From the vault: Watch Alanis, CountingCrows, davematthewsbnd and all your '90s faves at day 2 of Woodstock '99, which happened 20 years ago today:
That’s not the most enticing introduction to a music festival retrospective, but this wasn’t an ordinary event. Hundreds of thousands of music fans flocked to the dusty fields of Rome for the 30th anniversary of the original Woodstock. But the name is where the similarities between the two begin and end: Woodstock ‘99 is remembered as a catastrophe.
But despite the madness, the injuries and the raging fires , there were some memorable performances by the era’s biggest acts. The set brought on riots and dangerous moshing, so we’ll skip that one and instead revisit a few calmer moments from July 24, 1999., Alanis Morisette was a superstar. She performed all the hits, including “You Oughta Know,” for a crowd who sang all the lyrics right back to her. TheBand performed the best dang “Ants Marching” you’ve ever heard. The crowd went absolutely nuts. At this point in their hour-long set, Matthews’ gray, sweat-soaked t-shirt darkened to a berry purple.
The Counting Crows brought a different kind of heat and performed one of the most memorable sets of their career. Metallica and also played the East Stage that day. Woodstock ‘99 was nothing short of a disaster, but at least it provided us with some musical snapshots of 1999.
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