U.S. festival with the supposed killer lineup?

[O'Doyle Rules]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03rhpll

Outrageous if true

[The Nal]

Yep. I may be going if it happens. Am in California then (ish) anyway.

Edited April 19, 2016 by The Nal

[jparx]

I saw this earlier. My first thought was "Yeah, it's the dream lineup for 1969". 

[shuttlep]

only one act is under 70

[maelzoid]

I shudder to think at the price of tickets to this.

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Would love to be a fly on the wall when they're sorting out whether Macca or the Stones will play last.

Aside from the fact that I doubt this'll happen, it's hardly gonna be ideal circumstances to see any of these bands, is it?

[Jakkkkobz]

I saw Bob Dylan last time he was the Albert hall and definitely do not think he should be in an open air venue, gonna be fecked if its windy. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Bob still owes me a high five, but I doubt I'd get near him with all the VIP enclosures they have down at that Coachella.

[O'Doyle Rules]

I would only go to try and spot the Kardashians 

[dixietheduck]

I saw an article about this earlier in the week, pretty poorly billed as 'Coachella for old people'. It's a nice venue, I'll definitely be there if it goes ahead! http://la.curbed.com/2016/4/16/11444816/coachella-rock-festival-dylan-stones-mccartney

[CaledonianGonzo]

Should have been at Glastonbury last year, bub.

[tevaburger]

apparently...

Fri: Stones/Dylan

Sat: Macca/Shakey & Promise

Sun: Waters/The Who  (unless Rod Stewart gets involved and then he'd obviously be closing it out...)

while the whole setup of Coachella and its US 'rules' would make it for an appalling festival experience, this would be entirely about the music and I will absolutely have to be there.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/rolling-stones-dylan-mccartney-neil-young-in-talks-for-mega-concert-20160415

[russycarps]

I really hope roger waters just plays his new album in full.

 

[Adamon]

Quote

 

If they have the same # of tickets as for Coachella, which is likely because it's at the same place, then the average cost of the tickets will need to be  $336 each just to pay the performers' fees. Add the cost of the event, staging, staff, profit, and oh boy will those be expensive tickets.

 

I saw this on another discussion about this. They're getting paid $7 mil each apparently.

[The Nal]

$336 is a bargain (they'll be more of course) considering what you would pay to go see them individually. Decent seated tickets for Macca in the US are $280 for example.

only one act is under 70

They're all over 70?!

Edited April 19, 2016 by The Nal

[shuttlep]

i thought one was 69

[CaledonianGonzo]

Ronnie Wood is "only" 68!

[Mash011]

Dadfest 2016... snore

[bennyhana22]

I am I the only one for whom this holds (and would hold, were it to be, say, Glastonbury etc) no interest whatsoever? Of that list, the only one I would be interested in would be Neil Young. I genuinely feel he is the only one with anything still to say to me. I have to declare that I have an involuntary aversion to nostalgia-acts that have just been peddling it out for too, too long. As for Dylan, has his voice been listenable-to at all in the last 10+ years?

I can see how many people, including Coachella darlings, will lap this up, but I honestly wouldn't go if I was given a ticket, unless the undercard meant that I would be having a smashing time away from the Dinosaur Stage^®...

So, what say you, eFests? On your wavelength, or I am facing a downvote clusterfuck?!

Ben

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

All acts way past their best, some whose singer's voices are completely shot. If they'd reunited Waters, Gilmour and Mason I might have been more impressed.

Plus Glastonbury has had three of those six in the past few years and add the fact that Shakey is touring here in June anyway I say "meh"

[CaledonianGonzo]

You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows

[Chris Zoidberg]

2 hours ago, O'Doyle Rules said:

I would only go to try and shoot the Kardashians 

Fixed.

Guns are legal in the US for a reason...

 

Edited April 19, 2016 by Chris Zoidberg

[dentalplan]

Giddings' dream festival.

Providing the guy from Starsailor kicks off the proceedings.

[Martin Ashford]

I would be there in a flash. Seen them all several times and love every one of them. There is one band in particular not represented though I'm sure they would have been approached - Led Zeppelin.

[Alcatraz]

As long as McCartney's likely to play Hey Jude, I have no interest in being there