After serving to to create the unique 1969 competition, Lang was additionally behind follow-up occasions Woodstock '94 and Woodstock '99.
Michael Lang, co-creator of the legendary Woodstock Music and Artwork Truthful in August 1969 that proved to be a generation-defining touchstone, has died. He was 77.
Lang died of problems from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at Sloan Kettering hospital in New York Metropolis, a consultant confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
A Brooklyn native, Lang dropped out of New York College earlier than heading to the Miami space to arrange music occasions, together with the 1968 Miami Pop Competition, which featured Jimi Hendrix.
He later moved to Woodstock, N.Y., the place he labored with Artie Kornfeld and companions Joel Rosenman and John Roberts to plan the well-known competition, which happened from Aug. 15-18 on Max Yasgur’s farm close to Bethel, N.Y. The massively attended occasion turned a signature second for the counterculture motion and showcased such performers as Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Grateful Lifeless, the Who, Carlos Santana, Sly and the Household Stone, Joe Cocker and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Younger.
“Woodstock supplied an setting for folks to specific their higher selves, if you'll,” Lang advised Pollstar in 2019. “It was most likely essentially the most peaceable occasion of its form in historical past. That was due to expectations and what folks wished to create there.”
Lang, who was portrayed by Jonathan Groff in Ang Lee’s 2009 movie Taking Woodstock, additionally produced follow-up occasions Woodstock ’94 and Woodstock ’99. He helped plan Woodstock 50, which was set to happen in August 2019 till the live performance was in the end canceled.
He's survived by spouse Tamara and his 5 kids, Shala, Lariann, Molly, Harry and Laszlo.