Netflix Confirms Woodstock ‘99 Documentary Is In The Works!
Woodstock 99 Documentary is coming to Netflix very soon…
You already know most of the story about Woodstock ‘99. Well, apparently there’s more to it that has been documented and not been shared until now. That’s why, Netflix just confirmed that they are producing a brand new docuseries about everything that happened during the festival.
According to Deadline, Netflix is developing a docuseries on Woodstock ’99 produced by Raw, the company behind prior Netflix docs Don’t F**k With Cats and Fear City: New York vs. The Mafia, as well as BBH Entertainment, which produced last year’s Depeche Mode documentary and concert film Spirits In The Forest. The new film will reportedly feature previously unseen footage and interviews and will be “featuring unseen archive footage and intimate testimony from people behind the scenes, on the stages and in the crowds, the series aims at telling the untold story of a landmark musical moment that shaped the cultural landscape for a generation.”
In 1969, the first edition of the legendary Woodstock festival took place in the United States, one that can be considered as the “father” of music festivals at all times.
After the great success of the event, new editions came later to try to reproduce the vibe of Peace, Love & Rock And Roll, and while the festival of 1994 went well, unfortunately we cannot say the same of the 1999 edition, which celebrated exactly 30 years. years of the original.
Woodstock 99 took place between the 22nd and 25th of July, 19 years ago, and rolled once again in a city in the interior of the state of New York, but moved to Rome later on. With extensive media coverage, mainly from MTV that broadcast the entire event.
The Woodstock 99 lineup featured legendary bands and others that were at their peak in the late 1990s.
Among them were names like Limp Bizkit, Megadeth, Red Hot Chili Peppers, KoRn, The Offspring, Rage Against The Machine, Metallica, Elvis Costello, Willie Nelson, The Brian Setzer Orchestra and more.
Watch Limp Bizkit’s full Woodstock ‘99 set below
Woodstock 99 was one of the most memorable and controversial festivals of all time…
Woodstock is one of the unavoidable events in the musical history of the United States. Its first edition, in 1969, marked the peak of the American counterculture in a celebration of peace, love, drugs and rock'n'roll. In 1999, 30 years after the original edition, an attempt was made to imitate the aura of the distinguished '69 festival, but nothing went well. The disastrous Woodstock 99 will be the subject of a new documentary produced by Netflix.
On the line-up of the Woodstock 99 edition, which took place between 22 and 25 July 1969, in Rome, New York, there were names like Red Hot Chili Peppers, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Metallica, Elvis Costello, Metallica, Jamiroquai and Alanis Morisette. Everything seemed to go well, but no one was prepared for the chaos that ensued during the three days of the festival. Between 225 and 250 thousand festival-goers bought tickets to the event. Sanitary conditions were poor, water was scarce and the absurd prices of food sold at the festival angered the public. Some call it the Fyre Festival of the late ‘90s.
The tragic events culminated in a fire during a performance by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The festival organization distributed candles to create an atmosphere of vigil during the song “Under the Bridge” but the crowd, furious with the festival organization, used water bottles as fuel to fuel fires during the performance.
Watch Red Hot Chili Pepper’s performance of “Under The Bridge” below:
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