Classic rock鈥檚 biggest living legends to gather at one festival
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Molly Driscoll Staff writer
Some of classic rock鈥檚 biggest names are joining up for one festival later this year.
Acts including Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Who, Pink Floyd鈥檚 Roger Waters, and Neil Young will perform at an event titled Desert Trip, which will take place in Indio, Calif., where the music festival Coachella takes place.
Desert Trip will be held this year from Oct. 7 to Oct. 9.聽
Tickets are set to be available beginning May 9.聽
While artists at festivals usually perform for shorter amounts of time, the acts at Desert Trip will reportedly be performing full-length sets, with two set to perform each evening.
Reaction from music critics to the lineup of Desert Trip has largely been positive, with noting the cost of tickets (general admission for one day of the festival is $199) but writing, 鈥淲hy listen to reason when you can go see six of rock鈥檚 most legendary acts at the same time?鈥� Meanwhile, called the acts 鈥渁 remarkable collection of classic rock icons.鈥�
Many writers are predicting the festival will be popular with an older crowd, with calling the event 鈥渢he festival for the baby boomer with a bucket list.鈥澛�
It remains to be seen what the demographics will be like at Desert Trip, but we鈥檝e seen that many of these acts remain popular with younger viewers. 聽contrasted them with Bruce Springsteen, who "won鈥檛 reach the level of Zeppelin or Dylan or Kurt Cobain or Neil Young, artists who are still popular among those born decades after the pinnacle of their popularity."
Meanwhile, wrote that she is an 鈥渙lder millennial who, along with absolutely all of my middle school friends (and many younger friends, too), discovered our parents鈥� Beatles albums like they were a hoard of treasured gold. We knew the Beatles first as the originators of kid-friendly songs like 鈥榊ellow Submarine鈥� and campfire classics such as 鈥楬ere Comes the Sun鈥� and 鈥榊esterday,鈥� and when we realized they were a cool band with a deep catalog, our young minds were blown 鈥� anyone who has attended a Paul McCartney concert on one of his recent tours knows that his fans range in age from 80s to eight.鈥�
