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DOSSIER – In this November 4, 2016 archive photo, Jay-Z occurs at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Cleveland. (AP Photo / Matt Rourke, File)
NEW YORK (AP) – Jay-Z, Dead & Company and the Killers will host one of the 50th anniversary shows commemorating the groundbreaking Woodstock festival this summer.
Woodstock co-founder Michael Lang announced Tuesday that Miley Cyrus, Santana, Imagine Dragons, Robert Plant, the Black Keys and Chance the Rapper will also perform at Woodstock 50, which will be held August 16-18 in Watkins Glen, New York. about 115 miles northwest of the original site. The event is separate from a birthday concert planned on the site of the original festival in 1969.
Lang made the announcement at a press conference at Jimi Hendrix's Electric Lady Studios in New York alongside Common and John Fogerty, who performed at the original Woodstock. Fogerty and Common will both be playing this summer.
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