John Scher: Last News

Michael Lang, one of the co-creators of the legendary Woodstock Music & Arts festival series, has died at 77 of a rare form of non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York City, according to his publicist.

HBO Max documentary Woodstock 99: Peace, Love and Rage has been released – you can watch the chaotic clip below.The film is part of the network’s new Music Box documentary series, which is being produced by Bill Simmons.Woodstock 99: Peace, Love and Rage, which was directed by Garret Price, looks back at the ill-fated 1999 edition of Woodstock, which was held on a remote former Air Force Base in upstate New York.The documentary includes interviews with Woodstock organisers Michael Lang and John Scher, as well as with musicians such as Moby, The Roots’ Black Thought, Korn’s Jonathan Davis and members of The Offspring.“How did an iconic celebration of harmony descend into mayhem?” a brief synopsis for the film asks.