31 Acts Announced for Woodstock
�99 By DAVID BAUDER Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Limp Bizkit? Korn? Rage Against the Machine? It�s not your father�s Woodstock. That�s precisely the point. Woodstock �99 promoters announced a 31-act lineup Thursday geared to teens and 20-year-olds that, so far at least, doesn�t include one performer from the namesake festival in 1969. The Dave Matthews Band, Jewel, Metallica and Alanis Morissette are this year�s headliners for the three-day show, scheduled for July 23-25. It will be held at Griffiss Park, an abandoned Air Force base in Rome, N.Y., about 50 miles west of Albany. Organizers expect a crowd of about 250,000 people for the show, which also features Fatboy Slim, Sugar Ray, Creed, Counting Crows, Rusted Root, the Offspring, the Brian Setzer Orchestra, George Clinton and Willie Nelson. Six acts that played the 25-year anniversary concert, which drew an estimated 350,000 people to Saugerties, N.Y., are coming back: Metallica, Aerosmith, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sheryl Crow, Live and Collective Soul. �Three more days of mud, noise and logistical nightmares?� said Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich. �Wouldn�t miss it for the world.� Although DMX and Ice Cube are included, the lineup is short on rap acts. Promoters say they expect to add six to 10 more acts. Organizers promise better security than at the first two Woodstocks, which were overrun by gatecrashers. Instead of the flimsy 6-foot chainlink fence that surrounded the Woodstock �94 site, Griffiss will be ringed by a 12-foot plywood fence backed with steel girders. Ticket packages including bus transportation will go on sale April 18, with prices starting at $249.99. _AP-NY-04-09-99 0817EDT<
