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, 2016Paul 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