Photo Gallery One

Fans jam the front of the east stage at Woodstock '99 in Rome, N.Y., Saturday July 24, 1999, on the site of the former Griffiss Air Force base.More than 225,000 people flooded an abandoned military base in upstate New York to hear acts like Limp Bizkit, Dave Matthews Band, Korn, Metallica and Sheryl Crow. (AP Photo/Dave Duprey)
Woodstock '99 music fans wash up Saturday morning July 24, 1999, before the second day of the 30th anniversary celebration in Rome, N.Y .More than 225,000 people flooded an abandoned military base in upstate New York to hear acts like Limp Bizkit, Dave Matthews Band, Korn, Metallica and Sheryl Crow. (AP Photo/Peter R. Barber)
A peace sign made of discarded pizza boxes is seen on the ground at Woodstock '99 Saturday, July 24, 1999 on the site of the former Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, N.Y. More than 225,000 people flooded the abandoned military base in upstate New York to hear acts like Limp Bizkit, Dave Matthews Band, Korn, Metallica and Sheryl Crow Saturday. (AP Photo/Dave Duprey)
James Brown opens Woodstock '99 Friday, July 23, 1999, on the site of the former Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, N.Y. There were 150,000 people on site at daybreak and organizers expected another 70,000 to arrive by mid-day. (AP Photo/Don Heupel)
Lead singer Gavin Rossdale, right, and guitarist Nigel Pulsford, both of the British band "Bush," close the first evening of Woodstock '99 Friday July 23, 1999, on the site of the former Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, N.Y. More than 200,000 music fans streamed into town for the festival, a three-day celebration of love and peace. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)
Unidentified mud covered concert fans cheer during Woodstock '99 Friday, July 23, 1999 on the site of the former Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, N.Y. More than 200,000 music fans streamed into town for the festival, a three-day celebration of love and peace. (AP Photo/Don Heupel)
Sheryl Crow performs during Woodstock 99 Friday, July 23, 1999 on the site of the former Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, N.Y. More than 200,000 music fans streamed into town for the festival, a three-day celebration of love and peace. (AP Photo/Dave Duprey)
Sheryl Crow performs during Woodstock 99 Friday, July 23, 1999 on the site of the former Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, N.Y. More than 200,000 music fans streamed into town for the festival, a three-day celebration of love and peace. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)
ROME, NY July 23 -- A young man surfs over the crowd as James Brown opens Woodstock 99 at Griffis Air Force Base Friday. An estimated 200,000 people are expected to attend the concert.
ROME, NY July 23 -- An area of the Woodstock camping sites.
Mud covered concert fans cheer during Woodstock '99 Friday, July 23, 1999 on the site of the former Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, N.Y. More than 200,000 music fans streamed into town for the festival, a three-day celebration of love and peace. (AP Photo/Dave Duprey)
A man waves a Tibetan flag in front of the stage on the opening day of Woodstock '99 in Rome, N.Y., Friday July 23, 1999. Soul star James Brown was the first to take the stage this afternoon. Other performers at the mega-concert include Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson and Ice Cube. Promoters are expecting a crowd of more than 200,000 people. (AP Photo/Dave Duprey)
A young man body surfs in the crowd at Woodstock '99 as James Brown opens the festivities in Rome, N.Y., Friday, July 23, 1999. (AP Photo/Dave Duprey)
The Godfather of Soul James Brown, center, waves as he arrives for the opening of Woodstock '99 Friday July 23, 1999, on the site of the former Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, N.Y. There were 150,000 people on site at daybreak and organizers expected another 70,000 to arrive by mid-day. Man at right is unidentified(AP Photo/Dave Duprey)
Amber Lindsay of Gainesville, Fla., shows off her artfully air-brushed breasts that she had painted in the east village of Woodstock '99 in Rome, N.Y., to the delight of the crowd, Thursday July 22, 1999. (AP Photo/Dave Duprey)
Brian Hutchinson, of Pittsburgh, relaxes in a hammock on the campgrounds of the Woodstock '99 site on the former Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, N.Y., Thursday, July 22, 1999. The 30th anniversary of "three days of peace and love" begins Friday. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)
Festival goers jam the main road to Woodstock '99 Thursday, July 22, 1999. The 30th anniversary of "three days of peace and love" begins Friday. (AP Photo/Dave Duprey)
Saint Stephen Ericson, of Burbank, Calif., gives a peace sign in front of the B-52 at the entrance of the former Griffiss Air Force Base at the site of Woodstock '99 Thursday, July 22, 1999, in Rome, N.Y. The 30th aniversary of peace and love starts Friday. (AP Photo/Peter R. Barber)
Crystal Giedt, of Browns Valley, Minn., Alison Rice of Peever, S.D., Eric Nigg of Browns Valley, Minn., and Ryan Ellingson, of Sissseton, S.D., from front to back, ride on the top of a van enroute to Woodstock '99 in Rome, N.Y., Thursday July 22, 1999. (AP Photo/Dave Duprey)
Concert goers caught in stopped traffic enroute to Woodstock '99, relax on Black River Blvd. in Rome, N.Y., Thursday, July 22, 1999. The 30th anniversay of "there days of peace and love" begins Friday. (AP Photo/Dave Duprey)
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