Primavera 2018

[OneLittleFish]

At the airport waiting to fly out and a little more excited than I should be ? First time I've been abroad in thirteen years on a plane as I used to be afraid of flying but worked on it for a while.

 

Someone get a pint of anything ready in Barcelona for me!

[alansdeepbath]

The only Ride song I know is Twisterella, will I be missing out if I miss them?

Also just noticed Car Seat Headrest and Lift To Experience clash, and one is at mordor. Obvz more likely to see CSH again so picking Lift To Experience but its annoying

Edited May 28, 2018 by alansdeepbath

[daveje]

12 minutes ago, alansdeepbath said:

Also just noticed Car Seat Headrest and Lift To Experience clash, and one is at mordor. Obvz more likely to see CSH again so picking Lift To Experience but its annoying

No contest. CSH is fun, but Lift To Experience is going to be transcendental.

[Declan]

4 hours ago, xxialac said:

Was at Bjork last night.

The Utopia songs were dramatically less good than the older couple of classics she played. As a result large parts of the show were a chore. Shame as the staging was good.

 

 

I thought it was beautiful, not as good as the Biophillia show at Bestival but very good. 

I’m not that hung up on her playing the classics, maybe because I’m not sure what counts as a Bjork Classic. Birthday? Venus as a Boy?  

[Declan]

4 hours ago, xxialac said:

All these weeks of waiting for a nobody who sang at Eurovision? (and Ride, quite good admittedly)

ABBA sang at Eurovision. I’d trot out to Mordor if they played. 

[Chopman]

Bit random, but anyone from England going to watch sleep tonight in London?

[xxialac]

44 minutes ago, Declan said:

ABBA sang at Eurovision. I’d trot out to Mordor if they played. 

Ok, only 99 out of 100 Eurovision Song contest entrants are rubbish so clearly I’m generalising.

 

[offmytrolley]

Just a heads up that because of the security rules about aerosols and liquid sprays you can only bring cream sun block in.

Might not matter too much in the evening but could catch anyone who's planning a beach day at the Aperol stage for Four Tet presents or anything like that.

[Hip Priest]

On 5/26/2018 at 7:16 PM, Hip Priest said:

We will only know the fixtures for 2/3 June on Monday after this weekend's games. I'll put a message up here as it seems there may be one or two interested. We do know that Barcelona B - Zaragoza is Saturday 8.30pm so we can forget about that.

Off topic (football)

Slim pickings for football nerds, I'm afraid. As far as I can see, the only game on in the Barcelona area is Terrassa vs Compostela on the Sunday at 6pm. The town is a 40 minute train ride from Pl. Catalunya, don't think I'll bother. I was hoping for Sant Andreu to be at home but they're away.

[Olivedal 1904]

2 hours ago, alansdeepbath said:

The only Ride song I know is Twisterella, will I be missing out if I miss them?

Also just noticed Car Seat Headrest and Lift To Experience clash, and one is at mordor. Obvz more likely to see CSH again so picking Lift To Experience but its annoying

I am thinking of seeing Car Seat Headrest and then should be possible to catch last half hour of Lift to Experience. So only a partial clash but still annoying of course. 

Ride is great news! Turning out to be such a great lineup, a lot stronger than last year for my taste. 

[mufcok]

Apologies if this has been asked before.. what's the deal with Hidden, just turn up like any other stage or do you need something besides the wristband to get in?..

[offmytrolley]

1 minute ago, mufcok said:

Apologies if this has been asked before.. what's the deal with Hidden, just turn up like any other stage or do you need something besides the wristband to get in?..

Just turn up this year

[mufcok]

Nice one, made up at the Ride news

[bawpsherep]

Hi, sorry if this has been asked before but looking at the Sunday line-up, what does it mean where it just says "Barcelona" for the stage/venue? Is the festival area closed on Sunday?

Cheers

[ghostdancer1]

yes, the main festival at Parc del Forum is Thurs-Sat.

"Barcelona" refers to CCCB, near Plaza Catalunya:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Centre+de+Cultura+Contemporània+de+Barcelona/@41.383786,2.166775,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xd6c1de3f0a857874!8m2!3d41.383786!4d2.166775

[bawpsherep]

Nice one! Thanks for your help ?

[red90]

i need a recommendation - any tapas bars near Pl. Catalunya good for a female going solo? i need something bustling, hopefully full of Primavera crowd, so i can easliy blend in

[Friend Chicken]

Kelsey Lu was great. The Men rocked. Ganges was ok

[Albert.EA]

Hey guys!

 

A good friend of mine's grandmother has just passed away... Sadly, he and his cousin won't be able to make it. I'm trying to help him by selling his and his cousin full festival tickets. If anyone is interested; please, private message me. 

Thank you all! And see you around this week! 

[gbatchelli]

3 hours ago, red90 said:

i need a recommendation - any tapas bars near Pl. Catalunya good for a female going solo? i need something bustling, hopefully full of Primavera crowd, so i can easliy blend in

Plaça Catalunya is not close to Primavera’s location. It depends on your day’s planning if having lunch at Plaça Catalunya it’s worth it or not. Only on Sunday Primavera takes place in Barcelona downtown so that day eating at Plaça Catalunya would be a good option. I recommend you El Raval neighborhood which is actually the area where Primavera will take place on Sunday. It has a lot of tapas bars.

[xxialac]

4 hours ago, red90 said:

i need a recommendation - any tapas bars near Pl. Catalunya good for a female going solo? i need something bustling, hopefully full of Primavera crowd, so i can easliy blend in

Yeah, there is a place actually. Can Paixano is like the unofficial meet up. It's much closer to Barceloneta so a longish walk from Pl.C. Great atmosphere.

[D-Low]

I thought living in Wales was bad for weather changes but jheez. Barcelona is something else. Been observing daily and it's changed constantly. Now thunder storms ALL day Wednesday. Rain showers Thursday and Sunday ? praying this improves. One day ago it was giving 25 degrees and sun all week 

 

 

Edited May 29, 2018 by D-Low

[Gnarler]

4 minutes ago, D-Low said:

I thought living in Wales was bad for weather changes but jheez. Barcelona is something else. Been observing daily and it's changed constantly. Now thunder storms ALL day Wednesday. Rain showers Thursday and Sunday ? praying this improves. One day ago it was giving 25 degrees and sun all week 

 

 

Trust me when I say that Barcelona weather forecast is always pessimistic in terms of rain.

 

It said it would thunderstorm all of yesterday and today - it's been 23 degrees for 72 hours.

If it rains a tiny bit between Thursday and Sunday, trust me you'll maybe even appreciate a short burst of rain.

 

I wouldn't worry at all

[xxialac]

15 minutes ago, Gnarler said:

Trust me when I say that Barcelona weather forecast is always pessimistic in terms of rain.

 

It said it would thunderstorm all of yesterday and today - it's been 23 degrees for 72 hours.

If it rains a tiny bit between Thursday and Sunday, trust me you'll maybe even appreciate a short burst of rain.

 

I wouldn't worry at all

El tiempo is saying not a drop of rain the entire festival.

I agree with Gnarler. No point worrying and in the past the weather has been great. I'm optimistic of more of the same.

[Guy Incognito]

Huge thunderstorm overnight, hope we don't get that over Wednesday-sunday