Woodstock '99

Michael Lang, one of the organizers of the original Woodstock festival and Woodstock '94, agreed to partner with New Jersey concert promoter John Scher for a thirtieth anniversary festival. A third Woodstock festival was considered a risky proposition after a rain squall at Woodstock '94 (later sardonically dubbed "Mudstock") led gatecrashers to breach fences and attendees to throw mud at each other and the performers, leading to a large financial loss and negative press coverage.{{cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/woodstock-94/|title=When Woodstock '94 Offered Music, Moshing, Mud ... and Bob Dylan|first=Frank|last=Mastropolo|date=August 12, 2015|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|access-date=June 20, 2023}}{{cite AV media |title=Trainwreck: Woodstock '99 |date=August 3, 2022 |type=Motion picture |publisher=Netflix |people=Crawford, Jamie (director)}} Lang and Scher began organizing plans for the festival in the fall of 1998. Scher quickly began scouting for multiple high-profile acts of the time to draw media and popular attention.{{cite web |title=Whatever Happened To Woodstock '99 Organizer John Scher? |url=https://www.grunge.com/953608/whatever-happened-to-woodstock-99-organizer-john-scher/|date=August 4, 2022 |website=Grunge |access-date=June 20, 2023}} Rome mayor Joseph Griffo received Lang's proposal for the festival and approved it in an effort to revitalize the area and attract funding, holding a press conference with Hillary Clinton to announce the festival once the venue was secured.{{cite news |last=Zielbauer |first=Paul |date=July 12, 1999 |title=The Way to Woodstock? Look for the B-52; Concert Organizers Try to Rekindle Spirit of '69 on a Closed Air Force Base |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/12/nyregion/way-woodstock-look-for-b-52-concert-organizers-try-rekindle-spirit-69-closed-air.html |access-date=February 18, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}

Organizers had planned to hold a European leg of the festival in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, on the weekend prior to the festival in Rome.{{cite web |title=Woodstock '99 Set For Europe |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/rwybi5/woodstock-99-set-for-europe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808202601/https://www.mtv.com/news/rwybi5/woodstock-99-set-for-europe |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 8, 2022 |website=www.MTV.com}} This version of the festival was ultimately cancelled; Lang stated that more time than available was required in order to be able to hold a safe event.{{cite web |title=Woodstock '99 cancelled |url=https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/kultur/klassik/371239_Woodstock-99-abgesagt.html |website=www.wienerzeitung.at |date=March 25, 1999}}

Many of the high-profile acts such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, DMX, Limp Bizkit, Korn, Alanis Morissette, Bush, Kid Rock, and Creed were popular or rising artists of the era. While no acts that performed at the original Woodstock festival took the stage at Woodstock 1999, two individuals did; John Entwistle of the Who performed a solo set and Mickey Hart (drummer of the Grateful Dead) played with his band Planet Drum. Jeff Beck was scheduled to perform but had to cancel due to a "scheduling conflict". He had been scheduled to perform at the original Woodstock festival; however, his band the Jeff Beck Group broke up the previous week.{{cite web |title=Woodstock To Go On Without Jeff Beck (Again) |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1425645/woodstock-go-on-without-jeff-beck-again.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219090310/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1425645/woodstock-go-on-without-jeff-beck-again.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 19, 2013 |access-date=December 17, 2013 |work=MTV News |publisher=MTV}} Although the Doors rejected an offer to play at the first Woodstock, their guitarist Robby Krieger was a surprise addition to Creed's set, performing the Doors' "Roadhouse Blues" with the group. Only five acts on the bill (Collective Soul, Live, Metallica, Sheryl Crow, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers) had performed at Woodstock '94. Korn frontman Jonathan Davis recalled that management group the Firm, Inc. rented a Boeing 737 for his band, Limp Bizkit, and Ice Cube to fly all three artists from Southern California to Syracuse for the festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55eIKOib4Aw|title=Jonathan Davis Reflects on MADNESS at Woodstock '99 | Wild Ride! Clips|date=October 31, 2020 |access-date=June 20, 2023|via=www.youtube.com}}

Marilyn Manson and Hole were initially reported to be on the bill but both later withdrew. Manson was suspected to have cancelled due to his dislike for other acts on the bill such as Insane Clown Posse and Limp Bizkit, although he later stated he refused the bill due to his band not being offered a prime time slot.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/woodstock-99-line-up-takes-shape-119576/|title=Woodstock '99 Line-Up Takes Shape|first=Blair R.|last=Fischer|magazine=Rolling Stone |date=April 2, 1999|access-date=June 20, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/3y8v4z/manson-alanis-offspring-metallica-more-sign-on-for-woodstock|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524230720/https://www.mtv.com/news/3y8v4z/manson-alanis-offspring-metallica-more-sign-on-for-woodstock|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 24, 2023|title=Manson, Alanis, Offspring, Metallica, More Sign On For Woodstock|publisher=MTV|access-date=June 20, 2023}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/shock-rock-1999-last-stand-8506912/|title='Attention All Parents': Shock-Rock's Last Stand at the End of the Millennium|magazine=Billboard |date=April 12, 2019|access-date=June 20, 2023}} Hole were unable to perform due to conflicting tour dates in addition to personal tensions between Courtney Love and Dave Grohl.{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/lexwfa/hole-announce-us-headlining-tour-dates|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524231019/https://www.mtv.com/news/lexwfa/hole-announce-us-headlining-tour-dates|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 24, 2023|title=Hole Announce U.S. Headlining Tour Dates|publisher=MTV|access-date=June 20, 2023}}

Foo Fighters were initially set to perform, but they withdrew to finish work on the album There Is Nothing Left to Lose,{{cite web |title=Foo Fighters Drop off Woodstock '99 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1429047/foo-fighters-drop-off-woodstock-99/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725224359/http://www.mtv.com/news/1429047/foo-fighters-drop-off-woodstock-99/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |website=MTV}} and due to Franz Stahl not yet having been replaced by Chris Shifflett, who joined the band the following month.{{Citation needed|reason=This statement needs to be supported by a citation of a reliable source.|date=March 2025}}

Sugar Ray were slated to appear, but they were forced to cancel two days prior due to lead singer Mark McGrath being too sick to perform.{{cite web |author=MTV News Staff |date=July 22, 1999 |title=Sugar Ray Off Woodstock As McGrath Takes Ill |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1434702/sugar-ray-off-woodstock-as-mcgrath-takes-ill/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007054628/http://www.mtv.com/news/1434702/sugar-ray-off-woodstock-as-mcgrath-takes-ill/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 7, 2014 |access-date=November 9, 2015 |publisher=MTV}}

Al Green was also supposed to appear, flying from Nashville in a small private plane, but he backed out following John F. Kennedy Jr.'s death in a plane crash.{{cite web |author=MTV News Staff |date=July 24, 1999 |title=Al Green Cancels Woodstock Set |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/516185/al-green-cancels-woodstock-set/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607162726/http://www.mtv.com/news/516185/al-green-cancels-woodstock-set/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 7, 2019 |access-date=June 7, 2019 |publisher=MTV}}

Several nu metal bands such as Slipknot, Rob Zombie, System of a Down, Powerman 5000, Static-X, and Deftones were each offered slots, but all were obligated to perform the final two remaining dates of that year's Ozzfest tour in California that weekend.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/woodstock-99-windsor-big-sugar-1.6550058|title=Woodstock '99 returns to the spotlight in a new documentary. This Windsor musician was at the fest}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hiponline.com/3223/static-x-interview-1999.html|title=Static-X - Interview [1999]|date=December 7, 1999|access-date=June 20, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/how-ozzfest-99-ushered-in-a-new-generation-of-metal/|title=How Ozzfest '99 ushered in a new generation of metal|date=March 22, 2021|website=Kerrang!|access-date=June 20, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/6basbj/kid-rock-to-headline-fall-tour-with-powerman-5000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526054947/https://www.mtv.com/news/6basbj/kid-rock-to-headline-fall-tour-with-powerman-5000|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 26, 2023|title=Kid Rock To Headline Fall Tour With Powerman 5000|website=MTV|access-date=June 20, 2023}} Deftones declined due to ongoing personal conflicts involving Brian Setzer.{{Citation needed|reason=This statement needs to be supported by a citation of a reliable source.|date=March 2025}} Godsmack and Megadeth were the only two bands from that year’s Ozzfest lineup to accept the offer, as both were flown overnight from San Bernardino to Rome for their set on July 25.{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/2nnt0z/godsmack-bears-road-scars-for-ozzfest-woodstock-99|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525011329/https://www.mtv.com/news/2nnt0z/godsmack-bears-road-scars-for-ozzfest-woodstock-99|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 25, 2023|title=Godsmack Bears Road Scars For Ozzfest, Woodstock '99|publisher=MTV|access-date=June 20, 2023}}

Numerous bands from the 1999 Warped Tour were also offered slots, but only Reveille and Sevendust accepted.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w91RrkP1bj8|title=Morgan Rose On SEVENDUST Playing WOODSTOCK 1999 & Howard Stern|website=YouTube|date=April 19, 2022 }}

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The festival was held on the east side of Rome at the former Griffiss Air Force Base, a designated Superfund waste cleanup site.{{cite web |title=GRIFFISS AIR FORCE BASE (11 AREAS) Site Profile |url=https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/SiteProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=second.Cleanup&id=0202438 |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=United States Environmental Protection Agency}} The U.S. Air Force had decommissioned and closed the B-52 base in September 1995, and the area was later redeveloped as Griffiss Business and Technology Park. During this time, the base was largely unused and in poor condition.

The promoters were determined to avoid the gate-crashing that had occurred at previous festivals. Lang and Scher characterized the site as "defensible", installing a {{convert|12|ft|adj=on}} wall of plywood and steel to prevent gate-crashing. Lang later dubbed this the “peace wall” as organizers invited numerous volunteers to paint on sections of the panels.Allen Czelusniak, "Woodstock '99: Cashing In on a Counterculture." Bloomington, Indiana Independent, August 5, 1999, p. 6. In addition to the wall, approximately 500 New York State Police troopers were initially planned to provide security.{{cite news |last=Hinckley |first=David |newspaper=New York Daily News|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1999/07/12/1999-07-12_he_s_bullish_on_the_woodstoc.html |date=July 12, 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121034927/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1999/07/12/1999-07-12_he_s_bullish_on_the_woodstoc.html |archive-date=November 21, 2010 |title=He's Bullish on the Woodstock Market - Co-Creator Michael Lang has Made a Life's Career of the Legendary Festival}}

In addition to two main stages, facilities included several alternate stages, a night-time rave hangar, a sports park, and a film festival (sponsored by the Independent Film Channel) held in a former airplane hangar.

Woodstock 1999 was conceived and executed as a commercial venture with dozens of corporate sponsors and included the presence of vendor "malls" and modern accoutrements such as ATMs and email stations.{{Cite journal |last=Maglitta |first=Joseph |title=Woodstock '99: Think E-Commerce, Dude |journal=Computerworld |volume=33 |issue=33 |year=1999 |page=42}} Scher hoped to avoid the large losses that Woodstock '94 had incurred, planning for the 1999 event to turn a profit; this resulted in numerous cost-cutting measures such as the extensive subcontracting of onsite amenities. Advance tickets for the event were priced at $150 (equivalent to $277 in 2024) plus service charges,{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/july99/woodstock27.htm |title=Woodstock '99 Goes Up in Smoke |first=Alona |last=Wartofsky |date=July 27, 1999 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=September 5, 2007}} at the time considered costly for a festival of this type.{{cite book|editor-last=Bennet |editor-first=Andy |title=Remembering Woodstock |publisher=Ashgate Publishing Limited |place=England |year=2004 |page=36|isbn=9780754607137|oclc=53231270}} Tickets purchased at the gate cost $180.{{cite web |last=Post-Standard |first=syracuse com {{!}} The |date=2009-07-26 |title=Woodstock '99 by the numbers: money, madness and mayhem at Griffiss Air Force Base |url=https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2009/07/woodstock_99_by_the_numbers_mo.html |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=syracuse}}

There were about 400,000 attendees. A total of 186,983 tickets were sold according to reports shortly after the festival, "a gross take of $28,864,748" at the time.{{cite web |title=Woodstock Ticket Sales Don't Match Attendance Projections |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/buh3xc/woodstock-ticket-sales-dont-match-attendance-projections |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808214636/https://www.mtv.com/news/buh3xc/woodstock-ticket-sales-dont-match-attendance-projections |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 8, 2022 |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=MTV}} Ticket sales were advertised as being capped at 250,000, the capacity of the venue.{{Cite magazine |title='Trainwreck' Blames Boomers for Woodstock '99 |url=https://time.com/6203443/trainwreck-woodstock-99-review-netflix/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |magazine=Time}} It has been estimated that ticket sales were worth $60 million in revenue, but that number appears to have been based on believing there were 400,000 paid attendees.{{cite web |last=Somers |first=Jeff |date=2021-07-15 |title=Messed Up Things That Happened At Woodstock '99 |url=https://www.grunge.com/462539/messed-up-things-that-happened-at-woodstock-99/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=Grunge.com |language=en-US}} Ticket sales may have been underreported to avoid extra payouts to the city of Rome and Oneida County:{{cite web |last=Farrington |first=Jennifer |date=2022-08-04 |title=Netflix Documentary Dives Into Woodstock '99, Chaotic Million-Dollar Event |url=https://marketrealist.com/media-and-entertainment/how-much-did-woodstock99-make/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=Market Realist |language=en-US}}

Perhaps the discrepancy stems from the deal between Woodstock 1999 promoters and the Griffiss Local Development Corporation (GLDC). MTV cites that the GLDC, the city of Rome, and Oneida County were expected to receive $1 million to host the festival and an additional $250,000 if ticket sales topped 200,000.

Any tickets sold beyond 200,000 would then result in an additional $5 (per ticket) paid to all parties. While it's clear more than 186,983 people attended Woodstock 1999, on paper, only that many tickets had been recorded being sold.

Based on that figure, the promoters wouldn't have been required to dish out the extra money it had promised the GLDC.

Rome itself became a draw for attendees, who patronized its bars, restaurants, and stores, and stayed in its hotels for the concert's duration. The Oneida County Convention and Visitors Bureau estimated that festival attendees spent as much as $40 million in Rome over the weekend.

Woodstock 1999 was simulcast on pay-per-view television, with early reports of 500,000 purchases.{{cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8 |title=Billboard |date=1999-08-07 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |pages=8}} In addition to documenting the musical performances, MTV's pay-per-view coverage included coverage of the site and vox pop interviews with attendees, which some reporters later considered to resemble gonzo journalism. With 500,000 purchases of $59.95 simulcast passes, revenues were estimated at up to $30 million. Five years earlier, Woodstock '94 had made over $9 million on its pay-per-view sales to 220,000 households. Other revenue came from CD and DVD sales after the festival.

"We knew we'd never make a significant on-site profit," Scher says. "It's all about the after-show marketing. We believe that we have a great event to build upon."

Vendors paid $500 ({{Inflation|US|500|1999|fmt=eq|r=-1}}) to sell at Woodstock during the four-day festival. Many non-licensed vendors attempted to sell on a smaller scale on the paths to and from the concert and camping areas.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

The festival featured a diverse assortment of acts, early reviews for many of which were positive.{{cite magazine |url=http://chartattack.com/road/reviews/1999/19990729-woodstock.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000929011702/http://chartattack.com/road/reviews/1999/19990729-woodstock.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2000-09-29 |title=Live Reviews: Woodstock |date=July 30, 1999 |last=Gangadeen |first=Paul |magazine=Chart }}{{cite web |url=http://www.apeculture.com/music/woodstock1.htm |title=Woodstock '99: I Will Survive. I Will. I Will. I WILL. |last=Wiskirchen |first=Julie |publisher=apeculture.com |access-date=May 8, 2008}} The Associated Press deemed Korn, Limp Bizkit, Kid Rock, Insane Clown Posse and Rage Against the Machine the "breakout stars" of the festival.{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/article/02ef18a69b0fc72cb15063f21900b369 |title=Woodstock Confirms Rap, Rock Wedding |last=Bauder |first=David |date=August 11, 1999 |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=May 4, 2023}} Performances by the Offspring, Dave Matthews Band, DMX, Sheryl Crow, and Jamiroquai also received praise. Critical and public attention, however, quickly turned to the poor on-site conditions and the increasingly uncontrolled behavior of the crowd.

• Kid Rock remarked on the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal: "Monica Lewinsky is a fucking ho, and Bill Clinton is a goddamn pimp!"{{cite web|url=https://bookandfilmglobe.com/film/movie-review-woodstock-99/|title=Aren't You Glad You Didn't Go to Woodstock 99?|first=Matt|last=Hanson|date=July 27, 2021|website=Book and Film Globe|access-date=June 20, 2023}}
• Dave Matthews jokingly addressed the crowd after noticing a large number of topless women present, claiming "Sometimes there's an abundance of things, and sometimes there's a lack. Today there's an abundance of titties".{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/8f43jj/woodstock-99-report-32-dave-matthews-draws-enormous-crowd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525070557/https://www.mtv.com/news/8f43jj/woodstock-99-report-32-dave-matthews-draws-enormous-crowd|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 25, 2023|title=Woodstock '99 Report #32: Dave Matthews Draws Enormous Crowd|website=MTV|access-date=June 20, 2023}}
• During the Offspring's performance of the song "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)", Israeli actor Guy Cohen, who had appeared in the song's music video, joined the band onstage for the performance.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3R7GZ8ghL8wC&pg=PA88|title=White Punks on Dope|work=Spin|first=Chris|last=Norris|date=March 1, 1999|page=88|via=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/a-deep-dive-into-the-music-video-for-pretty-fly-for-a-white-guy-by-the-offspring/|title=A Deep Dive Into The Music Video For Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) By…|date=June 29, 2019|website=Kerrang!|access-date=June 20, 2023}}
• Korn lead singer Jonathan Davis claimed he was suffering severe heat exhaustion following his band's performance. He was briefly given an IV, covered with bags of ice, and put on oxygen after leaving the stage. He described performing the opening song of the set, "Blind", as like "witnessing an immense wave of sound traveling for miles down the runway" with the movements of the crowd.{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/korn-woodstock-99-interview|title=Korn's Jonathan Davis opens up on the chaos of Woodstock '99: "when you see it with your own eyes, it is ten times more shocking"|first=Merlin|last=Aldersladepublished|date=August 4, 2022|website=louder|access-date=June 20, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/korn-jonathan-davis-woodstock-99-netflix-clustrfk-docuseries-trailer/|title=Jonathan Davis Sits Down to Discuss the 'Shocking' Outcome of Woodstock '99|first=Philip|last=Trapp|date=July 21, 2022|website=Loudwire|access-date=June 20, 2023}}
• Ice Cube jokingly claimed he was going to end his set short, but returned to the stage after 2 minutes; performing fragments of "Straight Outta Compton" and "Fuck tha Police" by his former band N.W.A, marking the first time he had performed the songs live since leaving the group in 1989.{{Cite web|url=https://www.woodstock1999.com/bands/icecube|title=Woodstock 1999 Festival - Ice Cube|website=www.woodstock1999.com|access-date=June 20, 2023}}
• Fred Durst began complaining to the sound technicians after the performance of Limp Bizkit's song "Break Stuff" as his microphone was cut whilst the main sound tower was being evacuated due to the ongoing vandalism.{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/woodstock-99-documentary-accuracy-real-life-experience/|title=I Was At Woodstock 99: Here's How Accurate Netflix's Documentary Is|date=August 12, 2022|website=ScreenRant|access-date=June 20, 2023}} Numerous celebrities were present for Limp Bizkit's set, including Puff Daddy, Kid Rock, Joe C., Jennifer Aniston, Noodles, Jonathan Davis, Fieldy, Lars Ulrich, and Verne Troyer (the latter who introduced the band prior to their set).{{cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/life/article/trending-20-year-ago-1999-13552464.php|title=Photos: What was trending 20 years ago|first=Darla|last= Guillen Gilthorpe|date=January 22, 2019|website=Chron|access-date=June 20, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thebiglead.com/posts/puff-daddy-woodstock-99-as-a-fan-wore-a-jason-williams-jersey-01gb0587kjv9|title=Puff Daddy Attended Woodstock '99 as a Fan, Wore a Jason Williams Jersey|date=August 21, 2022|website=The Big Lead|access-date=June 20, 2023}}
• Everlast utilized an extensive backing band for his set, and later performed "Jump Around" (his 1992 hit with House of Pain); this was his first concert performance of the song in nearly four years.{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/uj54pz/woodstock-99-report-50-everlast-continues-folk-revival-plays-acoustic-songs-about-struggles|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525070550/https://www.mtv.com/news/uj54pz/woodstock-99-report-50-everlast-continues-folk-revival-plays-acoustic-songs-about-struggles|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 25, 2023|title=Woodstock '99 Report #50: Everlast Continues Folk Revival, Plays Acoustic Songs About Struggles|website=MTV|access-date=June 20, 2023}}
• During the Red Hot Chili Peppers' set, bassist Flea walked onstage naked, addressing the crowd by jumping up and down whilst exposing his genitalia.{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/h5zett/woodstock-99-report-58-red-hot-chili-peppers-rock-as-fires-pose-threat|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207005932/https://www.mtv.com/news/h5zett/woodstock-99-report-58-red-hot-chili-peppers-rock-as-fires-pose-threat|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 7, 2022|title=Woodstock '99 Report #58: Red Hot Chili Peppers Rock As Fires Pose Threat|website=MTV|access-date=June 20, 2023}}
• Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine gave a brief tribute to former drummer Gar Samuelson, who had died earlier that month, prior to the band's performance of "Peace Sells".{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ngrrgt/woodstock-99-report-57-megadeth-close-festival-as-fires-ignite-crowd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603045056/https://www.mtv.com/news/ngrrgt/woodstock-99-report-57-megadeth-close-festival-as-fires-ignite-crowd|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 3, 2023|title=Woodstock '99 Report #57: Megadeth Close Festival As Fires Ignite Crowd|website=MTV|access-date=June 20, 2023}}

Temperatures in Rome on the weekend of the festival were in excess of 100 °F (38 °C). The former Griffiss AFB included large areas of concrete and asphalt with little or no shade, placing the entire facility within its own heat island; this not only caused temperatures to rise during the day, but also kept them elevated at night. The East and West stages were {{convert|2.3|mi}} apart, forcing festivalgoers to walk a long distance across hot concrete surfaces. Camping space across the grassy areas quickly became scarce by the middle of the first day, forcing numerous attendees to camp on the heated asphalt surfaces. In an effort to find shade, multiple concertgoers took refuge from the heat under tractor-trailers or tables. In a 2021 interview, Noodles of the Offspring sardonically criticized the facility for its unsuitability for the festival:

"You know there was a festival ground in Germany that was literally built by Hitler, and we've played there a buncha times, great venue, buncha fun. That airbase was less hospitable than a place built by Nazis".{{cite web |title='Woodstock '99' documentary: It's not just Limp Bizkit's fault — there's a lot of blame for what went wrong |url=https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2021/07/woodstock-99-documentary-its-not-just-limp-bizkits-fault-theres-a-lot-of-blame-for-went-wrong.html |access-date=June 20, 2023 |website=YouTube|date=July 25, 2021 }}

Numerous budget cuts were made during the hiring and delegation process for concession vendors; organizers were forced to lease services from numerous subcontractors, whose contracts gave them complete control of pricing. Concessions sold by onsite vendors were regularly marked up to inconvenient prices; bottled water was sold for $4.00 ({{Inflation|index=US|value=4|start_year=1999|r=2|fmt=eq|cursign=$}}). Supplies of food and water dwindled over the three days of the festival, which vendors took advantage of to raise prices; by the third day of the festival, booths charged up to $12.00 ({{Inflation|index=US|value=12|start_year=1999|r=2|fmt=eq|cursign=$}}) for water bottles.{{Cite web |date=October 12, 2000 |title=Woodstock '99: What the hell happened? |url=http://www.usmusicvault.com/woodstock99.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001012225457/http://www.usmusicvault.com/woodstock99.html |archive-date=October 12, 2000 |access-date=February 15, 2016}}{{cite web |title=Woodstock '99 documentary: Riots, arson, abuse and the 'best' time of their lives |date=August 3, 2022 |url=https://nypost.com/2022/08/03/woodstock-99-doc-how-arson-abuse-and-anarchy-unfolded/}} As an alternative, festival-goers faced a long walk or cramped travel via looping buses to Rome's modest shopping areas, where stores had long lines and low stock. Most outside food and drink was confiscated by security, though several concertgoers reported that security often overlooked or were bribed to ignore attendees bringing in various drugs.{{Cite journal |last=Caldwell |first=Christopher |title=When in Rome… |journal=National Review |volume=51 |issue=16 |year=1999 |page=29}} Attendees stood in long lines to access the free water fountains, until frustration led numerous concertgoers to break the pipes to provide water to those in the middle of the line. As a result, numerous mud pits began forming around the concert site.{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=2021-07-23 |title=19 Worst Things About Woodstock '99 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/19-worst-things-about-woodstock-99-176052/ |access-date=2023-10-26 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} The groundwater and soil at the site had been contaminated by heavy metals and toxic chemicals such as trichloroethylene and PCBs from its time as a military installation, hence its designation as a Superfund clean-up site.

The number of portable toilets installed proved insufficient for the number of attendees. The toilets and showers soon became unusable and overflowing, and male guests resorted to urinating on the side of the toilets or behind vendor stalls. Excrement from the toilets flowed into the mud pits and camping areas, mixing with water from the broken pipes. Many attendees began jumping into the mud pits and water troughs to stay cool in the intense heat, unaware of the contamination; this led to many cases of trench mouth and trench foot.{{cite web |date=2022-08-03 |title=People Died And Developed A World War I-Era Infection At Woodstock '99 |url=https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a40796762/trainwreck-woodstock-99-deaths-trench-mouth/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=Women's Health |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=Benincasa |first=Sara |date=2021-08-04 |title=I Worked at Woodstock '99 |url=https://sarajbenincasa.medium.com/i-worked-at-woodstock-99-7d8ff58f0859 |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=Medium}} The Oneida County Health Department analyzed a sample of the free drinking water, finding it to be contaminated with E. coli and other bacteria.{{cite web|url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/08/04/how-festival-goers-got-trench-mouth-at-woodstock-99-explained/|title=HOW FESTIVAL-GOERS GOT TRENCH MOUTH AT WOODSTOCK 99 EXPLAINED|date=August 4, 2022 }}

An insufficient number of trash cans was provided on the site, and concertgoers eventually began overturning the cans and drumming on them or rolling them across the field. Subcontracted sanitation workers often failed to appear for their duties, allowing trash to pile up throughout the site.{{cite web|url=https://www.thetruckersreport.com/truckingindustryforum/threads/woodstock-99-one-of-the-greatest-garbage-disasters-of-all-time.2413294/|title=Woodstock '99 one of the greatest garbage disasters of all time|website=TruckersReport.com Trucking Forum | #1 CDL Truck Driver Message Board|access-date=June 20, 2023}}

The festival's lackluster security was another source of blame for violence and poor conditions on site. To further cut costs—and avoid "the influences of the government or of the police state," according to Lang—organizers did not hire conventional security officers, instead sourcing adolescents and young adults from a nearby job agency to serve as the "Peace Patrol." Nearly all of the Peace Patrol officers lacked any prior experience in security or law enforcement. All Peace Patrol officers were unarmed, and most seemed uninterested in performing their duties. Many security employees simply sold their spare security shirts to other concertgoers or abandoned their posts entirely; some Peace Patrol guards alleged that others had utilized their positions to demand sexual favors from women in the audience.{{Cite web |date=August 3, 2019 |title=Four reasons Woodstock '99 was a complete failure |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/nat-music/audio/2018707080/four-reasons-woodstock-99-was-a-complete-failure |access-date=June 20, 2023 |website=RNZ}} Many of the officers reported unruly conduct from their peers within the first day of the festival, including the theft of personal items from employees and guests. Multiple security guards confiscated camping supplies from people entering the gates; some confiscated alcoholic beverages which they then drank themselves. Numerous attendees entered with fake passes, few of which security confiscated.{{cite web|url=https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2021/07/woodstock-99-documentary-its-not-just-limp-bizkits-fault-theres-a-lot-of-blame-for-went-wrong.html|title='Woodstock '99' documentary: It's not just Limp Bizkit's fault — there's a lot of blame for what went wrong|date=July 25, 2021|website=syracuse|access-date=June 20, 2023}} A large number of attendees had also smuggled drugs or other illicit substances into the festival, which the Peace Patrol often ignored or allowed onto the grounds in exchange for a bribe.{{cite web|url=https://wour.com/woodstock-comparison/|title=The Prices, Drugs & Mayhem of Woodstock '69 & '99: A Comparison in Photos|first=Will|last=Phillips|date=August 16, 2022|website=96.9 WOUR|access-date=June 20, 2023}}

Extensive substance abuse and poor security, along with a perceived culture of misogyny, contributed to widespread abuse of female concertgoers throughout the festival. During the Offspring's performance, singer Dexter Holland condemned the crowd's behavior after witnessing numerous women being groped in the audience, as did Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea and Jamiroquai singer Jay Kay during their sets.{{cite web |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/9eaaik/rape-counselor-blames-woodstock-sexual-assaults-on-party-atmosphere |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221029183500/https://www.mtv.com/news/9eaaik/rape-counselor-blames-woodstock-sexual-assaults-on-party-atmosphere |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 29, 2022 |title=Rape Counselor Blames Woodstock Sexual Assaults on Party Atmosphere |publisher=MTV}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/so6bs1/woodstock-99-report-13-jamiroquai-show-their-stuff-as-audience-does-same|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327134018/https://www.mtv.com/news/so6bs1/woodstock-99-report-13-jamiroquai-show-their-stuff-as-audience-does-same|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 27, 2023|title=Woodstock '99 Report #13: Jamiroquai Show Their Stuff As Audience Does Same|website=MTV|access-date=June 20, 2023}} At least five rapes and numerous other sexual assaults and incidents of sexual harassment at the festival were officially reported, though it is widely believed that a far greater number of unreported incidents occurred. Eyewitnesses reported a crowd-surfing woman being pulled down into the crowd and assaulted in the mosh pit during Limp Bizkit's set.{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9907/29/woodstock.rape/ |title=Police investigate alleged rapes at Woodstock '99 |date=July 29, 1999 |publisher=CNN |access-date=September 5, 2007}} During the post-show rave on Saturday night, an apparently intoxicated man stole and drove a maintenance truck into the rave hangar through the crowd during Fatboy Slim's set, in which staff reported seeing a teenage girl being raped; Fatboy Slim and his entourage were asked to evacuate the premises immediately, fleeing to a nearby airport and flying out the following morning.{{cite web |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=2022-08-04 |title=Fatboy Slim recalls Woodstock '99 horror: "I did what I was told and ran" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/fatboy-slim-recalls-woodstock-99-horror-i-did-what-i-was-told-and-ran-3283461 |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=NME |language=en-GB}} A volunteer also reported seeing a gang rape during Korn's performance.{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/516319/two-woodstock-fans-allegedly-raped-in-mosh-pits/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907180106/http://www.mtv.com/news/516319/two-woodstock-fans-allegedly-raped-in-mosh-pits/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 7, 2014 |title=Two Woodstock Fans Allegedly Raped In Mosh Pits |date=July 30, 1999 |publisher=MTV |access-date=February 20, 2015}}

Unruly behavior from those in attendance at the festival was present as early as the second day. Numerous male concertgoers began chanting "show your tits" at actress Rosie Perez as she introduced DMX alongside actor Stephen Baldwin. Annoyed by their chanting, she retorted, "I ain't showing y'all shit!" DMX later performed the song "My Niggas" and had the crowd chant along with him; media outlets later reacted to this in confusion and outrage, as the overwhelmingly white audience chanted the word "nigga" along with him.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/woodstock-99-white-male-gatekeeping_n_62e7f246e4b00fd8d841b267|title=How Woodstock '99 Epitomized White Male Gatekeeping In Alt-Rock|date=August 3, 2022|website=HuffPost|access-date=June 20, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://areomagazine.com/2021/08/27/the-historical-revisionism-of-dmxs-woodstock-99-performance/|title=The Historical Revisionism of DMX's Woodstock '99 Performance|date=August 27, 2021|website=Areo|access-date=June 20, 2023}}

The "show your tits" chant returned during Sheryl Crow's set, with Crow responding, "You'd have to pay a whole lot more than you paid to get in to see my tits." Crow reported that one audience member had thrown feces at her during her performance of "My Favorite Mistake".{{cite web|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/sheryl-crow-recalls-getting-hit-with-human-feces-at-woodstock-99/|title=Sheryl Crow Recalls 'Disgusting' Human Feces Being Thrown at Woodstock '99|first=Yana|last=Grebenyuk|date=October 28, 2022|access-date=June 20, 2023}} She would later criticize the performance and the festival due to the behavior of the crowd, and stated that she had considered ending her set early out of disgust.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/sheryl-crow-recalls-awful-woodstock-99-debauched-from-beginning-3337532|title=Sheryl Crow recalls "awful" Woodstock '99: "It was debauched right from the beginning"|first=Hollie|last=Geraghty|website=NME |date=October 27, 2022|access-date=June 20, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2022/10/26/sheryl-crow-recalls-disgusting-time-she-had-human-poop-thrown-at-her/|title=Sheryl Crow recalls 'disgusting' time she had human poop thrown at her|date=October 26, 2022|access-date=June 20, 2023}} She recalled the performance as the "single worst gig I have ever had" in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/07/24/sheryl-crow-woodstock-99-by-far-worst-gig-ive-ever-had/1819049001/|title=Sheryl Crow recalls Woodstock '99 was the 'single worst gig,' 20 years later|website=USA TODAY|access-date=June 20, 2023}}

A fan pelted the Offspring singer Dexter Holland with a beer bottle during the band's performance of "Have You Ever", but he continued performing unfazed. Toward the end, before their performance of "Self Esteem", Holland condemned sexual misconduct in the crowd after witnessing numerous women being groped: "Just because a girl wants to go crowd surfing, it doesn't give the guys the right to molest 'em, you know what I'm saying?".{{cite web|url=https://www.theringer.com/2019/7/30/20746469/woodstock-99-korn-offspring-insane-clown-posse|title=How the Early Parts of Woodstock '99 Set the Stage for Disaster|first=Steven|last=Hyden|date=July 30, 2019|website=The Ringer|access-date=June 20, 2023}} Holland later told victims of sexual assault in the crowd to confront the perpetrators and "grab [their] fucking balls!"{{cite web|url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a37106802/woodstock-99-personal-essay/|title=I Was at Woodstock '99, and Yes, Everyone Was That Angry|date=July 23, 2021|website=Esquire|access-date=June 20, 2023}}

Halfway in their set, the Offspring lined up five dummies with the faces of each member of the Backstreet Boys in front of their drum riser during a break in between songs. Holland then began hitting the dummies with a plastic baseball bat, and the crowd joined in by throwing water bottles at them.{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/modern-music-analysis/a-note-on-woodstock-99-and-mtvs-paradigm-shift-76b895be6aa5|title=A Note On Woodstock 99 and MTV's Paradigm Shift|date=August 26, 2021|access-date=June 20, 2023}} Some commentators have highlighted this incident as part of a pattern of sometimes violent rockist sentiment and machismo expressed by the festival's male performers and attendees, while others felt that it was hypocritical for MTV to promote the festival's heavier rock acts while featuring boy bands such as the Backstreet Boys on its television and radio programming.{{cite magazine |last=Petrusich |first=Amanda |date=2021-07-30 |title=Woodstock '99 and the Rise of Toxic Masculinity |language=en-US |magazine=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/woodstock-99-and-the-rise-of-toxic-masculinity |access-date=2023-06-08 |issn=0028-792X}}

To protest the exorbitant price of onsite concessions, Insane Clown Posse taped $100 bills to several beach balls and kicked them into the crowd during their performance. Members of the audience then fought over the money.{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/dz79c6/woodstock-99-report-18-roots-icp-put-rap-in-historic-fest|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525070558/https://www.mtv.com/news/dz79c6/woodstock-99-report-18-roots-icp-put-rap-in-historic-fest|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 25, 2023|title=Woodstock '99 Report #18: Roots, ICP Put Rap In Historic Fest|website=MTV|access-date=June 20, 2023}}

Korn's performance on Friday night considerably riled up the crowd. Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale had reportedly expressed anxiety about performing immediately after Korn due to fears that the crowd's energy could turn violent.{{cite web|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/bushs_gavin_rossdale_recalls_having_to_calm_audience_following_korns_explosive_set_at_woodstock_99_i_was_really_stupid_and_nave.html|title=Bush's Gavin Rossdale Recalls Having to Calm Audience Following Korn's Explosive Set at Woodstock '99: 'I Was Really Stupid and Naïve'|website=www.ultimate-guitar.com|access-date=June 20, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://tvshowtranscripts.ourboard.org/viewtopic.php?f=1439&t=55327|title=How the F**k Did This Happen? Transcript: Bush at Woodstock 99|access-date=June 20, 2023}} This sentiment was shared by Korn's Jonathan Davis, who later admitted that his band's scheduling was mismatched with Bush's and felt he had inadvertently placed Rossdale in a dangerous position. Bush's performance ultimately proceeded without incident and marginally calmed the crowd.

During the Tragically Hip's performance opening the festival's second day, numerous fans anticipating Kid Rock's performance pelted the band with bottles. Attempting to divert attention from the bottles, frontman Gord Downie began humorously singing "O Canada" in appreciation for the large amount of Canadian fans present waving Canadian flags. Many other fans in the crowd then began booing the band and singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" in response.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/19-worst-things-about-woodstock-99-176052/|title=19 Worst Things About Woodstock '99|first=Daniel|last=Kreps|magazine=Rolling Stone |date=July 23, 2021|access-date=June 20, 2023}}{{cite web |author=SPIN Staff|date=2019-07-31 |title="Don't Drink the Brown Water": Our Live Report From Woodstock '99 |url=https://www.spin.com/2019/07/woodstock-99-live-report/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=SPIN |language=en-US}}

Ryan Miller of Guster recalled performing in front of a hostile crowd displeased with the band's set. Drummer Brian Rosenworcel felt they were unfit for the lineup, as most in attendance were impatiently waiting for nu metal or hip-hop acts such as Limp Bizkit or Ice Cube: "There was this aggressive culture to both the artists that they chose and the audience that they drew, and that is not Guster's bread and butter.{{nbsp}}... We were a melodic band and [the others were] Limp Bizkit and Korn and even like DMX [and] I was like, What did we get ourselves into?"{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/woodstock-99-performer-says-crowd-was-maga-before-there-was-maga-1731367|title=Woodstock '99 Performer Says Crowd Was 'MAGA Before There Was MAGA'|first=Carla|last=Sosenko|date=August 5, 2022|website=Newsweek|access-date=June 20, 2023}}

Alanis Morissette noted the apathy of the crowd during her set, as a large majority of fans in attendance were waiting for Limp Bizkit's performance; some began booing and chanting "Limp Bizkit" near the end of her set as they grew impatient.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/avlqpg/woodstock-99-report-41-alanis-morissette-delivers-confident-set-despite-crowd-apathy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813225206/https://www.mtv.com/news/avlqpg/woodstock-99-report-41-alanis-morissette-delivers-confident-set-despite-crowd-apathy|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 13, 2022|title=Woodstock '99 Report #41: Alanis Morissette Delivers Confident Set Despite Crowd Apathy|website=MTV|access-date=June 20, 2023}}

Appalled by the prices of concessions, Kid Rock and Wyclef Jean asked the audience to throw their empty water bottles onstage in between songs.{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Woodstock-99-The-day-the-music-died-3073934.php|title=Woodstock '99: The day the music died|first=Jane|last=Ganahl|date=July 28, 1999|website=SFGATE|access-date=June 20, 2023}}

Violence and vandalism would considerably escalate during the evening's performance by Limp Bizkit. Concertgoers also began moshing violently, visibly destroying nearby structures, and crowd-surfing by utilizing the plywood barriers. Frontman Fred Durst addressed the crowd following the song "9 Teen 90 Nine" after being approached by festival staff: "They wanna ask us to ask you to mellow out a little bit. They say too many people are getting hurt. Don't let anybody get hurt, but I don't think you should mellow out. Mellowing out? That's what Alanis Morissette had you motherfuckers do. If someone falls, pick 'em up." The tension ultimately boiled over during their performance of "Break Stuff". Durst briefly riled up the audience before the song by asking if they liked NSYNC, earning numerous boos and jeers.{{cite book |last=Devenish |first=Colin |title=Limp Bizkit |year=2000 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York City|isbn=0-312-26349-X |pages=[https://archive.org/details/limpbizkit0000deve/page/127 127–153] |url=https://archive.org/details/limpbizkit0000deve/page/127}}{{cite news |first=Alona|last=Wartofsky|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/july99/woodstock29.htm |title=Police Investigate Reports of Rapes at Woodstock |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=July 29, 1999 |access-date=July 21, 2011}}{{cite news |url=http://www.salon.com/1999/07/27/woodstock/ |title=What A Riot |first=Jeff|last=Stark |date=July 27, 1999 |work=Salon |access-date=October 7, 2007}}{{cite news |first=Bill|last=Wyman|url=http://www.salon.com/1999/07/29/rape_4/ |title=Woodstock 99: Three days of peace, love and rape |work=Salon |date=July 29, 1999|access-date=July 28, 2017}} During the song's breakdown, Durst addressed the crowd:

"Time to reach deep down inside, and take all that negative energy, all that negative energy, and let that shit out of your fucking system. You got girl problems? You got boy problems? You got parent problems? You got boss problems? You got job problems? You got a problem with me? You got a problem with yourself? It's time to take all that negative energy, and put it the fuck out!"

Due to continually deteriorating conditions, violence and misconduct escalated further throughout the final day. In a 2021 interview, Jewel recalled a feeling of dread during her performance due to the audience's tension and bitterness; she described them as "really tired and very depleted." She, her manager, and the road crew immediately returned to their tour bus and fled the site following her set. Fans had begun regularly throwing bottles at the stage during her set, as well as Creed's earlier in the day. Sevendust drummer Morgan Rose recalled his band being escorted by numerous security guards to the stage for their set as attendees grew increasingly violent following Jewel's performance.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oEziZevP0U|title=Sevendust's Morgan Rose reflects on playing Woodstock 99|website=YouTube|date=August 15, 2014 }} Numerous witnesses recalled noticing a growing frequency of fights and property damage across the facility during Godsmack's performance.

The tension came to a head during the concert's final hours, as Red Hot Chili Peppers performed on the east stage and Megadeth performed on the west stage. One fan shone a laser pointer at Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine in the middle of their performance, prompting him to criticize the crowd's behavior.{{cite web|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/dave_mustaine_recalls_tragic_woodstock_99_we_could_see_the_smoke_and_we_knew_something_was_wrong.html|title=Dave Mustaine Recalls 'Tragic' Woodstock '99: 'We Could See the Smoke and We Knew Something Was Wrong'|website=www.ultimate-guitar.com|access-date=June 20, 2023}} A group of activists, led by the anti-gun violence organization PAX, had distributed candles to those stopping at their booth during the day, intending them to be lit for a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Columbine High School massacre during the Chili Peppers' performance of "Under the Bridge";{{cite web |last=Hyden |first=Steven |url=https://www.avclub.com/part-10-1999-by-the-time-we-got-to-woodstock-99-1798224355 |title=Part 10: 1999: By the time we got to Woodstock 99 … · Whatever Happened To Alternative Nation? |website=The A.V. Club |date=February 22, 2011|access-date=November 9, 2015}} this had not been mentioned to or approved by local firefighting authorities. The crowd began to light the candles during the Chili Peppers' set, with some using them to start bonfires. Plywood and trash strewn around the site were used to fuel the fires, which had spread to both stages by the end of the Chili Peppers and Megadeth performances. After the Red Hot Chili Peppers finished their main set, the audience was informed about "a bit of a problem"; an audio tower had caught fire. The local fire department was called in to extinguish it, though they refused the call, fearing the audience. Shortly after the tower began burning, a large group of concertgoers climbed the base of its scaffolding, and the tower then collapsed onto the field.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnBNaDuZ9Tk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/jnBNaDuZ9Tk |archive-date=2021-11-17 |url-status=live |title={{as written|Inter|uption [sic]}} of RHCP set in Woodstock 1999 |publisher=YouTube |date=February 15, 2009 |access-date=November 9, 2015}}{{cbignore}}

Rome Mayor Joe Griffo pleaded with the Chili Peppers to return to the stage and calm the crowd in the midst of the chaos. Frontman Anthony Kiedis exclaimed that there was nothing he could do to quell the aggressive crowd as the fires continued to grow. After the band were convinced to return to the stage, Kiedis remarked of the fires, "Holy shit! It's, uh, Apocalypse Now out there."{{cite web |url=http://www.enjoythemusic.com/woodstock/ |title=Woodstock 99 |first=Steven |last=Rochlin |year=1999 |website=enjoythemusic.com |access-date=October 7, 2007}}

Multiple media outlets blamed the Red Hot Chili Peppers for inciting the fires after performing a cover of the Jimi Hendrix song "Fire".{{harvnb|Kiedis|Sloman|2004|p=424}} Kiedis later wrote in his autobiography, Scar Tissue, that Hendrix's sister had instead asked them to play "Fire" in honor of Hendrix and his performance at the original Woodstock festival. He continued: "It was clear that this situation had nothing to do with Woodstock anymore. It wasn't symbolic of peace and love, but of greed and cashing in."

Prior to the start of the performances that day, rumors arose about a possible unannounced performance following the Red Hot Chili Peppers; Prince, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Guns N' Roses and Michael Jackson were among the artists thought to be the secret closing act. Scher and Lang continued to hype up the finale to the festival during multiple press conferences earlier in the afternoon. Following the Chili Peppers' performance, the finale was revealed to be a laser show and footage of Jimi Hendrix performing at the original festival in 1969, much to the anger of the attendees; the audience began to boo and attack the vendor booths in large groups.{{cite web|url=https://www.enjoythemusic.com/woodstock/|title=Woodstock 1999 Concert & Show Report Including Riots By Steven Rochlin of Enjoy the Music.com |website=www.enjoythemusic.com |access-date=June 20, 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/national/regional/072799woodstock-notebook.html |title=On Night Music Died, Many to Blame for Mayhem|website=archive.nytimes.com|access-date=June 20, 2023}}

Many large, high bonfires were burning before the end of the final performances. Participants danced in circles around the fires. Looking for more fuel, some tore off plywood panels from the supposedly inviolable "Peace Wall" enclosing the festival grounds. ATMs were tipped over and broken into; trailers full of merchandise, food, and equipment were forced open and burglarized; and numerous abandoned vendor booths or tents were turned over and set afire. Approximately $22,000 in total was robbed from ATMs. Frightened festival staff members barricaded themselves inside the control tower, while the few vendors still onsite fled.{{cite news |last=Wartofsky |first=Alona |date=July 27, 1999 |title=Woodstock '99 Goes Up in Smoke |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/july99/woodstock27.htm |url-status=live |access-date=June 14, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628203058/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/july99/woodstock27.htm |archive-date=June 28, 2011}}{{cite web |date=May 2, 2001 |title=Repeated Violence: Large Block Parties Need Supervision |url=http://www.thelantern.com/2.1346/repeated-violence-1.99635 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123024218/http://www.thelantern.com/2.1346/repeated-violence-1.99635 |archive-date=November 23, 2010 |access-date=June 14, 2008 |work=The Lantern |df=mdy-all}}{{cite web |url=http://www.woodstock1999.com/news/story1014.html |title=Woodstock 1999 Concert Information |publisher=Woodstock1999.com |date=July 26, 1999 |access-date=November 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704153329/http://www.woodstock1999.com/news/story1014.html |archive-date=July 4, 2017 |url-status=dead}}

MTV was hired to cover the festival extensively; however, as the environment deteriorated, attendees grew increasingly hostile towards anchors and MTV's staff. Carson Daly recalls being pelted by bottles, rocks, and batteries frequently while he was covering the festival, noting that executives from MTV issued a statement to their staff on site that the network's parent firm Viacom could no longer guarantee their safety.{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/popculture/carson-daly-woodstock-99-festival-memories-rcna42867|title=Carson Daly remembers Woodstock '99 fiasco: 'I thought I was going to die'|date=August 12, 2022|website=TODAY.com|access-date=June 20, 2023}} The network ultimately evacuated its entire crew amidst the violence on Sunday night. Longtime anchor Kurt Loder likened the experience to covering news in a war zone, particularly during the final night as concertgoers began violently attacking the news trucks and reporters:{{cite web|url=https://www.smackmedia.ca/news/woodstock-99-hbo-max-the-ringer-documentary|title=A Few Things About Woodstock 99 Before You Watch The Ringer's Doc On HBO MAX|website=www.smackmedia.ca|access-date=June 20, 2023}}

{{Blockquote|text=It was dangerous to be around. The whole scene was scary. There were just waves of hatred bouncing around the place{{nbsp}}... It was clear we had to get out of there{{nbsp}}... It was like a concentration camp. To get in, you get frisked to make sure you're not bringing in any water or food that would prevent you from buying from their outrageously priced booths. You wallow around in garbage and human waste. There was a palpable mood of anger.

|source = Kurt Loder to USA Today{{cite web |last=Oldenburg |first=Ann |title=MTV's Loder flees out-of-control fest |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/43492118.html?dids=43492118:43492118&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+27%2C+1999&author=Ann+Oldenburg&pub=USA+TODAY&edition=&startpage=02.D&desc=MTV%27s+Loder+flees+out-of-control+fest |newspaper=USA Today |date=July 27, 1999 |access-date=November 9, 2015 |archive-date=February 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209185012/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/43492118.html?dids=43492118:43492118&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+27%2C+1999&author=Ann+Oldenburg&pub=USA+TODAY&edition=&startpage=02.D&desc=MTV%27s+Loder+flees+out-of-control+fest |url-status=dead}}}}

By 11:45pm, the chaos had attracted attention from nearby law enforcement. A large force of 500–700 New York State Police troopers, local police officers, and various other law enforcement arrived. Most had riot control gear and proceeded to form a riot line that flushed the crowd to the northwest, away from the stage located at the eastern end of the airfield.{{cite magazine |author=Eliscu, Jenny |date=July 26, 1999 |title=Woodstock '99 Burns Its Own Mythology |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/redhotchilipeppers/articles/story/5921381/woodstock_99_burns_its_own_mythology |url-status=dead |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224220920/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/redhotchilipeppers/articles/story/5921381/woodstock_99_burns_its_own_mythology |archive-date=February 24, 2009 |access-date=March 31, 2007}} Some reports state that numerous members of the crowd offered strong resistance, and they dispersed back toward the campground and out the main entrance.{{cite web |title=Repeated Violence |url=http://media.www.thelantern.com/media/storage/paper333/news/2001/05/02/Opinion/Repeated.Violence-74898.shtml?sourcedomain=www.thelantern.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com |publisher=The Lantern |access-date=September 5, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929090607/http://media.www.thelantern.com/media/storage/paper333/news/2001/05/02/Opinion/Repeated.Violence-74898.shtml?sourcedomain=www.thelantern.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com |archive-date=September 29, 2007}} Others claim that the riot line allowed the concertgoers to "tire themselves out" in the campground area and that the fires were not contained until "well after sunrise".

Three deaths occurred during the festival.

On Friday, a 44-year-old man, identified as Scott L. Stanley of Hyannis, Massachusetts, succumbed to heat exhaustion in the campground. An attendee of Woodstock 1969, Stanley was in attendance with his 16-year old foster son and other friends.{{cite web |author=SPIN Staff|date=2019-07-31 |title="Don't Drink the Brown Water": Our Live Report From Woodstock '99 |url=https://www.spin.com/2019/07/woodstock-99-live-report/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=SPIN |language=en-US}} The cause of death was later determined to be a heart attack.{{cite web|url=https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/1999/07/27/hyannis-man-dies-at-woodstock/51029705007/|title=Hyannis man dies at Woodstock}}

On Saturday, 24-year-old David DeRosia collapsed in the crowd during Metallica's performance.{{cite news |first=Glenn|last=Coin|url=http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/08/woodstock_99_legacy_a_lawsuit.html |title=Woodstock '99 legacy: A lawsuit, and a mother shattered |website=The Post-Standard|date=August 16, 2009 |access-date=February 20, 2015}}Steven Hyden, "[https://www.theringer.com/2019/8/6/20756176/woodstock-99-death-david-derosia The Human Toll of Woodstock '99]". Episode 5 of Break Stuff, Luminary podcast series produced by The Ringer, August 6, 2019. Concert medical staff initially tried to treat his seizure and what they suspected to be a drug overdose. DeRosia was transported to the Air Force base medical center and then airlifted to University Hospital in Syracuse. A little more than an hour after he had collapsed, DeRosia's body temperature was {{convert|107|F}}. The following afternoon, he fell into a coma; he died at 12:09 pm on Monday, July 26, having never awoken. The autopsy report ruled the death accidental, and listed the cause of death as hyperthermia aggravated by cardiomegaly and obesity. In 2001, DeRosia's mother filed a lawsuit in the New York Supreme Court against the promoters of Woodstock 1999 and six doctors who worked at the event, maintaining that DeRosia died because of the concert promoters' negligence in not providing enough fresh water and adequate medical care for the attendees.

Tara K. Weaver, a 28-year-old woman from Troy, New York, was struck and killed by a speeding car while walking along an access road to leave the concert.

Reports suggest that 42 to 44 people were arrested over the course of the festival. Ten state troopers and two state police supervisors were reportedly demoted or suspended for their behavior at the festival:

A supervisor of two state troopers who had posed with naked female attendees was suspended; a New York State prison guard was charged with sodomizing a 15-year-old girl during the riots; 253 people had been treated at area hospitals. The official numbers of fans treated on-site is between 4,000 and 4,500, yet Dr. Richard Kaskiw, one of the few area doctors who worked the medical tents, says that he was told by Vuoculo—who issued the official stats—that the numbers were far higher, the 8,000 to 10,000 range.

Less than a week after the conclusion of Woodstock '99, Los Angeles concert promotors Goldenvoice (later AEG) announced the inaugural Coachella festival in Indio, California with an emphasis to distance themselves from the unrest and damage that unfolded in Rome, including offering free water bottles and parking to those in attendance.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/17/the-mastermind-behind-coachella|title=The Mastermind Behind Coachella|magazine=The New Yorker|first=John|last=Seabrook|date=April 17, 2017|access-date=April 11, 2017|archive-date=April 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411030214/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/17/the-mastermind-behind-coachella|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-07-ca-19554-story.html|title=If You Build It, Will They Come?|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|first=Geoff|last=Boucher|date=October 7, 1999|access-date=June 2, 2015|at=sec. Weekend, pp. 6, 8|edition=Valley|archive-date=April 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412143007/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/oct/07/entertainment/ca-19554|url-status=live}}

The Simpsons poked fun at the festival's incidents in the episode "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge", in which Otto attends the festival; his clothes catch fire and he refuses to pay $8 for a water bottle, only to be saved by a girl who uses her water bottle to extinguish him.{{cite web|url=https://tstoaddicts.com/2016/02/15/where-did-that-come-from-der-krazy-kraut-becky/|title=Where Did THAT Come From – Der Krazy Kraut & BeckyThe Simpsons Tapped Out AddictsAll Things The Simpsons Tapped Out for the Tapped Out Addict in All of Us|date=February 15, 2016|website=The Simpsons Tapped Out Addicts|access-date=June 20, 2023}}

During the four days of the festival, various bands and artists{{cite web |url=http://members.aol.com/Mary1NYS/Schedule.html |title=Schedule|website=members.aol.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000527195720/http://members.aol.com/Mary1NYS/Schedule.html |archive-date=27 May 2000 |url-status=dead}} performed on one of the three different stages: "West Stage", "East Stage", and "Emerging Artists Stage".

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• Frostbit Blue
• K.J. James
• Little Big Jam
• Gridley Paige
• Djoliba
• Red Herring
• Rattlebasket
• In Bloom
• Flipp
• 3rd Bass[https://web.archive.org/web/20100605072053/http://www.woodstock.com/1999-festival/ Woodstock 99 summary at woodstock.com], page archived at archive.org.
• Vertical Horizon
• Strangefolk
• G. Love & Special Sauce{{cite web |title=Various Artists – Woodstock 1999 Album Reviews, Songs & More |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/woodstock-1999-mw0000670985 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=June 20, 2023}}
• The String Cheese Incident
• Bernie Worrell and the Woo Warriors{{cite web |last=Basham |first=David |title=Parliament/Funkadelic Lands The Mothership At Woodstock |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1427162/parliamentfunkadelic-lands-the-mothership-at-woodstock/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150410055721/http://www.mtv.com/news/1427162/parliamentfunkadelic-lands-the-mothership-at-woodstock/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 10, 2015 |publisher=MTV |date=July 23, 1999 |access-date=November 9, 2015}}
• George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars

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• Immoral Fibres
• Simmi
• Chris Glenn
• Gary Durdin & the Clay Pinps
• Johnny Rushmore

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• James Brown
• G. Love & Special Sauce
• Jamiroquai
• Live
• Sheryl Crow
• DMX
• The Offspring
• Korn
• Bush

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• Spitfire{{cite web|url=https://www.spitfiretour.org/woodstock99.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006235205/http://www.spitfiretour.org/woodstock99.html|url-status=dead|title=Spitfire Tour|archive-date=October 6, 2008|website=www.spitfiretour.org|access-date=June 20, 2023}}
• Oleander
• The Umbilical Brothers{{cite web |url=http://www.umbilicalbrothers.com/site/history.php |title=The Umbilical Brothers |publisher=The Umbilical Brothers |access-date=November 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100303020010/http://www.umbilicalbrothers.com/site/history.php |archive-date=March 3, 2010 |url-status=dead}}
• moe.{{cite web |url=http://live-bootleg.blogspot.com/2006/09/woodstock-99-festival-of-peace-and.html |title=Smuggled Sounds: Woodstock '99: Festival of "peace" and Music |publisher=Live-bootleg.blogspot.com |date=August 20, 2009 |access-date=November 9, 2015}}
• Lit
• Buckcherry
• The Roots
• Insane Clown Posse{{cite book |last1=Bruce |first1=Joseph |author-link=Violent J |first2=Hobey |last2=Echlin |editor-first=Nathan |editor-last=Fostey |title=ICP: Behind the Paint |url=https://archive.org/details/icpbehindpaint00viol |url-access=registration |edition=second |publisher=Psychopathic Records |location=Royal Oak, Michigan |isbn=0-9741846-0-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/icpbehindpaint00viol/page/444 444–455] |chapter=Big Money Hustlas |date=August 2003}}
• George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8-C_hcS0ek|title=George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars – Full Concert – 07/23/99 – Rome, NY (OFFICIAL)|date=November 11, 2014 |access-date=June 20, 2023|via=www.youtube.com}}

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• F.o.N.
• Linda Rutherford & Celtic Fire
• Animal Planet{{cite web |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/past-practice-animal-planet-was-in-a-hurry-to-get-to-woodstock/article_cc3d4057-568d-5d63-977f-697f505c13d7.html |title=PAST PRACTICE ANIMAL PLANET WAS IN A HURRY TO GET TO WOODSTOCK |date=August 6, 1999 |publisher=Buffalo News |access-date=August 17, 2022}}
• Sugar Daddy
• Sticky Pistil{{cite web |url=http://www.stickypistil.com/taosnews722.html |title=Sticky Pistil goes to Woodstock - Taos News |publisher=Stickypistil.com |access-date=November 9, 2015}}
• Bijou Phillips
• Mike Errico
• King Konga{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}
• Ben Lee
• Beth Hart Band
• Liars Inc.
• Chris McDermott
• Moby{{cite web |last=Tortorici |first=Frank |title=Woodstock '99 Report #24: Moby Rants And Raves Until Dawn |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/516180/woodstock-99-report-24-moby-rants-and-raves-until-dawn/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724214442/http://www.mtv.com/news/516180/woodstock-99-report-24-moby-rants-and-raves-until-dawn/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 24, 2014 |publisher=MTV |date=July 24, 1999 |access-date=November 9, 2015}}

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• The Tragically Hip
• Kid Rock
• Wyclef Jean with the Refugee Allstars
• Counting Crows
• Dave Matthews Band
• Alanis Morissette
• Limp Bizkit
• Rage Against the Machine
• Metallica

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• Spitfire
• Guster
• Bruce Hornsby
• Everclear
• Ice Cube
• Los Lobos[http://new.music.yahoo.com/lobos/news/everclear-chemical-brothers-and-los-lobos-entertain-at-woodstock--12032332] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527131451/http://new.music.yahoo.com/lobos/news/everclear-chemical-brothers-and-los-lobos-entertain-at-woodstock--12032332 |date=May 27, 2011}}
• Mickey Hart/Planet Drum
• The Chemical Brothers

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• Young & Fabulous!
• Gargantua Soul
• 3
• Serial Joe
• American Pearl
• Full Devil Jacket
• Old Pike{{cite web |title=Full Devil Jacket Performance. Woodstock 99 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIJYb10Izyw |url-status=live |publisher=YouTube |date=August 29, 2013 |access-date=November 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/HIJYb10Izyw |archive-date=November 17, 2021}}{{cbignore}}
• Strangefolk
• DDT
• 2 Skinnee J's{{cite web |title=2 Skinnee J's |url=http://www.2sj.com/photos/eas99/index.htm |url-status=dead |publisher=2sj.com |access-date=November 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707062921/http://www.2sj.com/photos/eas99/index.htm |archive-date=July 7, 2011}}
• Gigolo Aunts
• Fatboy Slim{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Christopher |title=Woodstock '99 Report #43: Fatboy Slim Turns The Tables On Rock |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/516207/woodstock-99-report-43-fatboy-slim-turns-the-tables-on-rock/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116085320/http://www.mtv.com/news/516207/woodstock-99-report-43-fatboy-slim-turns-the-tables-on-rock/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 16, 2015 |publisher=MTV |date=July 25, 1999 |access-date=November 9, 2015}}

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• Willie Nelson
• The Brian Setzer Orchestra
• Everlast
• Elvis Costello
• Jewel
• Creed, featuring Robby Krieger
• Red Hot Chili Peppers

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• Spitfire
• Mike Ness
• Our Lady Peace
• Rusted Root
• Sevendust
• Collective Soul
• Godsmack
• Megadeth

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• Kirsti Gholson
• Moe Loughran{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Bay/9641/wpictures.html |title=Green Mind's 1999 Woodstock Pictures |access-date=November 9, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000303171050/http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Bay/9641/wpictures.html |archive-date=March 3, 2000}}
• The Scoldees
• The Supersuckers
• Stormy Mondays
• Big Sugar
• Muse{{cite web |url=http://www.mashfest.com/woodstock-1999 |title=mashfest.com |publisher=mashfest.com |access-date=2015-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090712020200/http://www.mashfest.com/woodstock-1999 |archive-date=July 12, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}
• John Oszajca
• Pound
• Pushmonkey
• Cyclefly
• Indigenous
• John Entwistle
• Reveille{{cite web |url=http://www.rockpublication.com/woodstock99.htm |title=Woodstock'99 |publisher=Rockpublication.com |access-date=November 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816014828/http://rockpublication.com/woodstock99.htm |archive-date=August 16, 2018 |url-status=dead}}

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Music from Woodstock 1999 was released on a two-disc compact disc set, Woodstock 1999. The album features 32 performing artists and was released on Epic Records on October 19, 1999.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r441749|pure_url=yes}} |title=Woodstock 1999 - Overview |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=April 30, 2010}}

A DVD of concert highlights entitled Woodstock 99 was released in March 2000. It features the more positive aspects of the concerts with one song each from 29 of the participating acts, along with interviews from the musicians and concert-goers.{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/453|title=DVD Talk|website=www.dvdtalk.com|access-date=June 20, 2023}}

Most of the Bush performance is available on the DVD The Best of '94–'99.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-94-99-mw0000745300|title=The Best of '94 - '99 - Bush | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=AllMusic}}

The Ringer produced an eight-part documentary podcast series about the festival entitled Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99.Steven Hyden, "[https://www.theringer.com/2019/7/9/20687231/limp-bizkit-break-stuff-woodstock-99 Limp Bizkit Got the Blame for the Woodstock '99 Riots. But It's Not That Simple.] The Ringer, July 9, 2019.

The documentary Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage, directed by Garret Price, premiered on July 23, 2021, on HBO and HBO Max.{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-the-trailer-for-new-hbo-documentary-woodstock-99-peace-love-and-rage/|title=Watch the Trailer for New HBO Documentary Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage|website=Pitchfork|date=July 7, 2021}}

On August 3, 2022, Netflix premiered a three-part documentary miniseries entitled Trainwreck: Woodstock '99, featuring interviews with concertgoers, journalists present at the festival, artists who performed at the festival, and co-promoters John Scher and Michael Lang.{{cite news |last1=Wheeler |first1=Brad |title=Netflix miniseries Trainwreck: Woodstock '99 documents a music festival horrifically derailed |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/reviews/article-netflix-miniseries-trainwreck-woodstock-99-documents-a-music-festival/#:~:text=in%20documentative%20rubbernecking.-,Director%20Jamie%20Crawford%20attempts%20to%20nail%20down%20how%20the%20calamity,apples%20of%20200%2C000%20music%20fans. |access-date=12 August 2022 |publisher=The Globe and Mail |date=5 August 2022}}{{cite magazine |last1=Kreps |first1=Daniel |title='Clusterf**k': See Trailer for Netflix's Docuseries on Infamous Woodstock '99 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/clusterfk-netflix-docuseries-woodstock-99-trailer-1385682/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=20 July 2022 |date=20 July 2022}}

{{Portal|1990s|Rock music}}

• Pol'and'Rock Festival, formerly known as Przystanek Woodstock (1995–present)
• {{slink|Rock festival|Historic rock festivals}}
• Woodstock (1969)
• Woodstock '79 (1979)
• Woodstock '89 (1989)
• Woodstock '94 (1994)
• Heroes of Woodstock Tour (2009)
• Woodstock 50 (2019)

{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.woodstock1999.com/static/index.html Original Woodstock 1999 website]
• [http://www.enjoythemusic.com/woodstock/ Live Woodstock Report Including Riot Photos]
• [http://www.woodstockmuseum.com/ Woodstock Museum]

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