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As a festival on the whole, I don’t have any problem with this lineup, and I just saw that Janelle Monáe and Boygenius are on the roster for Sunday, so now I must set an alert for ticket sales. The 1999's Woodstock had Korn and Dave Matthews Band (in addition to quite a few reported incidents of sexual assault), so this is a major upgrade.

But it does seem more like a standard corporate Coachella-type situation than the original Woodstock’s intended Summer of Love free-for-all, which probably captures the spirit of 2019 just right. Can’t wait to see the merch! $50 Woodstock 50 commemorative S’well bottles, anyone?

It’s also noteworthy that this is but one of two Woodstock concerts planned for this summer—there will also be an anniversary celebration at Woodstock’s original site in Bethel Woods, New York sometime in August, though no lineup or specific date has been announced yet.