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Happy Thursday!
It’s finally time for Power Trip 🤘🏻!
Goldenvoice’s inaugural three-day concert event with Iron Maiden, Guns N’ Roses, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Tool and Metallica will descend upon the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Oct. 6-8.
Ahead of the epic run of shows, which are reminiscent of the festival producer’s Desert Trip — which brought together the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Who and Roger Waters of Pink Floyd for two consecutive weekends in 2016 — I caught up with a trio of powerhouse bassists to talk about the unique event.
Read what Metallica‘s Rob Trujillo, Tool‘s Justin Chancellor and Judas Priest‘s Ian Hill had to say about Power Trip.
And if you’re going, here’s a guide to everything you need to know before you hit up Power Trip.
Here’s what else is going on in the Southern California music scene.
🪕 Bringing folk rock to The Ford
Eagle Rock-based folk duo the Milk Carton Kids curated the inaugural two-day Los Angeles Folk Rock Festival, which hits The Ford Amphitheater in Los Angeles on Oct. 7-8. The event will feature artists like Waxahatchee, Sierra Ferrell, Valerie June, Willie Watson and special guests John C. Reilly and Charlie Hickey playing music and sharing stories.
Read reporter Peter Larsen‘s full interview with Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale of Milk Carton Kids here.
🌴 A look back at Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Festival
The seventh annual Ohana Festival took place at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point last weekend with turns from The Killers, Haim, The Chicks, Pretenders, Foo Fighters and festival curator Eddie Vedder.
While there were several special moments throughout the event — like Sammy Hagar joining The Killers for Van Halen‘s “Why Can’t This Be Love” — the Foo Fighters paying tribute to their…
Read the full article here
