Unfortunately, most festivalgoers didn’t heed the warning to bring an adequate supply themselves.

With temperatures hovering from the high 80s to, in some accounts, hitting the 100s, water became a necessity. Now imagine turning off that city’s water supply. 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. We revisited the disaster at Griffiss Air Force Base to break down the 19 worst things that happened at Woodstock ’99. Woodstock ’99 was supposed to celebrate the 30th anniversary of “peace, love and happiness.” Instead, the Rome, New York festival earned the infamous distinction of “the day the Nineties died.” There were tons of contributing factors that made the fest the anti-Woodstock: Organizers trying to wring every last dollar from festivalgoers from exorbitant ticket prices to costly water bottles, a festival site built atop hot tarmac in late-July heat, a poorly curated and scheduled lineup and an angry, aggressive crowd that left a charred festival site and sexual assaults in its wake. With a new HBO documentary revisiting the infamous Woodstock ’99, a new generation is learning about one of the most calamitous festivals of all time.

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