There were just waves of hatred bouncing around the place,' MTV’s Kurt Loder told USA Today after reporting from the scene. One of the deaths was due to heat-related illness.

Roughly 10,000 people needed medical treatment, 44 were arrested, and two concertgoers died at Woodstock '99.

Vandals flipped over cars, climbed the speakers, and pulled down the Woodstock Peace Wall's plywood panels to feed the fires. New York State Troopers and local police officers were called in to combat the uncontrollable violence. However, as the band played a cover of Jimi Hendrix's 'Fire,' the crowds used the candles to light bonfires that blazed out of control. Looting soon followed as rioters set out to destroy anything and everything in their paths. One of the deaths was due to heat-related illness Overwhelmed and understaffed security guards were unable to control the outbreaks of mayhem, which came to a head on the festival's last night on July 25, 1999.Īn anti-gun violence group known as PAX handed out 'peace candles' to people with the intention of them being lit during the Red Hot Chili Peppers' performance of the song 'Under the Bridge.' Injured people were carried out of the mosh pit in makeshift stretchers. On day two, the crowd turned to violence during Limp Bizkit's performance of their song 'Break Stuff' - a sentiment that was taken literally. They were holding her arms you could see she was struggling.' 'These gentlemen, probably in the 25–32 age range, looked as though they were holding her down. 'At one point I saw this girl, a very petite girl, maybe 100 pounds, who was body-surfing above the crowd and either fell in or was pulled into a circle in the mosh pit,' volunteer David Schneider told MTV at the time. One gang rape was said to have occurred in the mosh pit during Korn's performance on the first night. There were countless sexual assaults over the long weekend and eight reported rapes. 'The laws of normal society just don't apply here,' one man explained during an interview at the festival that was featured in the documentary 'We got off the bus, and I was like, 'Something's not right.'' I can tell you a hundred feet away what the energy in that venue's gonna be like,' the musician Moby said in the film. 'There is a sixth sense that you develop when you spend your life going to venues.

The film also relies on archival footage from the festival itself to paint a clear picture of anarchy, violence, and toxic white masculinity. 'It was not your parents Woodstock,' one man explained in the trailer for the documentary, which features interviews with attendees, journalists who covered the event, and musicians who performed. Held 30 years later, it was billed as another three days of peace, love, and music - it was anything but. Woodstock '99 was an attempt to pay homage to the counterculture idealism that made the 1969 festival a pivotal moment in musical history. The nightmarish musical festival kicked off on July 22, 1999, with about 220,000 music fans arriving at a former Air Force base outside of Rome, New York, which was roughly 100 miles from the site of the original Woodstock. Published: 00:18 BST, 24 July 2021 | Updated: 00:55 BST, 24 July 2021Īfter a long weekend of violence, vandals lit fires on the last night of the show Roughly 10,000 people needed medical treatment, 44 were arrested, and two died at Woodstock '99.The violence came to a head on the last night when rioters lit bonfires, flipped cars, and tore down booths.There were countless sexual assaults and eight reported rapes, with one body-surfer allegedly being gang-raped in the mosh pit.Concertgoers rolled around in puddles of human feces they thought was mud.People were passing out because of heat exhaustion and dehydration, while the porta-potties quickly became clogged and overflowing with waste.Temperatures soared to 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and festivalgoers were left to bake on the tarmac with bottles of water costing $4 apiece.Woodstock '99 kicked off on July 22, 1999, with hundreds of thousands of music fans arriving at a former Air Force base outside of Rome, New York.The music festival was an attempt to pay homage to the counterculture idealism that made the original Woodstock in 1969 a pivotal moment in musical history.HBO's Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage takes an in-depth look at the carnage from the three-day event with interviews and archival footage.

The day the '90s died: Horrific footage from new Woodstock '99 documentary shows how the music festival erupted into chaos - with mosh pit gang rapes, riots, and fans rolling around in FECES

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