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== Attendance ==
That's what I came here looking for, does anyone know? <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 20:28, 8 August 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:The cited source for attendance indicates 350,000-400,000. No source is cited that confirms 550,000. ] (]) 06:04, 27 June 2021 (UTC)
::If we have just the one source, I'd say go ahead and fix the article on that basis. Inflation of chart peaks and show attendance happens all the time in the music articles I watch (sadly). Cheers, <i>&mdash;&nbsp;] (] / ])</i> 22:59, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

== '''Wrong Setlist''' == == '''Wrong Setlist''' ==


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--I think they're in alphabetical order. --I think they're in alphabetical order.

They don't appear to be. Primus for example, is definitely not in alphabetical order. And I don't know about the rest of their set, but Hello Skinny was in the middle of Nature Boy, not at the other end of the set.
] 01:06, 22 May 2007 (UTC)


== References- Concert Tagline, Logo, & Dates == == References- Concert Tagline, Logo, & Dates ==
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For additional reference, a image of an original Woodstock '94 t-shirt showing the poster layout may be seen at and an enlarged version is at . I cited this to confirm the correct tagline, and this particular image also has an inset showing the originally scheduled dates of August 13 & 14, 1994. (But the poster image in the article is more suitable for public display than this image of a t-shirt.) ] 05:37, 1 June 2006 (UTC)] For additional reference, a image of an original Woodstock '94 t-shirt showing the poster layout may be seen at and an enlarged version is at . I cited this to confirm the correct tagline, and this particular image also has an inset showing the originally scheduled dates of August 13 & 14, 1994. (But the poster image in the article is more suitable for public display than this image of a t-shirt.) ] 05:37, 1 June 2006 (UTC)]

== National Guard at the ready ==

During the weekend of Woodstock '94, a company of the New York Army National Guard was training at the Leeds armory, one Thruway exit to the north. This company was ordered to a "stand-down" during the daytime and to rest, as they were placed on-call for potential crowd control at the festival. While the company was held over until Monday (a normal weekend drill would end Sunday afternoon), the unit was never called into service. I was a corporal in that company, based out of Troy, NY with a platoon detached at Leeds. Can that be placed in a Miscellanea section of this article? ] 20:55, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

== Fatilities ==
Who were the people?, anyone know?

:I removed the trivia line ''"* By the time ] was playing, there were 4 fatalities. The four people were trampled."'' as I could find no references to this anywhere but wikipedia. ] 19:19, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

There was one O.D. related death. That I remember. There might have been a second death from a stabbing incident. Can't recall. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 14:46, 24 August 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

==Gibberish==
The following should be removed as it's poorly written and irrelevant. It reads like it was translated (poorly) from a different language:
"After the traffic accident of 1966, and his later disappearance of the scenes, Dylan rejects to go to the Woodstock Festival of 1969 in spite of living in this same locality. Twenty-five years later in the festival it is presented with this phrase: “We waited 25 years to hear this. Ladies and gentleman, Mr. Bob Dylan”. According to different critical the performance from Dylan in Woodstock 94 was one of the moments of greater musical quality, and represented the beginning of another one of the stages summits of its long race. He played these 12 songs: Jokerman/Just like a Woman/All Along the Watchtower/It Takes a Lot to Laugh/Don't Think Twice/Masters of War/Baby Blue/God Knows/I Shall Be Released/Highway 61/Rainy Day Women/It Ain't Me Babe" <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 19:06, 4 September 2007 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

I attended WS94 and the claim that NIN had the highest crowd density is questionable. I remember vividly that when Metallica played, there were people as far as the eye could see... I heard estimates that over 750,000 people saw that performance, and that is probably conservative. Literally, hill and dale, for miles, was packed with fans. I was lucky enough to make it to within 100 feet of the stage. The bass when Ulrich hit his kick drums nearly stopped your heart. It was like a shockwave from a bomb. Not to mention the pyrotechnics. Please correct me if I am wrong, but I do believe actual Hueys flew over for the opening of One. It was probably the most moving experience I have had the pleasure of witnessing. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 07:22, 26 April 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

"Please correct me if I am wrong, but I do believe actual Hueys flew over for the opening of One."
You are wrong - I was front and center in the mud pit for nin and metallica. when nin started their set it was mostly what i would call "barely subdued enthusiasm" and the crowd actually picked up people who fell down and protected them from damage, it only started getting pressed and dangerous when metallica started their set, people were actually getting trampled if they fell underfoot (and there were no helicopters flying over). my friends and i had to beat a hasty retreat to a few hundred feet from the stage when metallica opened up - at that time, people started going nuts. the pit was literally a you fall you die zone.

I do agree with you that the highest crowd density was when metallica played ] (]) 23:32, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

: I was there and caught in the middle of the crowd somewhere around Aerosmith and Metallica..as far as I could tell the entire event was out of control at this point..I remember specifically being exactly where the previous poster was when it seemed like people were getting trampled..I too backed off at this point as it seemed pretty dangerous not to..overall I had an extremely bad memory of the concert as it just seemed like there was no security..too many people...lots of rumors regarding everything from fights to sexual assaults..homicides..kidnappings..an organized crime presence..basicly just a very bad scene overall as far as I could tell not to mention it pretty much rained the whole time..I personally had everything I had brought with me stolen..the entire field reeked with garbage..no one mentioned all the overturned toilets which everyone was talking about at the time...I was just glad to get out..on the way back to the bus loading area I saw multiple cars with their windows smashed..nothing about Woodstock 99 surprised me when I heard about that. ] (]) 04:12, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

I see a lot of poor writing, or at least writing that does not belong in a reference article, starting with repetitive references to "taking the stage". I appreciate the breathless exceitement, but this wouldn't appear to be the place for it. ] (]) 21:21, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

:6 years and 11 months later and this is still the case. ] (]) 02:24, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

The Notable Events under Day 1 concerning Jackyl are not written well, sound like promotional material, and are rather confusing.] (]) 20:07, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

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Attendance

That's what I came here looking for, does anyone know? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.70.204.170 (talk) 20:28, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

The cited source for attendance indicates 350,000-400,000. No source is cited that confirms 550,000. Wikijenitor (talk) 06:04, 27 June 2021 (UTC)
If we have just the one source, I'd say go ahead and fix the article on that basis. Inflation of chart peaks and show attendance happens all the time in the music articles I watch (sadly). Cheers, — JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 22:59, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

Wrong Setlist

Why is the setlist wrong? Most/all of the songs in the list in the article were performed, but not in that order. why is this wrong?

--I think they're in alphabetical order.

They don't appear to be. Primus for example, is definitely not in alphabetical order. And I don't know about the rest of their set, but Hello Skinny was in the middle of Nature Boy, not at the other end of the set. 24.68.201.65 01:06, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

References- Concert Tagline, Logo, & Dates

Even though the concert ultimately lasted 3 days, it was actually billed as "2 MORE DAYS OF PEACE & MUSIC." So I have corrected the text which optimistically read "Three more days of peace, love and music." (I have not set it in all-capital letters, although the original tagline generally did appear that way.)

A mention of the poster was inserted in the article because it provides a clear, memorable record of the tagline/theme, planned length of the event, and so on. Another editor quickly provided an image of it (thanks!), allowing readers an easy comparison with the 1969 poster shown in the main "Woodstock" article -- the '94 image is cleverly modified from the historic original design.

For additional reference, a image of an original Woodstock '94 t-shirt showing the poster layout may be seen at and an enlarged version is at . I cited this to confirm the correct tagline, and this particular image also has an inset showing the originally scheduled dates of August 13 & 14, 1994. (But the poster image in the article is more suitable for public display than this image of a t-shirt.)

National Guard at the ready

During the weekend of Woodstock '94, a company of the New York Army National Guard was training at the Leeds armory, one Thruway exit to the north. This company was ordered to a "stand-down" during the daytime and to rest, as they were placed on-call for potential crowd control at the festival. While the company was held over until Monday (a normal weekend drill would end Sunday afternoon), the unit was never called into service. I was a corporal in that company, based out of Troy, NY with a platoon detached at Leeds. Can that be placed in a Miscellanea section of this article? Fwgoebel 20:55, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Fatilities

Who were the people?, anyone know?

I removed the trivia line "* By the time Blind Melon was playing, there were 4 fatalities. The four people were trampled." as I could find no references to this anywhere but wikipedia. Improbcat 19:19, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

There was one O.D. related death. That I remember. There might have been a second death from a stabbing incident. Can't recall. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.209.57.189 (talk) 14:46, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Gibberish

The following should be removed as it's poorly written and irrelevant. It reads like it was translated (poorly) from a different language: "After the traffic accident of 1966, and his later disappearance of the scenes, Dylan rejects to go to the Woodstock Festival of 1969 in spite of living in this same locality. Twenty-five years later in the festival it is presented with this phrase: “We waited 25 years to hear this. Ladies and gentleman, Mr. Bob Dylan”. According to different critical the performance from Dylan in Woodstock 94 was one of the moments of greater musical quality, and represented the beginning of another one of the stages summits of its long race. He played these 12 songs: Jokerman/Just like a Woman/All Along the Watchtower/It Takes a Lot to Laugh/Don't Think Twice/Masters of War/Baby Blue/God Knows/I Shall Be Released/Highway 61/Rainy Day Women/It Ain't Me Babe" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.114.255.83 (talk) 19:06, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

I attended WS94 and the claim that NIN had the highest crowd density is questionable. I remember vividly that when Metallica played, there were people as far as the eye could see... I heard estimates that over 750,000 people saw that performance, and that is probably conservative. Literally, hill and dale, for miles, was packed with fans. I was lucky enough to make it to within 100 feet of the stage. The bass when Ulrich hit his kick drums nearly stopped your heart. It was like a shockwave from a bomb. Not to mention the pyrotechnics. Please correct me if I am wrong, but I do believe actual Hueys flew over for the opening of One. It was probably the most moving experience I have had the pleasure of witnessing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.115.87.87 (talk) 07:22, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

"Please correct me if I am wrong, but I do believe actual Hueys flew over for the opening of One." You are wrong - I was front and center in the mud pit for nin and metallica. when nin started their set it was mostly what i would call "barely subdued enthusiasm" and the crowd actually picked up people who fell down and protected them from damage, it only started getting pressed and dangerous when metallica started their set, people were actually getting trampled if they fell underfoot (and there were no helicopters flying over). my friends and i had to beat a hasty retreat to a few hundred feet from the stage when metallica opened up - at that time, people started going nuts. the pit was literally a you fall you die zone.

I do agree with you that the highest crowd density was when metallica played 75.134.23.64 (talk) 23:32, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

I was there and caught in the middle of the crowd somewhere around Aerosmith and Metallica..as far as I could tell the entire event was out of control at this point..I remember specifically being exactly where the previous poster was when it seemed like people were getting trampled..I too backed off at this point as it seemed pretty dangerous not to..overall I had an extremely bad memory of the concert as it just seemed like there was no security..too many people...lots of rumors regarding everything from fights to sexual assaults..homicides..kidnappings..an organized crime presence..basicly just a very bad scene overall as far as I could tell not to mention it pretty much rained the whole time..I personally had everything I had brought with me stolen..the entire field reeked with garbage..no one mentioned all the overturned toilets which everyone was talking about at the time...I was just glad to get out..on the way back to the bus loading area I saw multiple cars with their windows smashed..nothing about Woodstock 99 surprised me when I heard about that. Lonepilgrim007 (talk) 04:12, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

I see a lot of poor writing, or at least writing that does not belong in a reference article, starting with repetitive references to "taking the stage". I appreciate the breathless exceitement, but this wouldn't appear to be the place for it. Ramseyman (talk) 21:21, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

6 years and 11 months later and this is still the case. SilverXnoise (talk) 02:24, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

The Notable Events under Day 1 concerning Jackyl are not written well, sound like promotional material, and are rather confusing.Tronner (talk) 20:07, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

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