PAUL MCCARTNEY, The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan have been confirmed for the lineup of a U.S. “mega-festival” this October.

    Called Desert Trip, the three-day event will take place at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, California — the site of the Coachella music festival.

    Tickets start at US$200 per day, rising to US$1,599 for a three-day pass for the area near the stage.

    The Who, Roger Waters and Neil Young are also on the bill.

    Performances will start after sunset, with each artist playing a full set.

    Rumors about the show began to circulate last month, after the first weekend of Coachella.

    The Who’s Roger Daltrey later confirmed to BBC 6 Music that the festival was likely to go ahead, describing it as a once-in-a-lifetime lineup.

    “We have to face it, we are [at] the end of an era,” the singer said. “We’re the last of our generation.”

    “You can see from reading the obituaries lately that we [rock stars] don’t make old bones very well, do we?”

    The LA Times said Dylan and the Stones were expected to open the festival with back-to-back performances Oct. 7, with McCartney and Young playing the following night, and Waters and the Who concluding proceedings Oct. 9.

    “I don’t think any of us cares who goes on first,” said Daltrey. “The music is all so different, that’s not going to matter at all.”

    (SD-Agencies)