After previously being included as one of the many acts set to play Woodstock 50—the anniversary celebration of the original legendary festival that will be held in Watkins Glen, NY in August—The Black Keys have announced they will not be able to play the event, citing scheduling issues.
“Due to a scheduling conflict, The Black Keys will unfortunately need to cancel their set at Woodstock,” a statement on the group’s social media pages. “The band wants to let fans know as soon as possible and before tickets go on sale.”
Woodstock 50 is set to include performances from Dead & Company, Santana, Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters, Sturgill Simpson, Brandi Carlile, Hot Tuna, Gary Clark Jr., John Fogerty, The Lumineers, The Raconteurs, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Chance The Rapper, Miley Cyrus, Halsey, Janelle Monáe, Jay-Z, Margo Price, The Marcus King Band and more. All festival information can be found here.
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INSIDER #1
April 8, 2019 at 6:03 pmThese “guys” are complete assholes and are super shitty “musicians”. Everyone in their crew are local nobodies trying to glom on to their BS. Do not support white privileged weanies!!! You can listen to way better bullshit.
Nick
April 8, 2019 at 2:37 pmThey are headlining JazzFest on May 2 instead of the stones and fleetwood mac
Fact.
MarZaPhiGar
April 8, 2019 at 9:59 amWow u must be an insider!
marzipan
April 8, 2019 at 11:19 amNo, just someone with common business sense & experience. C) ticket sales not going well – but not the case here for a multiple artist event. What is your hypothesis?
marzipan
April 8, 2019 at 8:55 amThis ain’t “Woodstock”, to any band this is just another paying gig. And its not like the wrote down the wrong date in the their calendar and got double booked like a restaurant reservation. A) They got a better paying gig and the contract allowed an out -or- B) They didn’t receive an advance payment in time and the contract allowed an out. Its as simple as that but they’ll try to lead you otherwise…
MarZaPhiGar
April 7, 2019 at 1:27 pmLol couldnt gaf less, but what band has a scheduling conflict with fuckin WOODSTOCK.
Not surprised
April 6, 2019 at 8:12 pmlol. What a joke of a fucking band.
Mark Brownstain
April 7, 2019 at 6:17 amOooooooo…. You are SO edgy and cool!