Updated: Lang denies Woodstock 50 cancellation
“Woodstock never belonged to Dentsu, so they don’t have a right to cancel it”: Lang hits back following the supposed cancellation of Woodstock 50 by its primary investor
News By | 1 May 2019
Michael Lang, Woodstock 1969 co-founder and the organiser of the Woodstock 50 anniversary event, has said the event will not “be derailed by shortsighted partners”, after its investor announced it was withdrawing support and cancelling the event, as reported by IQ yesterday.
The investor, an arm of Japanese advertising giant Dentsu, released the statement yesterday (Monday 29 April), stating it was cancelling the event.
However, Lang has a different story to tell. The Woodstock 50 organiser says the announcement came as a surprise and states that the investor does “not have the right to unilaterally cancel the festival.”
Lang released a detailed statement in which he parallels present difficulties with those experienced when organising the original Woodstock in 1969.
“It seems in a way that history is repeating itself,” writes…
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