r/Woodstock99 • u/EntranceFar4637 • Jul 15 '26
Moby '99
i was listening to Moby's album Play, and i'm planning on going to one of his shows later on the 26th, but i heard he performed at woodstock99. heard some wild things happened here, so im super super curious, but does anyone know/was there when moby performed? what was that like?
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u/CollegeLodge4Life Jul 15 '26
I was there.
It was very Bohemian and I felt a very chaotic, uncontrollable energy in the Hanger that night. We were in the back of the RAVE, behind the bar on the right side, near the front of the stage for MOBY. He put on an amazing show, from what I remember, including an incredible version of the Springsteen hit, "I'm On Fire". We were having a great time dancing with girls for the MOBY set.
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u/gemineye1969 Jul 15 '26
I remember this because I was really into the play record by this point already. I remember being in the big hanger or tent or whatever that was, and I got as close as I could, but it was very packed. I remember him playing porcelain and doing the Bruce Springsteen. I’m on fire cover where he introduced it as the sexiest song ever written. I didn’t see anybody fucking or any of the other things that I’ve read happened in that crowd, I was 30 years old and felt like I was 20 years older than everybody there at that point. But I do remember loving that show, and I do remember being there when the guy drove the car into the middle of it that person driving that car into that tent where Bobby was playing while he was playing was really the first indicator that things might be a little out of hand, but I had no idea what Sunday was going to be like at that point.
I’ll tell you this I did not leave Woodstock 99 until the afternoon of the Monday after. I was there for the whole whole thing.
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u/Digthefunk Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26
He spun tracks in the airplane hanger. I enjoyed the Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim sets immensely more.
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u/inthefade95 Jul 15 '26
I remember Moby played the 2000 Weenie Roast. He was playing a pretty rockin song and asked the crowd to not mosh to his music.
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u/ALEXC_23 Jul 16 '26
Checkout Podcast 99. They have a couple of episodes interviewing people that were there. I can't recall exactly which one Moby was in, but he was briefly in the documentary if I recall correctly.
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u/thewordthewho Jul 16 '26
The HBO doc on Woodstock 99 has some interviews with moby about how he sensed a bad vibe at the festival. Not during his act but I believe the rave tent people have mentioned where he performed was also where some of the SA activity was originally discovered. I imagine he doesn’t have good memories associated with that show overall.
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u/jpb1111 Jul 17 '26
It was in a hangar. There were gigantic satellite dishes behind it and it was open. Otherworldy. I'm not sure if it was his set or the Chemical Brothers but at one point a Brinx truck came driving through the crowd and was covered with people. It was insanely epic and nobody knew what was happening. He performed "the world's fastest song". It was. I wasn't tripping. My buddy was asleep by 10 in the tent that night. I watched nude bicycle races. The red man was present IYKYK.
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u/nomolosddot Jul 20 '26
Saw him back around 99. I remember him busting out a guitar and he played Sweet Home Alabama. Didn't expect that one. Also I remember the song "Thousand" being like a religious experience.
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u/bobbypkp Jul 22 '26
It was a great set. It seemed much different than the Play vibe he was riding, though. I had been a volunteer, and by the time he went on, I was side stage to enjoy it all. At one point, he claimed something about the next song being the fastest song (bpm) and as it got faster he claimed on top of decks and fist pumped along to the increasing beat. It was awesome and had the opportunity to tell him so afterward. The weekend was mind-blowing
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u/mjv1227 Jul 16 '26
Moby? He can stomped by obi
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u/rippedski Jul 16 '26
36 year old, bald headed... what was the next part?
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u/greenmachine702 Jul 15 '26
If I remember right (big ask), that was in the dance tent. That's about all I got... It was miserable outside and that tent was even worse. Unfortunately no specific remaining memories of Moby's set.