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       Desert Trip aka Oldchella
   DIR By: Mac
       Date: October 6, 2016, 11:56 am
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       [glow=red,2,300]Paul McCartney, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan: It’s
       ‘Oldchella!’[/glow]
       With an average age of 72, some of the biggest — and ancient —
       names in rock and roll will take to the stage starting Friday
       night in Indio for what some are calling “Oldchella.”
       The Coachella Valley festival, official called Desert Trip, will
       run this weekend and next and feature rock legends Rolling
       Stones, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, The Who and Roger
       Waters.
       With tickets costing from hundreds of dollars to thousands, the
       shows are expected to bring in about $160 million, according to
       festival officials.
       The set times for this weekend, to be repeated on Oct. 14-16,
       are as follows:
       — Friday: Bob Dylan at 6:50 p.m.; The Rolling Stones at 9:40
       p.m.
       — Saturday: Neil Young at 6:15 p.m.; Paul McCartney at 9:15 p.m.
       — Sunday: The Who at 6:15 p.m.; Roger Waters at 9:10 p.m.
       The Empire Polo Grounds will open to festival-goers at 2 p.m.
       each day.
       Playfully dubbed “Oldchella,” the big name performers and older
       audience demographic are expected to have the festival
       generating that $160 million that would be almost double the
       record $84 million raked in during last year’s Coachella
       festival.
       Music promoter Goldenvoice, which also organizes the annual
       Coachella and Stagecoach festivals, has arranged for a plethora
       of amenities catering to an older crowd, including a top-shelf
       “culinary experience” featuring renowned chefs from across the
       country and stadium seating, something unheard of at
       Goldenvoice’s other festivals.
       In addition to the live performances, the festival will feature
       “The Desert Trip Photography Experience,” a 36,000-square-foot
       exhibit of more than 200 photos of the performers, housed within
       a massive, air-conditioned indoor tent.
       Passes for the festival’s first weekend long ago sold out, but
       various three-day packages for the second weekend are still
       available.
       Those seeking to camp just outside the Empire Polo Grounds
       throughout the weekend may begin settling into their camping
       spots starting tomorrow morning. Free day parking is available,
       along with designated shuttle drop-off and pick-up areas. The
       parking will open at noon each day.
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       Re: Desert Trip aka Oldchella
   DIR By: Mac
       Date: October 7, 2016, 12:08 pm
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       How Desert Trip was pulled off
  HTML http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7534080/desert-trip-founder-paul-tollett-mccartney-stones-who
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