The Rolling Stones cover The Beatles at Desert Trip

Held at the site of Coachella Festival at Empire Polo Field in Indio, The Stones shared the bill on the opening night of the three-day event with Bob Dylan.

After storming through anthems like  ‘Start Me Up’, ‘Wild Horses’ and ‘It’s Only Rock n’ Roll (But I Like It)’, eight songs into the set the ever-energetic Mick Jagger told the capacity crowd: "We're gonna do a cover song of a sort of unknown beat group.

“I think you might remember them, we're gonna try a cover of one of their tunes."

The Stones then launched into a cover of The Beatles’ Abbey Road opener ‘Come Together’. You can watch footage right here:

Later on, 73-year-old Mick poked fun at the festival’s nickname of ‘Oldchella’: "Tonight we're not going to do any age jokes or anything, OK? Welcome to the Palm Springs retirement home for gentle English musicians".

The set also featured the band’s first live performance of Jimmy Reed’s ‘Ride ‘Em on Down’ since 1962. The track appears on The Stones’ covers album ‘Blue and Lonesome’, which is released on 2nd December.

Roger Waters, The Who, Neil Young and Paul McCartney also performed at Desert Trip over the weekend.

The full Rolling Stones setlist was as follows:

Start Me Up
You Got Me Rocking
Out of Control
Ride 'Em on Down (Jimmy Reed cover)
Mixed Emotions
Wild Horses
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)
Come Together (The Beatles cover)
Tumbling Dice
Honky Tonk Women
Slipping Away
Little T&A
Midnight Rambler
Miss You
Gimme Shelter
Sympathy for the Devil
Brown Sugar
Jumpin' Jack Flash

You Can't Always Get What You Want
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

GALLERY: Roger Waters, The Who and The Rolling Stones rock Desert Trip 2016