My Mind," in order to show her worries about the tensions between North Korea and the United States while she was at Coachella, expressing nostalgia by using the Woodstock festival as a symbol of peace. In 2017, Portland rock band Portugal. The Man released album Woodstock, inspired by the lead singer John Gourley's conversation with his dad about the Woodstock festival ticket stub. In August 2019, the United States Postal Service released a Forever stamp commemorating Woodstock's 50th anniversary. The stamp was designed by Antonio Alcalá, Art Director of the USPS and was first issued at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on August 8, 2019. The museum was hosting Play it Loud, an exhibit co-organized with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame consisting of vintage rock and roll instruments, posters, and costumes. Attending the ceremony were Woodstock producers Michael Lang and Joel Rosenman. The ceremony began with a "stirring" electric guitar performance of The Star Spangled Banner by "Captain" Kirk Douglas of The Roots—"reminiscent" of Jimi Hendrix's performance at the original festival. Gallery See also Harlem Cultural Festival, sometimes called the "Black Woodstock" that ran concurrently over the months of July and August 1969. List of historic music festivals Nambassa National Register of Historic Places listings in Sullivan County, New York Przystanek Woodstock (Woodstock Festival Poland) Sunbury Pop Festival Wattstax Woodstock '99, a reiterated version of the original festival held in Rome, New York also marred by poor planning, numerous occasions of sexual assault, pollution, and more. References Further reading External links Articles Attendees Artie Kornfeld Interview—NAMM Oral History Library (2017) Ric Manning, [https://archive.ph/jeKD7 Remembering Woodstock, 2009] [https://archive.ph/u53fo Remembering Woodstock, 2019] (later, newspaper writer, uploader of :File:Woodstock-kids.jpg) Elliott Landy: Woodstock Festival Gallery Woodstock Vision media CD-ROM Jim Shelley, woodstockwhisperer.info amateur photographer at Woodstock 1969 1969 in music 1969 in New York (state) Catskills Concerts in the United States Hippie movement Rock festivals in the United States Free festivals Counterculture festivals Counterculture of the 1960s National Register of Historic Places in Sullivan County, New York Tourist attractions in Sullivan County, New York 1969 Mass media franchises Jam band festivals Music festivals established in 1969 Timeline of 1960s counterculture 1969 festivals 1969 music festivals 1969 in American music August 1969 events in the United States Riots and civil disorder in New York (state) Commemorative stamps