Coachella organisers confirm mega fest, Desert TripMay 4, 2016 - 18:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Six of rock music’s biggest artists will join up to play the same festival in an event that is the first of its kind, Gigwise said. Incredibly, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Roger Waters, The Who, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young will all play the sister festival of Coachella - Desert Trip is coming, Gigwise said. The festival will take place at Indio, California's Empire Polo Club from 7-9 October, with three nights of incredible music and an all-star lineup of world renowned chefs from 40 of the best restaurants across Los Angeles to New York City. Dylan and The Stones are set to play back-to-back on Friday to open the festival. Young and McCartney will follow on Saturday, with The Who and Roger Waters closing the event on Sunday. Neil Young's longtime manager, Elliot Roberts, told Consequence of Sound, “It’s so special in so many ways... because you won’t get a chance to see a bill like this, perhaps ever again". With these six acts performing together for the first time in history it's a chance to experience full-sets by some of the most influential artists of all time, whose work continues to remain just as relevant as ever. An official announcement is expected in the coming weeks. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |