The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, The Who, Bob Dylan and Neil Young, among others: a myriad of rock legends will be the weekend in the California desert as part of a festival that will beat all records. The Desert Trip --a game that evokes "the journey" or hallucination under the influence of drugs on the desierto-- starts this Friday and will last three days, to start again with the same program the following weekend. The implicit promise to the many fans who attend is that perhaps the last time on stage to see these living legends. Although these rock stars seem to be very active and good health, they all have more than 70 years, except Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, who has 69.
The Who, who in 1965 headed the "baby boomers" with his anthem "My Generation", could be the first to bid farewell: the group said the tour will perform last. The Desert Trip Southern California will be a milestone in bringing together the Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney of the Beatles defined the two British rock groups of the 1960s, with two opposing styles. It will also be the first McCartney and Dylan share cartel after a series of meetings offstage. The most memorable took place in 1964 in a New York hotel where the folk icon would have started all four beatles in marijuana, the effects would be felt in the next album in the group of Liverpool.
Desert Trip, which will host some 150,000 fans in two weekends, was conceived by the promoters of Coachella, the lucrative music festival held every year in April in Indio, about two hours drive east of Los Angeles. If the eagerness of young audiences for concerts feeds a boom of festivals, of which Coachella is one of the largest in the United States, Desert Trip is aimed at a more mature audience and was quickly dubbed "Oldchella" the "Coachella of old. " And up to $ 1,599 tickets were sold for the three days. The festival also offers tickets + food and drinks at the best bars and restaurants Californians. "This expands the boundaries of what the public can absorb in terms of prices and what people are willing to pay to get the good things of life," believes Gary Bongiovanni, president and chief editor of the specialized site in concerts Pollstar.
The six most prominent names Desert Trip program are, without doubt, among the most influential in the history of rock and together they sold tickets for more than 3,100 billion since 2000, according to Pollstar. They spoiled, however, the legendary pioneers of hard rock, Led Zeppelin, whose leaders, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, will not play together for nearly ten years. According Bongiovanni, Desert Trip is an extraordinary success, because despite its price, tickets sold out quickly. On the contrary, those who acquired large packages of tickets hoping to profit from the resale, not managed to make their August: cheaper the ticket for the Desert Trip, $ 399 at the official site for a place standing, it is now offered half price on resale sites.
