Power Trip Festival held its inaugural 2023 edition over the weekend (10/6-10/8) on the Coachella grounds in Indio, CA, with two bands playing each night: Guns N’ Roses and Iron Maiden on Friday, AC/DC (their first show in 7 years) and Judas Priest (who replaced Ozzy Osbourne on the lineup, and announced a new album onstage) on Saturday, and Metallica and Tool on Sunday. See pictures (by Alden Bonecutter, Andrew Boyle, Calder Wilson, Julian Cassady, and Quinn Tucker for Power Trip Festival) and each bands’ setlist below.
SETLIST: GUNS N’ ROSES @ POWER TRIP FESTIVAL 10/6/2023
It’s So Easy
Bad Obsession
Chinese Democracy
Slither
Pretty Tied Up
Mr. Brownstone
Welcome to the Jungle
Hard Skool
Absurd
Double Talkin’ Jive
Reckless Life
You Could Be Mine
Estranged
Live and Let Die
Down on the Farm
Rocket Queen
T.V. Eye
Better
Anything Goes
Civil War
Slash Guitar Solo
Sweet Child o’ Mine
November Rain
Wichita Lineman
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
Patience
Coma
Nightrain
Paradise City
SETLIST: IRON MAIDEN @ POWER TRIP FESTIVAL, 10/6/2023
Caught Somewhere in Time
Stranger in a Strange Land
The Writing on the Wall
Days of Future Past
The Time Machine
The Prisoner
Death of the Celts
Can I Play With Madness
Heaven Can Wait
Alexander the Great
Fear of the Dark
Iron Maiden
Encore:
Hell on Earth
The Trooper
Wasted Years
SETLIST: AC/DC @ POWER TRIP FESTIVAL, 10/7/2023
If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)
Back in Black
Demon Fire
Shot Down in Flames
Thunderstruck
Have a Drink on Me
Hells Bells
Shot in the Dark
Stiff Upper Lip
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Shoot to Thrill
Sin City
Givin the Dog a Bone
Rock ‘n’ Roll Train
You Shook Me All Night Long
Dog Eat Dog
High Voltage
Hell Ain’t a Bad Place to Be
Riff Raff
Highway to Hell
Whole Lotta Rosie
Let There Be Rock
Encore:
T.N.T.
For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
SETLIST: JUDAS PRIEST @ POWER TRIP FESTIVAL, 10/7/2023
Electric Eye
Riding on the Wind
Heading Out to the Highway
Lightning Strike
Diamonds & Rust
The Sentinel
A Touch of Evil
Turbo Lover
Firepower
Desert Plains
Rapid Fire
The Green Manalishi
You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’
Painkiller
Encore:
Hell Bent for Leather
Metal Gods
Breaking the Law
Living After Midnight
SETLIST: METALLICA @ POWER TRIP FESTIVAL, 10/8/2023
Whiplash
Creeping Death
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Enter Sandman
Lux Æterna
Too Far Gone?
Fade to Black
Fuel
Orion
Nothing Else Matters
Sad but True
The Day That Never Comes
Hardwired
Seek & Destroy
One
Master of Puppets
SETLIST: TOOL @ POWER TRIP FESTIVAL, 10/8/2023
Jambi
The Pot
Fear Inoculum
Rosetta Stoned
Pushit
Forty Six & 2
Pneuma
The Grudge
Invincible
Stinkfist
Swamp Song
Ænema
