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Macca and Dylan confirmed for new US mega festival

Music icon Bob Dylan among the headliners at the new US festival Desert Trip
Music icon Bob Dylan among the headliners at the new US festival Desert Trip

Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney and The Rolling Stones have been confirmed to play The Desert Trip, a new mega music festival from the organisers of Coachella this October.

The Stones and Dylan kick off the first night, with McCartney and Neil Young + Promise of Real taking to the stage on the second night, while The Who and Roger Waters round off the weekend.

Desert rock: Stones to play mega festival in October

The Desert Trip festival will be held at the same Californian venue as Coachella, and will see the A-list headliners playing full sets starting at sunset, without support acts.

It takes place for three nights from October 7 to 9 at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, California, with tickets starting at $200 (€173) per day, rising to $1,599 (€1,390) for a three-day pass for the area near the stage.

Tickets go on sale on Monday May 9 at 5pm GMT at DesertTrip.com.

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