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Article: FAR OUT FACTS ABOUT WOODSTOCK; Next week it will be 40 years since the beatniks, hippies and a Who's Who of rock legends put on the greatest free show the world has ever seen Were they stardust? Were they golden? Spencer Bright reveals ...(Features)
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- Daily Mail (London)
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- August 7, 2009
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WOODSTOCK, the most famous music festival in rock 'n' roll history, took place 40 years ago on August 15-18, 1969. To celebrate, here are 40 things you didn't know about it...
1. BEATNIKS, hippies, flower children and rock legends gathered together not in Woodstock, but in the little town of Bethel, rural New York State.
2. THE idea for the festival came from band manager Michael Lang and Artie Kornfeld, a songwriter turned record company executive. They wanted to raise money to build a recording studio in Woodstock, upstate New York, a haven for artists including Bob Dylan, The Band and Van Morrison.
3. THE only Irish musician to play at ...