Where My Eyes Have Been

Popmart Tour - 1997

"Initially, there was talk of staying the weekend but I left as soon as I could. When I heard some of the crowd rioted during sets by Limp Bizkit and the Red Hot Chili Peppers I was only shocked that it hadn’t happened sooner. I was disgusted by the reports of sexual assaults, but that didn’t surprise me either: there was a lot of misogyny and hostility in the main crowd. It was awful. I’ve played hundreds of festivals in my career and nothing even comes close to how bad this was.”-
- Moby on Woodstock ‘99 (via ninainecstacy)"

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I worked there and it was a blessing. Workers were given free food, water and shelter.

The concert took place at an airbase - not much shade on a tarmac. Both Woodstock ‘69 & and ‘94 had cloud coverage and rain, while ‘99 had 3 days of blazing sunshine. Festival goers were dehydrated and had sun stroke. Moreover, they were being gauged by food/water prices. Why buy a bottle of water when you can buy a beer?

Sunday morning saw trailers all over the tarmac. Naturally, people climbed under them for shade and on top for better views. Nevertheless, the high prices, the high temperature and the high intake of drugs and alcohol made them out of control. By dusk, they started breaking into the trailers and started looting. Closed up tents were being broken into, too. The fires began, but many people had already left. Though there is no excuse for rioting and sexual assaults, the festival needed to be planned better.

augustfading:

Woodstock 1999

Caught the end of their set from the behind the stage. Met Adam as he walked off. Asked him, “How was it dating both girls from Friends?” He looked at me like I was an idiot and replied, “good”.
fyeahcountingcrows:

Woodstock, Rome NY 7/24/99

Caught the end of their set from the behind the stage. Met Adam as he walked off. Asked him, “How was it dating both girls from Friends?” He looked at me like I was an idiot and replied, “good”.

fyeahcountingcrows:

Woodstock, Rome NY 7/24/99

I had just shook hands with Dave and co as they walked up the runway onto the stage. Then this happened…

pinkprincess17:

Dave Matthews Band - 7/24/99 - Woodstock ‘99 - [Full Show/Remastered] (by OneEyedWilly5)

[This video contains some “Mardi Gras” style live crowd shots so it’s NSFW or younger viewers]

#41 - 2:51
Two Step - 12:42
Too Much - 24:26
Rhyme & Reason - 29:55
Don’t Drink the Water - 37:28
Tripping Billies - 46:06
Stefan solo » 51:35
All Along the Watchtower » 52:37
Ants Marching 59:23