A free concert program led by Pet Shop Boys (with tickets booked by the app) acts as a colorful prelude to Primavera Sound’s 21st edition this Wednesday, which will showcase a program from Thursday to Saturday dotted with popular attractions in the Parc del. like a forum rosalyaBlur, Depeche Mode, Kendrick Lamar or New Order. Sample start and Unofficial Baptism of the Festive Season, this creates a strong area of activity around the city of Barcelona until the summer months.
This is a Primavera Sound that has regained its normal duration, which is one (long) weekend, not two, as in the exceptional 2022 edition, and that’s where the big innovation lies. next week it will incorporate Madrid (Arganda del Rey) as its co-centre. in the forum, capacity will be slightly lower than last year (limited 80,000 to 70,000 attendees per day) to avoid certain crowds. The exhibition is part of the Primavera a la Ciutat plan, which starts on Monday and has concerts at Apolo, Razzmatazz and Parallel 62. This Wednesday, on the warm-up day at Fòrum, there will also be cloth rock ‘noise’ by Madrid band La Paloma, folk and country open pop by British Jake Bugg and electropop by Australian band Confidence Man.
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Various high-flying claims featured on the poster as a whole. Thursday, Blur recreates Brit-pop milestones and warms up songs from their new album ‘The ballad of Darren’ (It will see the light on July 21). on Friday, Depeche Mode, now in duo and with a new work ‘Memento mori’ on the table. without overlook Kendrick Lamar wide minded rapper and saturday, A certain Rosalía Vila Tobella in the festive campaign of her ‘Motomami’ tour (his deadline is Lollapalooza in Paris on July 22, at least for now).
However, as is part of its tradition and identity in Primavera, It will be up to the public to examine and analyze the fifteen days of scripted scenarios and follow their chosen route, tragically severing ties wherever painful coincidences occur. Billboards will feature offerings as diverse as New Order’s savvy Mancunian pop and Ghost’s shock metal rock, Sudan Archives’ avant-garde with echoes of r’n’b, and sonic Anderson Paak’s soul-rap. Extremism of swans and rock expressions with varying accents of Black Country, New Road, The War on Drugs or The Wedding Present.
Likewise, freethinking pop singulars, such as Sparks, St. Vincent and Caroline Polachek and figures with historical weight John Cale and Laurie Anderson. Sadly, two more veterans have left, Arthur Verocai and Eddie Palmieri. And in the local plot, figures like Joe Crepúsculo, Núria Graham, John Talabot, Grupo de Expertos Solynieve or Los Ganglios. Unlike last year’s sudden sell-out, both subscriptions and single-day tickets are on sale in this edition.
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Primavera, which has more than 200 artists, will try to maintain its position even if it lags behind. the record for the last edition is the record for two weekends when it gathered 500,000 participants. First place among festivals held in Spain, after Madrid’s Mad Cool (310,000), Castelló’s Arena Sound (300,000), Albacete’s Viña Rock (211,000) and Benicàssim International Festival (180,000) meant to be. Determined by the Live Music Yearbook. In 2022, at the Barcelona and Sant Adrià de Besòs exhibition Economic impact of 349 million euros, according to the organization.
He later highlighted An unprecedented 65% foreign population quota of 139 nationalitiesled by British, French, Italian, German, American and Mexican. After recording, it will be time to measure the foundation of the festival and the success of its twin venue in Madrid, a bet that inspired the slogan ‘I’ll be your mirror’, a tribute to this year’s most influential alternative rock. The band is The Velvet Underground and therefore a nod to the roots of the festival.