Don’t despair. It happens to every festival. Artistic invention meets fan base and devolves into a money grab for organizers and just another stop on the circuit for crusty rockers. Here are a few other examples.
I'm going to tentatively guess that Pearl Jam "killed ACL." Though we had Tom Petty very early on and that sounds like the sort of thing this article would despise. Checking.
Okay, they didn't even mention ACL. And I don't really understand this article. The Washington Post probably shouldn't try to write about music.