The bill features current acts and those that performed at the original Woodstock festival
Jay-Z and The Killers are among the acts to be confirmed to appear at the Woodstock 50 anniversary festival later this year.
The event will take place in Watkins Glen, New York on August 16-18 and will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the original Woodstock festival.
The eclectic line-up features current acts as well as those who played at the festival in 1969. Joining the New York rapper and the Las Vegas band will be the likes of Chance The Rapper, Miley Cyrus, Halsey, Run The Jewels, Vince Staples, The Raconteurs, Boygenius, Courtney Barnett, Santana, Dead and Company, and more.
The full line-up is as follows:
The Killers
Jay-Z
Dead & Company
Miley Cyrus
Santana
The Lumineers
The Raconteurs
Chance The Rapper
The Black Keys
Sturgill Simpson
Imagine Dragons
Halsey
Cage The Elephant
Robert Plant And The Sensational Space Shifters
Nathaniel Rateliff And The Night Swears
John Fogerty
Greta Van Fleet
Portugal. The Man
Leon Bridges
Gary Clark Jr.
Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros
Brandi Carlile
Janelle Monáe
Young The Giant
Courtney Barnett
Common
Run The Jewels
Run The Jewels’ Killer Mike
The Head And The Heart
Maggie Rogers
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Bishop Briggs
David Crosby And Friends
Dawes
Margo Price
Nahko And Medicine For The People
India.Arie
Vince Staples
Judah And The Lion
Earl Sweatshirt
Boygenius
Reignwolf
Anderson East
Akon
Princess Nokia
John Sebastian
Melanie
Grandson
Jade Bird
Country Joe McDonald
Rival Sons
Emily King
Soccer Mommy
Soccer Mommy
The Zombies
Canned Heat
Hot Tuna
Pussy Riot
Cherry Glazerr
Leven Kali
Fever 333
Dorothy
Flora Cash
Larkin Poe
Brian Cadd
Ninet Tayeb
Sir
Taylor Bennett
Amy Helm
Courtney Hadwin
Pearl
John-Robert
IAMDDB
The Marcus King Band
Victory
Hollis Brown
John Craigie
Amigo The Devil
Liz Brasher
Speaking to the New York Times, Woodstock co-founder and co-producer Michael Lang said: “We want this to be more than just coming to a concert. And hopefully a lot of the bands will become part of this effort to get people to stand up and make themselves heard, to get and out vote. And if they don’t have a candidate that represents their feelings, to find one -or to run themselves.”
The festival will not take place on the original Woodstock site, with the town of Bethel organising its own celebratory event on the same weekend. That bill includes the likes of Ringo Starr, Arlo Guthrie, and Santana.
The first edition of Woodstock attracted around 400,000 people, who witnessed iconic sets from the likes of Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Janis Joplin, and Sly And The Family Stone. Two further editions were held in 1994 and 1999.
