Primavera 2018

[ZXCVBNM]

Yeah, that's true, hadn't thought about it like that...

[Friend Chicken]

How possible is it to resell tickets for this? Looking into coming from the US and might want to buy before another price increase.

[slowdive]

18 hours ago, Friend Chicken said:

How possible is it to resell tickets for this? Looking into coming from the US and might want to buy before another price increase.

Easy. There is an official marketplace that works perfectly fine.

[Hip Priest]

1 hour ago, slowdive said:

Easy. There is an official marketplace that works perfectly fine.

It won't operate unless/until the festival is sold out though. And is only for tickets bought via Redtkt (PS platform)

[ghostdancer1]

playing Dublin on Monday 4th June:

The War On Drugs
Grizzly Bear
Warpaint
Thundercat
Superorganism
Spoon

http://nialler9.com/the-war-on-drugs-grizzly-bear-warpaint-thundercat-for-forbidden-fruit-2018/

 

[xxialac]

Nice little lineup, that. 
Expect pretty much all of them at Primavera now.

[chemica]

No return booking of Nine Inch Nails - they're booked for Mad Cool. 

[dunx747]

Can anyone confirm that I'm not being daft here - cost of a ticket just now is 185 euros.  But if I buy a primavera pack - also 185 euros - I get a festival ticket plus a bunch of free stuff ????

 

Seems like a no brainer for me - what's the downside???

 

[frankburns]

If you buy the Pack and you are not from Spain, there will be some rather high postal charges (In 2015: 25-30€).

But I think it's still a good deal.

Edited November 20, 2017 by frankburns

[jmdelblinky]

5 minutes ago, frankburns said:

If you buy the Pack and you are not from Spain, there will be some rather high postal charges (In 2015: 25-30€).

But I think it's still a good deal.

I've bought 2 packs and the shipping charges are 22 €. I am not sure how useful are those "preferential access" included, but even the souvenirs are enough for me to consider the pack a good deal (as you've said)

[brayshizzle]

fuck madcooool 

[xxialac]

Madcool will have about half the names Primavera has so not even vaguely comparable to the strength in depth of PV plus the new site looks pretty charmless. No possibility of staying in a nice part of town nearby either.

That said, the lineup does look strong and they've done a good job especially for a new-ish festival. Maybe in 5 years, it could be as good (at least in terms of lineup and organisation)?

[StephenF]

July in Madrid... Far too fucking hot for a start.

[Orens]

3 hours ago, xxialac said:

Madcool will have about half the names Primavera has so not even vaguely comparable to the strength in depth of PV plus the new site looks pretty charmless. No possibility of staying in a nice part of town nearby either.

That said, the lineup does look strong and they've done a good job especially for a new-ish festival. Maybe in 5 years, it could be as good (at least in terms of lineup and organisation)?

Next Year they will have about 150 acts on the bill, in 7 stages. 

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[xxialac]

7 hours ago, Orens said:

Next Year they will have about 150 acts on the bill, in 7 stages. 

Looks like you’re more or less right.

Still primavera is more than 50% bigger in crowd numbers - 55000 a day to mad cool’s 35000.

They’ve only added 2 stages to the 5 of last year when they had 60 acts which is why I thought the band numbers would be low - so they must be extending the hours too as they’re now going for 130/140 bands.

[Nesser]

Mad Cool is trying to get 65k ppl this year -and by no means the crowd size looks to me as a valuable criteria tbh-. Regardless, their line-up seems closer to Coachella's without the one-million-dollar acts rather than Primavera's. Some people said two years ago that Gabi & co had gone crazy without a single announcement til January and passes sold out in two weeks. The same people -very attached to Mad Cool within just a year, curious- said the next year that MC had stealed some bands (Wilco, Slowdive and so) and Primavera passes sold out in a little more than month. So: don't be distracted by their noise and don't worry about Primavera

[dunx747]

15 hours ago, jmdelblinky said:

I've bought 2 packs and the shipping charges are 22 €. I am not sure how useful are those "preferential access" included, but even the souvenirs are enough for me to consider the pack a good deal (as you've said)

Thanks for your help guys - tickets purchased, flights and accommodation all booked ......just need a lineup now.

If the bookers read this - there's some great Scottish bands on the go the now....Baby Strange, White, Rascalton - get them over and we'll have a right party.

[Orens]

I've seen Nick Cave on Sunday+Monday. Such a fantastic concert! He's a contagious, breathtaking frontman, one of the greatest I have ever witnessed. Can't wait to see him again in Primavera (already confirmed for Porto so there a 99.9% chance we'll see him there).

[dunx747]

44 minutes ago, Orens said:

I've seen Nick Cave on Sunday+Monday. Such a fantastic concert! He's a contagious, breathtaking frontman, one of the greatest I have ever witnessed. Can't wait to see him again in Primavera (already confirmed for Porto so there a 99.9% chance we'll see him there).

Fingers crossed. 

[brayshizzle]

Sorry for the stupid question, but with NIN at Madcool , how does this put them out of Prim? 

[lightsnowpatrol]

36 minutes ago, brayshizzle said:

Sorry for the stupid question, but with NIN at Madcool , how does this put them out of Prim? 

Festivals in the same countries hardly ever share acts especially top acts like  NIN

[brayshizzle]

19 minutes ago, lightsnowpatrol said:

Festivals in the same countries hardly ever share acts especially top acts like  NIN

 

Guess I wont be seeing them anytime soon. Unless Coachella get them, which I doubt given their top line is Beyonce/Weeknd

[xxialac]

Gabi just tweeted " Soon a lucky few will see the poster of Primavera Sound 2018. Will they be able to keep the secret?"

Don't think sadly this means we'll get the poster any sooner.

[Orens]

27 minutes ago, xxialac said:

Gabi just tweeted " Soon a lucky few will see the poster of Primavera Sound 2018. Will they be able to keep the secret?"

Don't think sadly this means we'll get the poster any sooner.

"There are a few important enough touches to delay the announcement for a few weeks. Also, there is no hurry."