Coachella promoters plan mega-rock festival in fall with The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, and more
The guitar version of Coachella, if you will.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the promoters behind Coachella festival, Goldenvoice, are planning a new festival in the fall featuring six legacy rock acts who have never shared a bill before.
The festival would take place in Indio, site of the current Coachella weekenders, with a line-up including Sir Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Roger Waters, The Who, and Neil Young. The three-day festival would feature two acts on each night between October 7 and 9, 2016.
Negotiations are still being finalised so don’t go looking to book your tickets just yet.
Coachella, which kicked off its 2016 edition yesterday, is now the “best-attended and highest-grossing music festival in the world” according to the Times with attendance at 99,000 a day over six days.
If this new festival goes ahead, perhaps they can look to do an EDM vs Rock edition next year.