Why did The Beatles not play at Woodstock in 1969?
This one is an easy answer – because they had long ago stopped performing. Their last tour was in the Summer of 1966, with their last show being given in Candlestick Park in San Francisco. They did that impromptu gig on he rooftop of Abbey Studios in January of 1969, but that was it. They were a studio band – a new phenomenon in the Sixties. Bob Dylan also didn’t play Woodstock, though there were plenty of rumours that he was going to show up – especially during the Band’s set. It never came to pass, of course. If you look at Woodstock from a 1969 perspective, many of the bands that made it from that weekend were unknowns at the time – Crosby, Stills and Nash, and Santana, to name 2. Quill, Sweetwater and Mountain were all there, just starting out. The Doors weren’t there, and the Grateful Dead often said they gave their worst performance EVER at Woodstock. So many of the performances were given on the fly – most of Friday’s performances were and twice performances were interrupted by
