Woodstock is widely regarded as THE best festival to ever happen to music. The August 1969 festival in upstate New York had an incredible lineup including Jimi Hendrix, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead and so many more. No festival has come close to the cultural impact Woodstock 69 had on the world. There was Woodstock 99 but that is widely regarded as the worst thing to happen to music. Just look at its Wikipedia page, the Problems section is bigger than any other section.
Times were different in 1969, tickets for the three day festival were only $18 in advance and $24 at the gates. Yes, that is super cheap but in 2015 those prices would be closer to $120 and $150, which is still WAY cheaper than Coachella. With ticket prices the way they were one has to wonder how much each artist was paid for such a large scale multi-day festival.
Jimi Hendrix took home the most amount of money with $18,000, The Who got $6,250, and Santana got $750. Those prices would be very different today with Hendrix taking home about $112,000 and Santana taking about $4,650. A prime time Hendrix costs $112,000 in 2015 and Arcade Fire costs $150,000. Think about that.
Check out the rest of the Woodstock list below:
1. Jimi Hendrix – $18,000
2. Blood, Sweat and Tears – $15,000
3. Joan Baez – $10,000
4. Creedence Clearwater Revival – $10,000
5. The Band – $7,500
6. Janis Joplin – $7,500
7. Jefferson Airplane – $7,500
8. Sly and the Family Stone – $7,000
9. Canned Heat – $6,500
10. The Who – $6,250
11. Richie Havens – $6,000
12. Arlo Guthrie – $5,000
13. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – $5,000
14. Ravi Shankar – $4,500
15. Johnny Winter – $3,750
16. Ten Years After – $3,250
17. Country Joe and the Fish – $2,500
18. Grateful Dead – $2,500
19. The Incredible String Band – $2,250
20. Mountain – $2,000
21. Tim Hardin – $2,000
22. Joe Cocker – $1,375
23. Sweetwater – $1,250
24. John B. Sebastian – $1,000
25. Melanie – $750
26. Santana – $750
27. Sha Na Na – $700
28. Keef Hartley – $500
29. Quill – $375
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