Primavera 2018

[daviddaviddaviddavid]

I really don’t get the Mad Cool hype. It’s average at best.

[xxialac]

12 minutes ago, daviddaviddaviddavid said:

I really don’t get the Mad Cool hype. It’s average at best.

On the forums, people are writing like it's one of the best festivals of all time.

All I see is some good stuff, some stuff that's good but that has now been toured to death and some really bad stuff.

Plus on a new site I bet it ends up having a massive amount of organisational problems.

Edited January 29, 2018 by xxialac

[Orens]

Just now, xxialac said:

On the forums, people are writing like it's one of the best festivals in all time.

All I see is some good stuff, some stuff that's good but that has now been toured to death and some really bad stuff.

Plus on a new site I bet it ends up having a massive amount of organisational problems.

They also had those on the old site.

[Steph U]

Maybe I'm missing something but where is the main stage electro act in the footsteps of Underworld and Aphex Twin?

[red90]

2 hours ago, thetime said:

Bjork and Nick Cave on the same evening is pretty special.

any way to know if they'll be performing on the same stage?

[daviddaviddaviddavid]

Just now, red90 said:

any way to know if they'll be performing on the same stage?

Yeah primavera site shows stages. They’ll be back to back.

[clasher]

25 minutes ago, xxialac said:

Plus on a new site I bet it ends up having a massive amount of organisational problems.

 

24 minutes ago, Orens said:

They also had those on the old site.

They've limited the number of people per day to 65,000 (as opposed to the maximum capacity of 80,000) and further expanded the planned site. Judging by Bar Tool's comments they've learned from last year. How it's gonna be in the end we'll see in July, of course.

Regarding the lineup, it's subjective. I - for example - very much prefer Mad Cool's lineup to Primavera's, but that's just me. 

Mad Cool and Prima are two different festivals for two different sets of audience and I think this is much better then both going for the same thing and battling for the same bands. And my point stands both from the perspective of a festivalgoer and the general festival offer in Spain/Europe. 

I wish you all a fabulous experience at Primavera - if possible without any flipflops wearing, piss throwing AM fans at all  

Edited January 29, 2018 by clasher

[puckno]

At least I know what to expect from the AM fans. The Migos fans though, they are aliens.

Edited January 29, 2018 by puckno

[xxialac]

23 minutes ago, clasher said:

 

They've limited the number of people per day to 65,000 (as opposed to the maximum capacity of 80,000) and further expanded the planned site. Judging by Bar Tool's comments they've learned from last year. How it's gonna be in the end we'll see in July, of course.

Regarding the lineup, it's subjective. I - for example - very much prefer Mad Cool's lineup to Primavera's, but that's just me. 

Mad Cool and Prima are two different festivals for two different sets of audience and I think this is much better then both going for the same thing and battling for the same bands. And my point stands both from the perspective of a festivalgoer and the general festival offer in Spain/Europe. 

I wish you all a fabulous experience at Primavera - if possible without any flipflops wearing, piss throwing AM fans at all  

I agree with your last comments and I hope everyone enjoys Mad Cool.

Although I might be wrong experience suggests that running a different site and catering to 65000 will mean teething problems and big ones.

[xxialac]

They’re about to announce the undercard for the three day fest withinAll Points East.

Looks like the quality might be at Primavera level 

[scatteredscreens]

3 minutes ago, xxialac said:

They’re about to announce the undercard for the three day fest withinAll Points East.

Looks like the quality might be at Primavera level 

CHVRCHES on Friday or Sunday please.

[JedTheHumanoid]

2 minutes ago, xxialac said:

They’re about to announce the undercard for the three day fest withinAll Points East.

Looks like the quality might be at Primavera level 

Agree. everyone's talking about mad-cool, but actually the only festival remotely close to PS level this year is APE (especially if you count St. Vincent and Nick Cave from the second weekend)

[Nicklord]

1 hour ago, xxialac said:

On the forums, people are writing like it's one of the best festivals of all time.

All I see is some good stuff, some stuff that's good but that has now been toured to death and some really bad stuff.

Plus on a new site I bet it ends up having a massive amount of organisational problems.

Isn't that every festival ever? That could be said for Primavera too: Bjork good stuff, Nick Cave and The National good stuff that toured whole last autumn and plays festival, and likes like Migos as bad stuff

 

[dentalplan]

41 minutes ago, daviddaviddaviddavid said:

Yeah primavera site shows stages. They’ll be back to back.

I didn't know that. Where's the clashfinder @? @Orens @Orens @Orens

[xxialac]

4 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

I didn't know that. Where's the clashfinder @? @Orens @Orens @Orens

Way too early for stages!

[xxialac]

7 minutes ago, Nicklord said:

Isn't that every festival ever? That could be said for Primavera too: Bjork good stuff, Nick Cave and The National good stuff that toured whole last autumn and plays festival, and likes like Migos as bad stuff

 

I kind of agree actually on that. This is the first year I see so much bad stuff - Migos, Majid Jordan, Bad Gyal - what is this rubbish and why is it at Primavera?

[dentalplan]

3 minutes ago, xxialac said:

Way too early for stages!

I see. I should have checked the site to see if true before trying to summon people online.

[Orens]

11 minutes ago, xxialac said:

I kind of agree actually on that. This is the first year I see so much bad stuff - Migos, Majid Jordan, Bad Gyal - what is this rubbish and why is it at Primavera?

At first I thought Migos is rubbish, but I found internal logic and rhythm in it. I really like some of their Culture bangers.

I think they will close the Mordor, overlapping with Ty Segall on the Primavera Stage, so I won't be in attendance (hey @dentalplan, I'm doing my best Gabi impression just for you!)

[addicted2noise]

I'm loving Kedr Livanskiy, thanks to whoever recommended her. 

[Chinaski_]

A lot of it is at APE or repeats from the last few years. There's no wow factor on the undercard either. Will be missing it again this year. 

[Martin_89]

20 minutes ago, addicted2noise said:

I'm loving Kedr Livanskiy, thanks to whoever recommended her. 

You’re welcome!

[neacaisa]

i don't understand why people still compare mad cool with primavera

mad cool looks more like delivering a huge poster on the paper, the freshness of the acts doesn't matter that much neither does the diversity (the line up is mainly rock oriented), they got most of the big names except a few who are doing other spanish fest, who they probably didn't even want that much. they did almost perfectly according to their plan. being a guy from a country where the big names tour rarely, it's the ideal festival for me.

primavera is more about freshness, original and surprising bookings or concert setups, regulars that were booked in previous years and are popular with the festival crowd, diversity and more deepness in the undercard. 

two very different approaches.

unrelated to the rest of the post, i belive that migos is a very uninspired and unnecessary booking. having tyler, vince and asap rocky on the bill would have suffice on the rap genre.

and i haven't understand the controversy surrounding arctic monkeys, it's very similar to the booking of the strokes a few years back. why was it such a big deal now to book a band like this?

[nicknickmm]

Hey, is there somewhere on site where we could leave a suitcase? Seems like there isn't but wanted to check. Looking at going straight to the airport for a Sunday morning flight.

Thanks

[smwatson]

Everyone should see Waxahatchee, new album is lovely.

 

 

[Albinoss]

41 minutes ago, smwatson said:

Everyone should see Waxahatchee, new album is lovely.

 

 

I was wishing to see Allison Crutchfield alone, love her album. Happy to see Waxahatchee!