--- title: McCartney, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, The Who Tease Festival description: It's clear that something is brewing with Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and more canonical: https://time.com/4314136/rolling-stones-paul-mccartney-bob-dylan-the-who-roger-waters/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-02T16:38:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:01.731Z og:title: Are All Your Favorite Old Rockers Planning a Mega Festival? og:description: It's clear that something is brewing with Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and more og:url: https://time.com/4314136/rolling-stones-paul-mccartney-bob-dylan-the-who-roger-waters/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte29e838209d5143f/6988916ca988caa33a6b7ab6/paul-mccartney-music-festival-boomers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Paul McCartney Performs At Key Arena og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Are All Your Favorite Old Rockers Planning a Mega Festival? twitter:description: It's clear that something is brewing with Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and more twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte29e838209d5143f/6988916ca988caa33a6b7ab6/paul-mccartney-music-festival-boomers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Are Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Roger Waters and The Who Planning a Festival? by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 2, 2016 4:38 PM UTC  Paul McCartney performs on stage during the 'One on One' tour in Seattle, Washington, April 17, 2016. Paul McCartney performs on stage during the 'One on One' tour in Seattle, Washington, April 17, 2016.Mat Hayward—Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 2, 2016 4:38 PM UTC Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, and The Who have all posted mysterious videos to their Facebook pages, hinting that something big is coming in October. The rumor, which is given some credence in the wake of the synchronized videos, is that they will all be co-headlining a music festival aimed at the baby boomers (and the kids and grandkids that they can drag along with them). The _Los Angeles_ Times [first reported](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-coachella-mega-rock-concert-20160415-story.html) on the possible festival back in April, based on news that production company Goldenvoice was negotiating with the boomer bands in the hopes of pulling off the feat. As Goldenvoice is the group behind Coachella, and the festival will be held at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif., the speculated festival has earned the title of “Oldchella.” Along with McCartney, the Stones, Dylan, Waters, and The Who, Neil Young is rumored to be playing the festival, too, but he has yet to post a cryptic video to his [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/NeilYoung) page. The stars will reportedly have their full stage setups, and they’ll all play full sets during the show, which may run from Oct. 7-9\. The festival would mark the first time that these long-time rockstars have all played together, and wthe first time that Dylan and McCartney have ever played on the same bill. While there are no details, it’s clear that something is brewing—and that your parents’ Christmas present may come in October. \[H/T [Stereogum](http://www.stereogum.com/1874510/rolling-stones-paul-mccartney-bob-dylan-the-who-roger-waters-confirm-oldchella-festival/video/?utm%5Fsource=sc-fb&utm%5Fmedium=ref&utm%5Fcampaign)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4314136/rolling-stones-paul-mccartney-bob-dylan-the-who-roger-waters/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4314136/rolling-stones-paul-mccartney-bob-dylan-the-who-roger-waters/"},"headline":"Are Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Roger Waters and The Who Planning a Festival?","datePublished":"2016-05-02T16:38:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:01.731Z","description":"It's clear that something is brewing","url":"https://time.com/4314136/rolling-stones-paul-mccartney-bob-dylan-the-who-roger-waters/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","Paul McCartney","Music Festivals","rolling stones","Bob Dylan"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte29e838209d5143f/6988916ca988caa33a6b7ab6/paul-mccartney-music-festival-boomers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte29e838209d5143f/6988916ca988caa33a6b7ab6/paul-mccartney-music-festival-boomers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Paul McCartney Performs At Key Arena","caption":"Paul McCartney performs on stage during the 'One on One' tour in Seattle, Washington, April 17, 2016.","creditText":"Mat Hayward—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4314136/rolling-stones-paul-mccartney-bob-dylan-the-who-roger-waters/","name":"Are Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Roger Waters and The Who Planning a Festival?"}}]}] ```