are not only working in...
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