Trainwreck: Woodstock '99

7.3
2022

Woodstock 1969 promised peace and music, but its '99 revival delivered days of rage, riots and real harm. Why did it go so horribly wrong?

Production

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Trailers & Videos

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Seasons

3 Episodes • Premiered 2022

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1. How the F**k Did This Happen?

7.8

The 1999 fest takes a hard swerve away from 1969 Woodstock co-creator Michael Lang's vision with a military base locale, profit focus and toxic vibe.

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2. Kerosene. Match. Boom!

8.0

Endless trash and seething heat feed the chaos on day two as performers are pelted with debris and Limp Bizkit riles the crowd to its breaking point.

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3. You Can't Stop a Riot in the 90s

6.6

Tainted water and price gouging mar day three. Fear grips the finale, fires spread, and the mob takes over. Later, sexual assault allegations emerge.

Cast

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Reviews

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Peter McGinn

7/10

This documentary mini-series was well done, as least as far as I watched. I confess I stopped watching it during the second of three episodes, but not due to any quality issue. Like I said, it was fine. But I determined that the subject didn’t interest me as much as I thought it would. It didn’t help that the bands they hired for the festival were almost all of no interest to me.

But I will say that if you like band their lineup, were present at the actual event, or if you are a student of musical history you should find it interesting. Certainly anyone who even considers yet another spinoff on the idea of a Woodstock should watch this program and be warned off. Indeed, perhaps Trainwreck can be utilized as a primer on how not to run a music festival.

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