In July 1999, the legendary Woodstock festival returned –– this time at a former air force base in Rome, New York. Acts like James Brown, Jewel, Korn, Sheryl Crow, Rage Against the Machine, Limp Bizkit and dozens more played the three-day festival, which was marked by a heavy corporate presence, high temperatures and increasingly unsanitary conditions.
As the morale of the crowd deteriorated, destruction, looting and sexual violence ensued — and tainted the name of the festival. The three-part series Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99 explores what went wrong on the festival’s 30th anniversary.
Warning: This series features sexual violence, drug use and nudity.
Watch the series trailer here.
Singer-songwriter Jewel, Korn frontman Jonathan Davis, Bush lead singer Gavin Rossdale, musician Fatboy Slim, late Woodstock co-founder Michael Lang and others discuss what happened on that fateful weekend. Learn more about the interviewees.
Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99 premieres Aug. 3.
The docuseries gives an in-depth and nostalgic look back at the tumultuous Woodstock ’99 — from its roots in Woodstock ’69, and the peace-and-love ethos organizers intended to bring back 30 years later, to the missteps that led to its chaotic end. The execs who funded the festival, the artists who played it and the concert-goers and crew who experienced it discuss how the multimillion-dollar event went up in flames.
Woodstock ’99 took place at the 3,600-acre former Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, New York, 140 miles from the original Woodstock ’69 location in Bethel.
