Fifty-odd years ago, Michael Lang, Artie Kornfeld, Joel Rosenman, and John P. Roberts put on what has come to be arguably the best-known music festival of all time: the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Advertised as three days of peace and music, the event attracted some 400,000 attendees...
The theater industry hopes Swift reinvigorates the concert genre, which blossomed in the 1960s and 1970s with films like "Monterey Pop," "Woodstock" and "The Last Waltz." And while movies can't fully replicate the experience of attending a concert, cinema tickets are a lot cheaper. Tickets...
Appearing for the first time with backing musicians, rather than as a solo acoustic act, Mitchell presented a career-spanning set that included the hit version of "Big Yellow Taxi" and a smart reworking of "Woodstock," which by then had become a hippie-rock standard. King Crimson, 'USA' ...
Frampton's first solo album wasn't exactly what fans expected from the former Humble Pie guitarist. For one thing, many of 'Wind of Change''s songs are acoustic, meaning the flashy guitar pyrotechnics were kept to a minimum. Plus, the tracks emphasized melodies over riffs – another differen...
Following the cancelation of Woodstock 50, where the band were set to appear, FEVER 333 announced they were putting on an alternative event, ‘Wouldstock’, that would allow each band on the bill to use their platform to promote a charitable cause. Five Finger Death Punch Better Noise ...
Matthew Kahut: Absolutely. So, when you think about… I’ll go traditional here, when you think about, let’s cast our minds back 50 years, it’s the anniversary of Woodstock here. Think about hippies looking at the establishment, back in the 1960s. And this is on the backdrop of ...
A whopping 1.3 million New Jerseyans lost power during the storm. A wide range of serious impacts, for both coastal and inland NJ. While Sandy (2012) brought historic storm surge and tidal flooding, Irene (2011) and Floyd (1999) were primarily characterized by inland, freshwater flooding....
The Category 3 hurricane brought strong storm surges of up to 15 feet, wind damage, and inland flooding, and spawned at least 92 tornadoes. At least 119 people were killed, but most of the deaths came as 3.7 million Texans attempted to evacuate, causing a huge traffic jam--some stranded ...
This was the ceremony regalia present at the coronation of George V in 1910, all of which is on display at the Tower of London when not in use. Some of these objects were expected to appear again at coronation of Charles III. Objects included are the Imperial Crown, the Crown of St. ...
13, 1971, as an expected continuation of their working relationship with Apple. Sessions began – and were all but completed — with Beatles producer Geoff Emerick at Abbey Road studios in London, but the tapes were rejected after the label insisted Badfinger try for a more polished sound....