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A 40th anniversary Woodstock concert proposed for September will not take place, according to Michael Lang, one of four partners to stage the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in 1969, and the public face of Woodstock for 40 years.

A resident of the Town of Woodstock and the driving force behind the 1969 Woodstock concert and two anniversary concerts, in 1994 and 1999, Lang had initially wanted to stage a free concert in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. That event was planned to coincide with the Woodsotck anniversary, Aug. 15-18. Lang, however, ran into difficulty rounding up sponsors to cover the $8-$10 million cost of the show.

As deadlines to coordinate that concert passed, Lang looked toward the end of September, with hopes of staging an anniversary event in conjunction with Climate Week.

Climate Week is set for Sept. 20-26, will target 100 cities worldwide and is part of the Seal the Deal! campaign, according to www.sealthedeal2009.org, a Web site maintained by the United Nations. Seal the Deal! "aims to encourage governments when they meet at COP 15 in Copenhagen this December to agree on a climate change agreement that will protect people and the planet and promote a global green economy," according to www.sealthedeal2009.org.

Lang's push for a concert in conjunction wtih Climate Week would have complemented nicely the "green" push that Woodstock Ventures has undertaken on its new Web site, www.woodstock.com. Lang said any anniversary concert would have incororporated as many green aspects as possible. source>>>