By Jed Gottlieb | PUBLISHED: January 1, 2019 at 4:14 pm | UPDATED: January 2, 2019 at 4:53 am No one will ever pull off another Woodstock. Probably because no one could pull off the first one: The legendary 1969 hippie extravaganza made history without making a profit for promoters who struggled to keep the chaos organized and the performers from being electrocuted during downpours. Of course Woodstock’s mixed bag of a legacy has never stopped concert organizers from trying to rekindle the magic, or at least conjure up a pile of profits. Last week, the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, 100 miles north of New York City, announced a three-day festival (Aug. 16-18) of “music, culture and community” to celebrate “the golden anniversary at the historic site of the 1969 Woodstock festival.” No performers have been announced, but music fans should expect a handful of the biggest names they can imagine. With Live Nation, the world’s largest concert … [Read more...] about Trying to make lightning strike twice at Woodstock, 50 years on
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Woodstock’s 50th anniversary festival will be held at the original site
A celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the famed Woodstock Music and Art Festival will be held in August 2019 on the event’s original site. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts announced a three-day celebration of the legendary festival on the same Sullivan County, New York farmland where hundreds of thousands gathered from August 15 to 18 in 1969. The celebration will be held from August 16 to 18, 2019 and feature live music in addition to technology-oriented talks. The 50th anniversary of the famed Woodstock Music and Art Festival will be celebrated in August 2019 on the event’s original site. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts announced a three-day celebration of the legendary festival on the same Sullivan County, New York farmland where hundreds of thousands gathered from August 15 to 18 in 1969. The “Bethel Woods Music and Culture Festival” will be held from August 16 to 18, 2019. The event is described by the center as a “pan-generational … [Read more...] about Woodstock’s 50th anniversary festival will be held at the original site
Christian Bale gains weight for hefty role in ‘Vice’
By Stephen Schaefer | PUBLISHED: December 24, 2018 at 1:45 am | UPDATED: December 24, 2018 at 4:52 am LOS ANGELES — Christian Bale gained 45 pounds to play a chubby Vice President Dick Cheney to Sam Rockwell’s W in “Vice,” Adam McKay’s full-frontal expose of the enigmatic Republican. Sitting comfortably on a couch in a Four Seasons Hotel suite, the 44-year-old Oscar winner gently patted his protruding tummy and smiled. “This is not your average biopic. It’s Adam McKay” — his “The Big Short” scored an Oscar nomination for Bale — “and I never would have done it except for Adam. He was crazy for asking me but through the script I saw how this could be made to work.” Bale previously transformed his body for the 2004 “The Mechanic,” losing 63 pounds. Within six months he was 100 pounds heavier for “Batman.” How many more times can he do this? “I don’t know, man. I’m … [Read more...] about Christian Bale gains weight for hefty role in ‘Vice’
17 cool last-minute gifts for the music lover in your life
Connie Chen, provided by Published 6:00 pm CST, Monday, December 17, 2018 The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. Most of us listen to music in some capacity and can say we like it. But there are the people who just listen casually to whatever happens to be on the radio, and then there are the people who spend hours carefully curating playlists, filling their calendars with concerts to attend, and even playing music themselves. This gift guide is for the latter group, who argue that they don't just like music, they love it. To fuel their passion, you can gift something that elevates the listening experience, teaches them something new about music, or puts them right in front of their favorite singer. Shop these 17 gifts for music lovers below. Looking for more gift ideas?Check out all of Insider Picks' holiday gift guides for 2018 here. A … [Read more...] about 17 cool last-minute gifts for the music lover in your life
Perfect gifts for the die-hard music fan
By Jed Gottlieb | PUBLISHED: December 15, 2018 at 1:29 am | UPDATED: December 15, 2018 at 6:37 am Let’s take a deep dive into a sound, an album, an artist, a year. Here are five box sets for the obsessive music fan (is there another kind?) on your list. Yes, they want those the complete collection packages, too, but they also want to discover those lost cuts, exclusive live tracks, and sonic left turns. “Stax ’68: A Memphis Story,” $49 No set has confounded and astounded me like this five-disc box featuring every single (both A- and B-side) from the legendary soul label and its subsidiaries from 1968. The year gave us immortal works (“The Dock of the Bay,” Sam & Dave’s “I Thank You”) but check out the Bar-Kays trippy take on “A Hard Day’s Night,” Albert King doing Jimi Hendrix and old-school jump blues on “Night Stomp,” and a mashup of early heavy metal, proto-punk and British invasion from the … [Read more...] about Perfect gifts for the die-hard music fan