Out in the Californian desert, six legendary bands have gathered to perform music that has wowed the world for five decades, in a concert dubbed “Oldchella”.
“Tonight we’re not going to do any age jokes,” said 73-year-old Sir Mick Jagger, taking to the stage with his fellow Rolling Stones. “But welcome to the Palm Springs retirement home for ageing English gentlemen.”
The 75,000-strong crowd erupted, whooping in delight. With an average age of 51 themselves, they were in on the joke, and simply thrilled to see the greats: Bob Dylan, who opened for The Stones on Friday, and Neil Young and Paul McCartney due to perform on Saturday. On Sunday, the festival closes with Roger Waters and The Who – meaning that of the six acts, only Minnesota-born Dylan and Young, a Canadian, were not British. It is the first time they have all performed at the same event.
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More than 50 years after “I Wanna Be Your Man,” the Rolling Stones are once again singing Beatles songs. Last night at the Desert Trip Festival in Indio, Calif., by covering “Come Together,” .
Admitting it was “strange,” Mick Jagger said, “We’re gonna do a cover song of some sort of unknown beat group. [I] think you might remember. We’re gonna try a cover of one of their tunes.” Then he asked, “Are you ready?” three times and launched into the Abbey Road chestnut, which also featured a harmonica solo from the singer in the outro. the band’s nightly variations on its songs, with an endless cat’s-cradle of exchanges between Keith Richards and Ron Wood on guitars over Charlie Watts’s impeccable drums and Darryl Jones’s bass. Richards usually has the gut-level rhythm parts while Ronnie Wood takes the smoother high filigrees and slide-guitar wails. But there’s plenty of overlapping territory where anything can happen.
Paul McCartney, who is alos performing at the same festival, according to Yahoo! Music, witnessed the Stones’ set from a VIP box and pumped his fist during “Come Together,” plays Desert Trip tonight. Let’s see if he repays the favour. Desert Trip, produced by the company behind the Coachella Festival and held in the same place — but with a much less strenuous schedule and setup, including reserved seats with padded chairs
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The Stones’ 20-song set also included “Ride ‘Em on Down,” a 1955 single by Eddie Taylor, which was played at their first-ever performance, at London’s Marquee Club in July 1962. “Ride ‘Em on Down,” will appear on their upcoming collection of blues songs, Blue & Lonesome. The album, which was recorded live in the studio with no overdubs over three days and features Eric Clapton on two songs, will be released December 2nd.
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Bob Dylan served as the opening act, delivering 16 songs that saw him perform seven songs from his post-Time Out of Mind comeback, although nothing from his two recent collections of standards. He closed with “Ballad of a Thin Man” from Highway 61 Revisited and encored with “Masters of War,” from The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan.
The Rolling Stones, Desert Trip, Oct. 7th, 2016
Setlist
1. “Start Me Up:
2. “You Got Me Rocking”
3. “Out of Control”
4. “Ride ‘Em on Down”
5. “Mixed Emotions”
6. “Wild Horses”
7. “It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It)”
8. “Come Together”
9. “Tumbling Dice”
10. “Honky Tonk Women”
11. “Slipping Away”
12. “Little T&A”
13. “Midnight Rambler”
14. “Miss You”
15. “Gimme Shelter”
16. “Sympathy for the Devil”
17. “Brown Sugar”
18. “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”
Encore
19. “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”
20. “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
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