As Legal Battle Heats Up, Will Woodstock 50 Be the Next Fyre Festival?

Organizers to appear in court next week

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The back-and-forth between Dentsu Aegis Network’s events division and the organizers of Woodstock 50 will now almost certainly turn into an extended legal standoff. Does the would-be celebration of peace and love now resemble 2017’s notorious Fyre Festival?

Both are cautionary tales. But one was a legitimate event that’s collapsing in real time, while the other was an aspiring scam artist’s latest attempt to get famous.

Marc Kasowitz, an attorney representing Woodstock 50 LLC and founder Michael Lang, filed a petition for injunction with the New York State Supreme Court late Wednesday night, demanding that Dentsu’s Amplifi Live division return nearly $18 million in “misappropriated” funds from the festival’s bank account after it pulled support for the event less than two weeks ago.

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