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  Woodstock 50 organisers announce cancellation of troubled festival

  The three-day festival was originally scheduled for August 16-18.

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  Woodstock 50 festival cancelled after string of setbacks, organisers announce

  Woodstock 50 has been cancelled, the organisers have confirmed.The three-day festival was originally scheduled for August 16-18, but hold-ups included permit denials and the loss of a financial partner and a production company.Last week Jay-Z, Dead & Company and John Fogerty announced they would not perform at the event after organisers said it was moving to Maryland from New York.On Tuesday, festival co-founder Michael Lang said: "We are saddened that a series of unforeseen setbacks has made it

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  John Fogerty and Jay-Z pull out of Woodstock 50 as anniversary festival flounders

  John Fogerty of  Creedence Clearwater Revival and US rap star Jay-Z both pulled out of the 50th anniversary Woodstock festival on Friday, just weeks before the troubled event is supposed to take place.

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  Jay-Z, John Fogerty pull out of Woodstock 50 music festival

  Rap superstar Jay-Z has pulled out of the troubled Woodstock 50 music festival that is supposed to take place next month, a person with knowledge of the matter said on Friday. Jay-Z had been scheduled to perform as the closing act of the three-day event meant to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the famed 1969 "peace and music" festival. The person requested anonymity and did not say why Jay-Z had cancelled his involvement.

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  Jay-Z pulling out of troubled Woodstock anniversary festival

  John Fogerty, who performed at the original event in 1969, had earlier pulled out of the event.

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  Jay-Z 'pulls out' of troubled Woodstock 50 festival

  Jay-Z has cancelled his appearance for the 50th anniversary for Woodstock festival weeks before the event is set to take place. Woodstock 50 producers told The New York Times that the August 16-18 event would be held at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland northeast of the US capitol.A source close to the situation, told The Associated Press today that Jay-Z will no longer close the three-day festival. The news comes on the same day that John Fogerty, who performed at the origina

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  John Fogerty defects from troubled Woodstock anniversary festival

  He performed at the original event in 1969 with Creedence Clearwater Revival.

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  Woodstock 50 festival organisers deny event has been cancelled

  A festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of Woodstock will still go ahead, organisers have said, despite a major financial backer pulling out. The Woodstock 50 event is set to feature acts including Jay-Z, Miley Cyrus and The Killers in New York in August. On Monday, its main investor said it could not ensure the "health and safety of the artists, partners and attendees" and would not be providing funding.

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  Show goes on at Woodstock 50 anniversary event, organisers insist

  The withdrawal of a major partner had thrown into doubt whether the festival will take place.

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  Fogerty irked 'Proud Mary' film borrows from his song's name

  John Fogerty says he's annoyed that Taraji P. Henson's new film, "Proud Mary," borrows from his popular song's name without his involvement. Fogerty does not own the rights to his infamous song. Henson plays a hit woman in "Proud Mary," to be released on Friday.

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