Soon after the summer of 1999, Fritz's Polka Band of Verona adopted the phrase "only polka band to play a Woodstock festival" on the band's letterhead. Good move. Leader Fritz Scherz believes that's ...

Riots erupted, with festivalgoers looting vendor booths, destroying property, and setting numerous fires. The damage was extensive: approximately 12 trailers, a small bus, and multiple booths and ...

I was 25 when I landed my first record deal. I had spent years paying my dues as a musician, playing bars in Hollywood while working as a club promoter and living in a cheap apartment in a dangerous ...

Summer arrived in 1999 with bold promises of nostalgia. Organizers Michael Lang and John Scher planned to resurrect the magic of 1969, marking thirty years since half a million gathered for three days ...

The lineup for Woodstock was legendary. Some of the best known artists of the era and in history graced the stage at the four-day festival. Here's a look at some of the bands that were there, and what ...

Bill Simmons' new 'Music Box' documentary anthology kicks off on HBO with a look at the fiasco of feces-flooded fields, pent-up anger and unreported sexual assault that was the 1999 Woodstock Festival ...

Woodstock 1999 was probably the worst music festival of all time (outside of Fyre Fest, of course), with aggro performances by Limp Bizkit, Kid Rock, and Insane Clown Posse igniting riots that curdled ...