‘Desert Trip’ festival may have the Stones, the Who and Bob Dylan on the bill, but it’s a rip-off at $1,500
JEFFREY R. STAAB/CBS Bob Dylan will be at the Desert Trip ripoff fest. As he said in his last relevant song, “Lot of water under the bridge. Lot of other stuff, too.” Desert Trip is the toxic stuff at the bottom of that muddy river. Three days of cheese, money, grub and music. To paraphrase that old Woodstock slogan, that’s my take on “Desert Trip,” the three-day Coachella-esque festival featuring The Who, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Neil Young and others who have not made a relevant contribution to world culture in 20 years (or 30 for the Stones and 40 for The Who). Tickets went on sale at 1 p.m. Eastern time. They aren’t merely expensive. They are outrageous. Like Woodstock, Desert Trip comprises three days. Unlike Woodstock, whose tickets were $18 (the vast majority of which were never even collected), Desert Trip's Oct. 9-11 tickets start at $399 (roughly three times the Woodstock price, in current dollars). ELISE AMENDOLA/AP Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of ...