LOS ANGELES — With the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival two weeks away, another massive, much heavier music festival from promoter Goldenvoice may be stomping through Indio this fall.
As first reported in the Desert Sun, Goldenvoice is teasing the debut of Power Trip, a heavy metal festival scheduled for the Empire Polo Grounds for Oct. 6-8.
Rumored headliners include hard rock legends Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne and Iron Maiden.
Goldenvoice and the aforementioned acts have posted a cryptic video alluding to the new event. The full lineup is set to be announced on March 30.
Representatives for Goldenvoice, Metallica, Osbourne and Iron Maiden did not immediately return requests for comment.
This wouldn't be the first time that titans of metal have performed at the Polo Grounds. In 2011, Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth and Slayer performed in a rare unification of metal's then "Big Four."
Power Trip (a name familiar to fans of a beloved Texas metal band) is an allusion to Goldenvoice's all-star boomer-rock festival, Desert Trip, that brought Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Roger Waters and the Who to the grounds in 2016. That event was the single most lucrative music festival in American history, grossing $160 million.
Metallica's Power Trip headline gig would follow a two-night stand at SoFi Stadium in August, where they'll play new songs from a pending album, "72 Seasons." Iron Maiden last performed in L.A. at the Banc of California Stadium in 2019. While the 74-year-old Osbourne's health issues have thwarted some recent tour plans, the onetime Black Sabbath frontman said he would return if his condition improved.
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