In case you were planning on celebrating the 40th anniversary of Woodstock (or, uh, the 10th anniversary of Woodstock ’99) in New York’s Prospect Park this August, you may want to alter your calendar: Promoter Michael Lang has nixed plans for the show, thanks to the one-two punch of no money and no sponsors. (The concert was going to cost—hold on to your hats—between $8 million and $10 million.) Anyway, something tells me that the world’s supply of overheated Boomer nostalgia won’t exactly be drained by this cancellation, y’know? [RS]
Failure to whip up frenzy and cash in on nostalgia. It’s best to go out on top and leave it at that. I’d be more impressed if he came up with something altogether new and different that didn’t namedrop the past.