Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Roger Waters Talk Desert Trip Festival Lineup
“Oldchella,” as Mick Jagger calls it, takes place in October in Indio, CA, at the Empire Polo Club.
“Bobby Dylan, Paul [McCartney], The Who, Neil Young … None of these guys have been in the same town on the same day,” the inimitable Keith Richards summed up the epic Desert Trip festival lineup.
Set for October 7–9 in Indio, CA, at the Empire Polo Club, which is also home to the Coachella Music and Arts Festival, Desert Trip will put Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Neil Young, The Who, and Roger Waters on the same bill for the first time.
In his interview with The Spectrum’s David Fricke, Mick Jagger cheekily coined the fest “Oldchella.”
The Rolling Stones and Dylan kick things off Friday, October 7 and 14, with McCartney and Young taking the Saturday slots on October 8 and 15, while Waters and The Who close out the event on Sunday, October 9 and 17.
Jagger, in his interview with Fricke, made the understatement of the year, suggesting, “The Rolling Stones are pretty good at doing festivals, I think.”
Roger Waters appeared on Deep Tracks’ “The Jim Ladd Radio Show” to talk about the just-announced festival, and Richards also spoke to The Spectrum’s Fricke to give his take on “a pretty unique show.”
Three-day Desert Trip festival passes start at $399 for general admission. Tickets go on sale Monday.
Due to overwhelming demand, a second weekend has been added: October 14, 15, and 16.
