by Ben Butler Contributor | Photos by WENN

Tags: Neil Young, Bob Dylan, The Who, Roger Waters, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney 

Coachella organisers confirm mega festival, Desert Trip

Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Roger Waters, The Who, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young all set to play new festival

 

Desert Trip festival with Paul McCartney, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan Photo: WENN

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Six of rock music’s biggest artists will join up to play the same festival in an event that is the first of it’s kind.

Incredibly, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Roger Waters, The Who, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young will all play the sister festival of Coachella - Desert Trip is coming. 

The festival will take place at Indio, California's Empire Polo Club from 7-9 October, with three nights of incredible music and an all-star lineup of world renowned chefs from 40 of the best restaurants across Los Angeles to New York City. 

Dylan and The Stones are set to play back-to-back on Friday to open the festival. Young and McCartney will follow on Saturday, with The Who and Roger Waters closing the event on Sunday.

See the video below for a preview of what's to come:

Neil Young's longtime manager, Elliot Roberts, told Consequence of Sound, “It’s so special in so many ways... because you won’t get a chance to see a bill like this, perhaps ever again".

With these six acts performing together for the first time in history it's a chance to experience full-sets by some of the most influential artists of all time, whose work continues to remain just as relevant as ever. 

An official announcement is expected in the coming weeks, with tickets available here from 9 May.


Ben Butler

Contributor

An unapologetic lover of everything from UKG to garage rock, to anything indie or emo-orientated; Ben has been making up for lost time by going to just about any festival or gig he can sneak into since graduating from University. Having cut his teeth writing for forward-thinking publications like 1883 Magazine, The 405, Gigwise, Public Pressure, and Haptic World he has relished writing on music culture's most ridiculous, asinine qualities to its stratospheric heights. He can be found @Benjaminabutler where he'll be spouting nonsense on anything from the state of modern house music, to the UK festival scene and pop-punk bands or how bar tokens are the worst thing that has happened to live events, ever.

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