What really happened at Woodstock 1969?
The entire weekend was marred by downpours of rain, which turned the festival grounds into a miserable bowl of mud. In the chaos leading up to the festival, the promoters failed to employ enough ticket takers, so the kids eventually just tore down fences and poured in for free.
What was bad about Woodstock?
Many issues at Woodstock ’99 were blamed on the heat: Temperatures neared 100 degrees (and felt as hot as 118 on the tarmac) and bottles of water were sold for $4, leaving little relief for fans who paid $150 (or more) for tickets to a very commercialized event covered by MTV with live, uncensored pay-per-view.
What was the biggest problem at Woodstock?
1. The Water Problem. With about 220,000 people in attendance and another 10,000 working the festival, Woodstock ’99 temporarily made the festival site the third most populated city in New York state.
How many died at Woodstock?
two
Out of three people who died at the festival, two of them were killed by medicine overdoses – believed to be heroin. And the third was Raymond Mizsak, 17, who was crushed to death while asleep in his sleeping bag by a tractor.