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Mick is asking what you want to hear:

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I wonder what the total budget for this entire project is, including tickets and payments for six bands, 90,000 people staying at sky rocket hotel prices around us dollars 500 per night, flights, travel, beers and food etc. This must be on of the the highest budget music entertainment projects ever.

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I wonder what the total budget for this entire project is, including tickets and payments for six bands, 90,000 people staying at sky rocket hotel prices around us dollars 500 per night, flights, travel, beers and food etc. This must be on of the the highest budget music entertainment projects ever.

I am staying at $60 per night about an hour away.


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I wonder what the total budget for this entire project is, including tickets and payments for six bands, 90,000 people staying at sky rocket hotel prices around us dollars 500 per night, flights, travel, beers and food etc. This must be on of the the highest budget music entertainment projects ever.

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... temps should drop by 10 degrees the 1st weekend.

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I wonder what the total budget for this entire project is, including tickets and payments for six bands, 90,000 people staying at sky rocket hotel prices around us dollars 500 per night, flights, travel, beers and food etc. This must be on of the the highest budget music entertainment projects ever.

"could cost $100 million to stage ... deliberately paying the performers a premium given the historic nature of the lineup" from [www.nytimes.com]

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Dont know if the latest Micks post on fb fits here or in the new blues album thread

a photo of a case full of guitars, the dida reads: "Rehearsing something new"

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I wonder what the total budget for this entire project is, including tickets and payments for six bands, 90,000 people staying at sky rocket hotel prices around us dollars 500 per night, flights, travel, beers and food etc. This must be on of the the highest budget music entertainment projects ever.

I am staying at $60 per night about an hour away.


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... temps should drop by 10 degrees the 1st weekend.

For those of us who use Celsius, that equates to highs of 33 to 35, and lows of 17 to 19. Good times.

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So, you are coming???

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Roger Waters setlist (from setlist.fm) from yesterday's free concert in Mexico City. Looks like old misery guts is giving a pretty good show although I wish he would play some of Amused to Death. Such a great record.

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Will you be at either of the Desert Trip shows Bjornulf?

Thanks to this site (or was it a Neil Young or Pink Floyd site?), I was aware of the early rumours regarding Desert Trip weekend 1 (and then wknd 2)- well before any official announcement.

For weekend 1, I have a room booked at Embassy Suites about 10 miles away for apprx. $115/night before they sold out and/or prices inflated. And as it happens, a shuttle stop is right next door to where I am staying so I purchased a 3 day pass for $25 + fees. As for the second show, I booked a nice room at Indian Wells Country Club one mile away walking distance.for apprx. $115/night...again before they sold out or inflated their prices.

As for traffic in the Desert, perhaps on the first day it might be a bit messy, but will be nothing like driving from L.A. to Anaheim during rush hour. Many people are coming in a day before on Thursday, many will be settling into campgrounds or hotels, and many will be using the designated shuttle stops situated everywhere in the area. I think it was Woz who posted a link to all the shuttle stops in the other thread, but here it is again. Desert Shuttle

There's lots of pertinent info. in that other thread (price drops, meetups, shuttles, setlists, etc.,) which maybe should have been a sticky thread itself, so thanks for adding the link to it in your first post in this thread. Stones, Dylan and McCartney to play Coachella

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Roger Waters setlist (from setlist.fm) from yesterday's free concert in Mexico City. Looks like old misery guts is giving a pretty good show although I wish he would play some of Amused to Death. Such a great record.

The fact that he's playing One of These Days and Fearless (the latter having never been played live by Floyd, Gilmour, or Roger), along with the select cuts from Animals (some of which haven't been played by any of them live since '77), I'd say that more than makes up for not playing a few cuts from Amused to Death - which is indeed a great album but doesnt quite fit with the grand scheme of his current concept. And if you've seen any videos of those the three Mexico City shows (the massive screen/special effects, etc.), you might agree this is above and beyond 'a pretty good show'.

Regarding this five show 'mini tour' (Mexico City x 3, Desert Trip x 2), Roger just recently stated that 'this is it' as far as this particular production and setlist is concerned. He will then be going on tour next year with a new album and a new production, but whether or not some of this 'mini tour' production will be incorporated into it is unknown. According to a friend of a band member, he will scale it down for arenas, focus more on his solo career, and include some of the Pink Floyd stuff he'd written (see setlist you posted). It's been stated in some reviews that the Mexico shows are basically a 'warm-up' for the Desert Trip shows, but from what I've read, seen, and heard they are fantastic on their own merit. Amazing to think he would put all the time and effort into such a massive production for just five shows, but I suppose he's thinking of his closing sets at Desert Trip and wants to go out with a gigantic BANG leaving a lasting impression on not only Pink Floyd fans, but also the general masses that will be in attendance.

Are you attending any of the Desert Trips shows crholmstrom?