Gazza wrote on May 2^nd, 2016 at 12:41pm:



<  ---------- I remain concerned about the quality of the restrooms at this Festival Site . The Joey only plops his arse down on the very finest of porcelain .

I heard they are calling it Oldchella.

You cats should be on social media. It's happening.

https://twitter.com/RollingStones/status/727043606905798660

MUSIC: Dates, ticket prices announced for Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones concert in Indio

The concert will feature Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Roger Waters, Bob Dylan and Neil Young at the Empire Polo Club in Indio Oct. 7-9.
   

BY VANESSA FRANKO / STAFF WRITER
Published: May 3, 2016



Paul McCartney will return to the Empire Polo Club in Indio for the new Desert Trip mega concert in October.

Get ready to rock, the dream concert is real. Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Roger Waters, Bob Dylan and Neil Young--the biggest living legends in rock ‘n’ roll--are headed to the Empire Polo Club in Indio Oct. 7-9 for a mega-concert called Desert Trip.

The event is being put on by Goldenvoice, which produces the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and the Stagecoach Country Music Festival, both events that sold out three successive weekends at the Empire Polo Club in April.

Friday, Oct. 7, The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan. Saturday, Oct. 8 will feature Paul McCartney and Neil Young and Sunday, Oct. 9, will feature Roger Waters and The Who.

Tickets go on sale Monday, May 9, at 10 a.m. pacific. Passes are $199 per day for general admission or $399 for a three-day general admission pass. A 3-day standing pit pass is $1,599.

Reserved floor seats are priced at $699, $999 and $1,599 for three-day passes.� Reserved grandstand seats are $999 and $1,599 for three-day passes.� Those prices do not include fees.

McCartney has plenty of history with Goldenvoice. He headlined opening day of Coachella in 2009, famously breaking the 1 a.m. curfew, and has frequently visited the festival as a fan since he performed.

Likewise, Waters headlined Coachella in 2008 with a performance that included all of Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon.” He also brought along a giant inflatable pig that had been spray painted with political art. The pig, which had been tethered and hovered over the crowd and near the stage, later escaped into the night sky. Goldenvoice ended up offering rewards to the residents who found the pig’s remains.

The Rolling Stones were hotly rumored to play Coachella in 2013, with the festival dates even showing up on the band’s mobile app, but it didn’t come to fruition.

Coachella started in 1999 and Stagecoach kicked off its run in 2007. Coachella’s popularity grew so much that it added a second weekend in 2012.

In 2013, the Indio City Council gave Goldenvoice the OK to put on two additional events at the Empire Polo Club in the fall. Despite the approval, nothing materialized until rumors of the biggest rock concert since Woodstock surfaced as Coachella kicked off its first weekend in mid-April.

On Monday, May 2, The Who, McCartney, Waters, The Rolling Stones and Young posted videos teasing an announcement about an October event on their social media sites.

Visit the Desert Trip website for more information: http://home.deserttrip.com/


http://www.pe.com/articles/rolling-801819-concert-stones.html

Edith Grove wrote on May 3^rd, 2016 at 7:25am:

Let's certainly hope so. 

I assume we are all going.  I can't imagine anyone isn't.

Indio, CA is one lousy town.  We can go banshee out there.

sirmoonie wrote on May 3^rd, 2016 at 11:36am:



Where are we all meeting?
Will there be a separate thread?
Will this be our Wildwood?

Quote:



Me Mum's house in Sun City West   

We will romp and bash out there in the desert twilight.  A lot of people do acid out in them there parts.

I expect to see you all out there in California.  Inland Empire.  Yep.  I used to bash out there.  I think I was even incarcerated once.

Don't forget, when you are out there, and anyone fucks with you, say "Nah, that ain't me man, I'm from Cucamonga."

You couldn't pay me to be there. But if they do some west coast arenas. Lemme know. 

Musically it's a dream bill for me, but even if I lived in the US the size of the gig, remoteness of the location and the way its so VIP orientated is a turn off.

$199 a day isnt bad, to be fair, but I don't expect those to be anywhere near the stage.

Pity they couldnt/wouldnt do a similar event in Europe. This will be the Stones' third US tour since they last played in their home country three years ago (and aside from two festival dates in 2007 and 2013  they havent played anywhere in the UK but London since 2006).  They can bangle it, quite frankly.

Edith Grove wrote on May 3^rd, 2016 at 9:28am:



Gazza wrote on May 3^rd, 2016 at 8:11pm:



2 bills isnt so bad considering you get 2 bands for that price...a normal stones ticket is almost twice that...but the rest of the prices (not the 3-day)...well...that is just trust fund baby sorta stuff...I mean who considering the location and the time needed to get there and partake...

To be honest...the Macca / Young would be the nite of choice for this Paranoid Android...as I can only imagine the Stones set to be about 95% of the last 3 years and Dylan is as predictable and not as enjoyable live to me as he was 10 years ago...and Pink Floyd bores me to death though the HalfWho would be fun...I missed them here in NC last year