Daedalus Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 (edited) Haven't seen posted it yet... Roger Daltrey confirms megafestival with the Who, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney The Who singer says his band will play the Coachella-produced event in October It seems the baby boomers are going to be treated to the greatest celebration of their musical heroes ever seen in one spot. Last weekend, the organisers of the Coachella festival in California announced plans to put on a three-day mega-festival with just two acts per night: Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney on the first, the Rolling Stones and Neil Young on the second, and the Who and Roger Waters on the third. Now the Who’s Roger Daltrey appears to have confirmed the story. “I think it’s us and Roger Waters on the same day,” he told the Canadian media company Postmedia Network. “It’s a fantastic idea for a festival. It’s the greatest remains of our era.” Neil Young’s manager Elliot Roberts had spoken to the Los Angeles Times, sounding as if he was sure the show was going ahead: “You won’t get a chance to see a bill like this, perhaps ever again. It’s a show I look forward to more than any show in a long time,” Roberts said. But Daltrey is the first performer to have broken his silence about the event. The show is believed to be taking place at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California – the Coachella site – from 7-9 October. However, Daltrey sounded a note of caution about the possibility of tickets not reaching the artists’ hardcore fans – such a lineup would be popular with both touts and with corporate entertainment departments. “I hope a lot of normal fans can get tickets before they get snatched up,” he said. According to the early reports, each of the acts will play a typical headline set, not a truncated festival show, with their full stage production. In fact, the production logistics should not be troublesome: of those six artists, only the Stones and Waters are famed for their lavish productions. What might be more troublesome would be the cost of the tickets. These are all acts accustomed to good pay for their appearances, and the more money needs to be paid out, the more tickets will have to cost. When the Stones played four shows in November 2012 to mark their 50th anniversary, Keith Richards remarked that a sum of “£16m sounds about right to us” as payment to perform. Given the level of financial comfort of the likely audience for these shows, however, it’s possible prices may not be a problem. http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/21/roger-daltrey-confirms-megafestival-the-who-rolling-stones-bob-dylan-paul-mccartney-coachella Edited May 2, 2016 by Daedalus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychoKiss344 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 This is awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Shame the East Coast doesn't get stuff like this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 $1599 for access to the Pit for all 3 days. Lol fuck them http://home.deserttrip.com/passes-options Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 4 minutes ago, Black Sabbath said: $1599 for access to the Pit for all 3 days. Lol fuck them http://home.deserttrip.com/passes-options And $999 for a 3 day reserved ticket, and $399 for 3 day GA (Which isn't even on the map...) I'd think about this if the prices weren't so insane. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 It's the whole weekend if you get the Pit pass, but still. When you're only interested in Paul and the Stones, it's even more insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 'fuckin' old 'ippies all over again!' - John Lydon, 1976 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 38 minutes ago, Black Sabbath said: It's the whole weekend if you get the Pit pass, but still. When you're only interested in Paul and the Stones, it's even more insane. I'm interested in everyone except Neil Young and Bob Dylan (Seen him three times and that was more than enough), but still - I've seen the Stones plenty of times over the last few years and I've seen The Who a few times (Though not since 2008), I can check off Paul and Roger on my own time for far less money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 The Who are actually in town tomorrow night. Should be a good time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
december pain Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 This is tempting, but so much money... I'm already planning to see Paul, and him, Stones, and Who are the only ones I'd REALLY be interested in. I don't know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 53 minutes ago, Len B'stard said: 'fuckin' old 'ippies all over again!' - John Lydon, 1976 VISA card hippies, these. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 I don't think 400 for the 3 days is bad at all considering who you are seeing. I would have thought there would be a few other smaller acts too, though. This seems so far out in the middle of nowhere for a 3 day concert with only 2 acts per day. I'd do this if I didn't have to travel for it, I've already seen everyone on the bill except Bob Dylan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 19 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: VISA card hippies, these. Thats Richard Branson for ya! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Like Guns, the crowd will be full-up with prawn sandwiches desiring the 'hits'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIST Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Oldchella Lmfao!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 £1000 and you can see Mick wiggle his 70 year old bum followed by Pete doing his windmills as 50% of The 'Oo. You can see 'the hits', 'Satisfaction', 'My Generation', 'Hey Jude' while eating a prawn sandwich and drinking Pimms, and lying to yourself that any of this is music who represents what music should be about. The only good thing that I can see happening at this is Neil playing some new material (''new songs - noooo''), as he is guaranteed to do, and consequentially annoying the unbelievably stupid people who would no doubt go and see this wrinkly museum piece: ''play Heart of Gold Neil'. Dylan does things like that also. Those are the only two I'd want to see. The rest can bugger off alongside AC/DC and Guns N' Roses and any other left over corpses who are selling their wares, plying their trade, like dockside prostitutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 I wonder if they take kidneys. I have 2 good ones anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 4 hours ago, ZoSoRose said: I don't think 400 for the 3 days is bad at all considering who you are seeing. I would have thought there would be a few other smaller acts too, though. This seems so far out in the middle of nowhere for a 3 day concert with only 2 acts per day. I'd do this if I didn't have to travel for it, I've already seen everyone on the bill except Bob Dylan Don't ever see Bob Dylan, he's awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 12 minutes ago, Powerage5 said: Don't ever see Bob Dylan, he's awful. I'd see him once just because but the other guys on this bill were all way higher in importance for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 I've seen Dylan three times and he was superb all three times. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicrawker Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 9 hours ago, moreblack said: The Who are actually in town tomorrow night. Should be a good time. Saw them in Boston this tour and they were fantastic...you will have a good time............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychoKiss344 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 I wish the east coast/Toronto got festivals like this.... Every festival is either in California or Europe I swear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielCT Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 If I had to pick a day of the 3 I'd go to the last one - I've never seen The Who live and Waters I never get tired of seeing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GivenToFly Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 20 hours ago, Black Sabbath said: $1599 for access to the Pit for all 3 days. Lol fuck them http://home.deserttrip.com/passes-options It is 6 different shows though, so per show it comes to about what each charges individually for a good seat. I think I'd probably go if I lived in California. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 1600 / 6 = $266 (230 euro) per individual show for guaranteed standing in the front of the stage or having really good seats. I'd probably go if I lived there too. It's still expensive, but it sounds awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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