Photo Gallery One

A New York State Police cruiser negotiates through the debris at the campground of Woodstock '99 in Rome, N.Y. Monday, July 26, 1999. What began with scattered bonfires near the close of the festival, as peace candles were being handed out, ended in a destructive melee that was finally quieted early Monday morning. (AP Photo/Dave Duprey)
Trash fills the field in front of the east stage and the Peter Max facade at Woodstock '99, Monday morning July 26, 1999. What began with scattered bonfires near the close of Woodstock '99 Sunday night ended in a destructive melee that was finally quieted early this morning. (AP Photo/Dave Duprey)
Toilet paer adorns the trees as campers carry their belongings leaving Woodstock' 99 in Rome, N.Y., Monday morning July 26, 1999. (AP Photo/David Duprey)
A Woodstock '99 concertgoer wakes up to a mess Monday morning, July 26, 1999 in Rome, N.Y. Rioting broke out after the festival ending set by the Red Hot Chili Peppers Sunday night. (AP Photo/David Duprey)
Woodstock '99 concertgoers leave in front of a police line surrounding the camping area Monday morning, July 26, 1999 in Rome, N.Y., (AP Photo/David Duprey)
A Woodstock '99 festival goer walks in front of burned out trailers in front of the east stage Monday morning, July 26, 1999 in Rome, N.Y. (AP Photo/Dave Duprey)
A Woodstock '99 festival employee checks out an overturned Mercedes Benz in front of the east stage Monday morning, July 26, 1999 in Rome, N.Y. (AP Photo/Dave Duprey)
A Woodstock '99 concertgoer hammers a pay phone off of a burned out Bell Atlantic phone truck Monday morning, July 26, 1999 in Rome, N.Y. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)
New York State police officers patrol Woodstock '99, Monday morning, July 26, 1999, in Rome, N.Y. After almost 72 hours of peace and love, Woodstock '99 ended in blazing chaos Sunday night as hundreds of concertgoers turned into vandals, starting fires and looting. (AP Photo/Peter R. Barber)
Two Woodstock '99 concertgoers take a souvenir picture of themselves with burning garbage and portable toilets in the background early Monday morning, July 26, 1999, in Rome, N.Y. (AP Photo/Dave Duprey)
Looters carry away bounty from pillaged Ace Hardware trailers parked in the campground area of Woodstock '99 (AP Photo/Steve Chernin)
Looters carry away bounty from pillaged Ace Hardware trailers parked in the campground area of Woodstock '99 (AP Photo/Steve Chernin)
Two people rifle an automatic teller machine at Woodstock '99 early Monday morning, July 26, 1999. in Rome, N.Y.
A man tries to kick a table into a fire during an uprising at Woodstock '99
Fires burn through trailers and debris at Woodstock '99 after the three-day event on the former Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, N.Y., early Monday morning, July 26, 1999. (AP Photo/Will Waldron)
The sun sets behind the west stage on final day of Woodstock '99 Sunday, July 25, 1999
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