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25th anniversary of Woodstock 99: Where can I watch the documentary ‘Trainwreck’?
Fatboy Slim and Jewel are among the performers who give their view on what went wrong at the musical festival in July 1999.
Woodstock 99 was supposed to be a 30-year celebration of the 1969 ‘peace-and-love’ musical festival of the same name. Held at the former Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome in upstate New York, approximately 220,000 people attended the four-day event between July 22 and July 25, 1999. Most, though, wished they hadn’t.
What happened at Woodstock 99? Who is in the documentary?
‘Trainwreck: Woodstock 99′ is a three-part documentary that tells the story of everything that went wrong that week. Originally released in August 2022, the series features English DJ Fatboy Slim, country singer Jewel and Korn frontman Jonathan Davis, who were in attendance and give their take on events, which got off to a shaky start and quickly spiralled further out of control.
In the blistering heat, festival goers initially complained about overpriced food and water, and poor sanitary conditions. However, that paled into comparison to what followed, with reports of sexual harassment and rapes, rioting, looting, vandalism, arson and violence, while several people even lost their lives.
The documentary delves into how a multimillion-dollar event, which James Brown, Sheryl Crow, Rage Against the Machine and Limp Bizkit also performed at, turned into “a flashpoint in cultural nadir”. The MTV presenter Carson Daly, who covered the festival, said on Instagram it felt “like I was in another country during military conflict”.
Where can I watch ‘Trainwreck: Woodstock 99′?
‘Trainwreck: Woodstock 99′ was released on August 3, 2022 on Netflix and is still available to watch on that streaming platform. If you’re not already a Netflix customer, you can create an account from $6.99 per month, with the most expensive monthly subscription costing $22.99.