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Woodstock 50 Promoter Claims Former Funders Drained $17 Million From Festival

Michael Lang, one of the founders of the original Woodstock and the promoter behind the tentative 2019 event, accused his former investor, Dentsu Aegis Network, of taking the money improperly.
Michael Lang in New York City this March, at a press event announcing the planned artist lineup for the Woodstock 50 music festival.

Acrimony continues to grow between the promoters and the former investors of Woodstock 50. Whether the music festival, planned for this summer to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the original Woodstock, will even happen remains in question — but in the meantime, the event's main showrunner has lobbed serious claims against his onetime financial

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