Michael Lang, legendary co-creator of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, has died. He was 77.
Lang died on Saturday night (Jan. 8) from a rare form of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York City. His rep and family friend Michael Pagnotta confirmed the news to Billboard.
Lang worked alongside partners Joel Rosenman, Capitol Records’ Artie Kornfeld and John P. Roberts for the 1969 festival held at Max Yasgur’s 600-acre dairy farm in Bethel, New York. The three-day lineup included icons such as Richie Havens, Santana, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, Sly and the Family Stone and The Who, among others.
“I booked the three hottest bands at the time — Jefferson
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