The Raconteurs have dropped out of Woodstock 50 as organizers still have yet to file a permit application with Maryland officials for planned festival
“John Fogerty knows where he will be for the anniversary weekend of Woodstock,” Fogerty’s rep said in a statement. “At only one site … At the original one – the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.”on Monday when asked why he was backing out of the festival. “I have no hotels. I have nothing planned. I’m not interested in getting on a ship that’s sinking, and I don’t see any indication that this ship is not sinking.
“I was with them all the way until the location changed,” Sebastian added. “And it pisses me off, because I feel like a blood brother with [promoter Michael Lang], and I would love to be able to join him.” Earlier this month, organizers attempted to relocate the festival to Maryland’s Merriweather Post Pavilion after four failed attempts to stage the concert at Vernon Downs in Vernon, NY. Howard County executives in Maryland welcomed the festival to their county if they were able to secure acts, but with just 17 days to go before the ostensible kickoff, Scott Peterson, spokesperson for Howard County, tellsthat as of Tuesday, organizers have yet to submit a permit application for the festival.
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