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Cyrus, one of America's biggest pop stars, was
one of the headliners for the event planned for Aug. 16-18,
which has been mired in financial and permit problems.
Variety and Rolling Stone cited sources close to the situation
as saying Cyrus would no longer take part. Representatives of
the "Wrecking Ball" singer did not return requests for comment.
Rapper Jay-Z withdrew last week, along with former Creedence
Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty as Woodstock 50
organizers sought a third venue, this time at a small
amphitheater in Columbia, Maryland. [nL2N24R0ZM]
In the past few days Dead & Company, Carlos Santana, and rock
bands the Lumineers and the Raconteurs have also pulled out,
their representatives told Rolling Stone magazine.
Tickets have yet to go on sale for the festival, which,
according to media reports, may now be a free, one-day event
with an attendance scaled down from more than 100,000 to around
30,000.
Woodstock 50, with an 80-act lineup, was first planned for the
Watkins Glen motor racing venue in upstate New York, but the
site pulled out in June. Organizers then attempted in vain to
seek permits in Vernon, New York.
The proposed new venue is the Merriweather Post Pavilion in
Maryland.
The nonprofit Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, the current
owner of the field where the 1969 Woodstock festival took place,
has also scaled back plans for a three-day anniversary event. It
said in February it will instead host separate concerts by Ringo
Starr, Santana and the Doobie Brothers.
Woodstock 50 organizers did not respond to a request for comment
on Tuesday on the latest withdrawals.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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