Cyrus Langhorne
Music mogul JAY-Z and Chance The Rapper are set to make summer even hotter. The duo are expected to headline the upcoming Woodstock 50 festival in New York State.
According to reports, Young Hov, Chance and a few other artists are going to dominate the mid-August event.
Jay-Z, Dead & Co., Black Keys and Chance the Rapper are among the headliners — with two out of three nights speaking to hip-hop’s dominance 50 years after the 1969 event. Also slated to take part in the festival (all subject to change before anything is made official): The Raconteurs, Imagine Dragons, Run the Jewels, Gary Clark Jr., Cage the Elephant, the Killers, Greta Van Fleet, Margo Price, Sturgill Simpson, Portugal the Man, Dawes, the Lumineers, Bishop Briggs, Pussy Riot, Courtney Barnett and Dorothy. Halsey, Miley Cyrus, Janelle Monae and Kacey Musgraves are also said to be finalizing their commitments. (Variety)
This week, reports emerged about artists getting paid to perform at the Watkins Glen, New York multi-day festival.
Sources tell Billboard that payment had gone out a few days later than orginally planned as financial backer Dentsu, a Japanese advertisting congolmerate, worked through attendance issues at the site in upstate New York. Woodstock 50 is expected to draw 100,000 fans for the event produced by Michael Lang, co-founder of the original 1969 Woodstock festival and co-owner of Woodstock Ventures, which manages the iconic festival’s intellectual property. (Billboard)
Barring any changes, the highly-anticipated event will go down August 16.
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