Mad Cool 2018

[evilduck]

1 hour ago, birchtree29 said:

 But he recognizes that the number of coaches will be insufficient to transfer all the attendees."

I am expecting the buses to be a shitshow. I thought they said they would only be on sale until the 1st July? Hoping they cap it at some kind of limit.

[with_tired_eyes]

They've postet a "240.000 thanks" message at facebook, so there will be 80.000 people per day.

[40 Days]

Presumably the designated England pub will be one of the Irish pubs..?

[bluenova]

12 minutes ago, 40 Days said:

Presumably the designated England pub will be one of the Irish pubs..?

So long as you check in advance that it doesn't clash with some random Gaelic football match.

I used to go and watch football in an Irish pub in Streatham and they'd happily annoy a whole pub full of customers watching the Premier League, because Patrick at the bar wanted to watch Cork

[The Nal]

Thankfully they don't play Gaelic footie here in the evenings or on weekdays. 

[40 Days]

On 7/3/2018 at 6:15 PM, birchtree29 said:

Good news. We will have pro shots of Arctic Monkeys and Queens of the Stone Age performances on Rtve. They will probably get posted on youtube later on as well. 

 

http://www.rtve.es/rtve/20180703/2-mad-cool-festival-2018-se-unen-difusion-cultura/1759640.shtml

Do all the sets go on YouTube after?

[berger55]

5 hours ago, birchtree29 said:

The Mad Cool festival will negotiate with the Administrations the opening of the metro after the concerts

The organizers refuse to pay the 180,000 euros that would cost a night line of metro, but will speak on Friday with the City Council and the Community

"A spokesman for Mad Cool explains that the position of the festival is not to assume the expenses for the opening of the Metro, although it recognizes that "they will not put obstacles" to the search of an agreement. Even so, it will charter buses, whose tickets can be booked on its website, for people who will go to Valdebebas to listen, among others, to international groups such as Pearl Jam and Depeche Mode. But he recognizes that the number of coaches will be insufficient to transfer all the attendees."

(Google Translate)

https://elpais.com/ccaa/2018/07/04/madrid/1530734847_903982.html?id_externo_rsoc=TW_CM 

Hope they provide us some metro services at night. Imagine everyone takes a cab...

[AAlex]

Walked into a tent earlier at rock werchter and caught the last ten minutes of someone, didn’t even know who it was... turns out it’s Gang Of Youths would recommend them for everyone they sounded fantastic 

Edited July 5, 2018 by alexlloyd

[birchtree29]

3 hours ago, 40 Days said:

Do all the sets go on YouTube after?

Not all of them only Arctic Monkeys and Queens of The Stone Age will be shown on RTVE2 TV channel. A lot of people usually record tv livestreams and upload them to Youtube later on.

[Tijs879]

Hi. I’m selling a 3-day ticket for Mad Cool for €175. 

[birchtree29]

Just saw this at Azkena Rock Forum. They might make an announcement tomorrow about it if it is legit. It is from the user "The Caliph"

"(Google Translate) Airways and Sir Was become new confirmations of the Mad Cool Festival 2018. Both groups will replace the American producer and composer Haux and the young alternative rock band Milk Teeth in the festival's poster. 

About the new incorporations 

Sir Was is the artistic name under which the Swedish publisher Joel Wästberg publishes his works. With the release of his first LP Digging a tunnel, Wästberg gives free rein to his creativity thanks to a psychedelic rock base on which styles ranging from hip-hop to electronic rhythms, a crazy amalgam of sounds perfectly assembled thanks to the genuine voice that accompanies his music.

Airways, a band from Peterborough (United Kingdom), is the other confirmation of the day. With only three singles and an EP on the street, the British are making their way into the new indie rock scene, which seems to be living a new revival of the first two-mile boom. With a powerful guitar base and a sound that oscillates between styles as varied as noise, melodic pop and the most ungainly rock. 

Soon we will also announce a last band, which will take the place of the British Glass Animals in the poster of the third edition of Mad Cool Festival. 

The countdown has begun. See you at Mad Cool Festival! 
Thank you for supporting live music!"

Also there are new pictures of the festival at 

 

[neacaisa]

basically no grass. :-(

[with_tired_eyes]

6 minutes ago, neacaisa said:

basically no grass. :-(

I think that's the back view - the festivalground will have that fake grass, which is shown in many pictures.

[hoffm83n]

https://www.instagram.com/stories/alborina/

[birchtree29]

10 hours ago, birchtree29 said:

Just saw this at Azkena Rock Forum. They might make an announcement tomorrow about it if it is legit. It is from the user "The Caliph"

"(Google Translate) Airways and Sir Was become new confirmations of the Mad Cool Festival 2018. Both groups will replace the American producer and composer Haux and the young alternative rock band Milk Teeth in the festival's poster. 

This is confirmed now

[Float]

Are their time slots confirmed to be same?

 

[40 Days]

10 hours ago, neacaisa said:

basically no grass. ?

Would only turn to dust after a day in that weather, fake grass much better option.

[birchtree29]

4 minutes ago, Float said:

Are their time slots confirmed to be same?

 

Probably yes. They haven't post the new set times yet. They are probably waiting for Glass Animals replacement

[birchtree29]

Good News! 

Line 8 of the Metro will open all night to ensure transport in the Mad Cool

Line 8 of the Metro will remain open all night during the Mad Cool celebration days . The Community of Madrid, the City Council of the capital and the organizers of the festival, which will take place on July 12, 13 and 14 on a plot in Valdebebas next to Ifema, have reached an agreement this Friday to guarantee the transportation of the 80,000 daily attendees who are expected to attend the event.

In addition, the EMT will enable a special bus line , whose head is about to be specified. The details of the mobility device will be known at a press conference to be convened next Tuesday.

The Community and the City Council will each pay 25% of the cost of transport reinforcement, while the promoters of the event will assume the remaining 50%. Only the special opening of the Metro for three days will involve a disbursement of 188,000 euros, according to a spokeswoman for the regional government.

Throughout the night, trains will circulate every five minutes between the stations of Feria de Madrid and Nuevos Ministerios, on Line 8. The forecast is that between 9,000 and 10,000 people can travel every hour using the suburban.

The authorization for the celebration of Mad Cool by the Consistory of Manuela Carmena before the reinforcement of the transport had been guaranteed had provoked this week the critics of Ángel Garrido's team , who called it "irresponsibility" . In a "cordial" meeting held this Friday at the request of the Minister of Transport, Rosalía Gonzalo, has been "a solution to the problem that had been generated," according to sources of the Regional Transport Consortium.

http://www.elmundo.es/madrid/2018/07/06/5b3f336646163fb82a8b4632.html

[evilduck]

Good news indeed! It's still going to be busy, but hopefully this should spread everyone between the bus, metro and cabs.

[with_tired_eyes]

Good news. But as you can see here, the line will not go to the town centre: https://www.esmadrid.com/sites/default/files/documentos/plano_metro_madrid_01072017.pdf

So it will help, but just a little.

[evilduck]

At least once you get to there it is easier to take a cab or nightbus.

[Float]

Time slots confirmed to be same for the two cancellations on app.

glass animals slot removed entirely for now so assuming their replacement will fit directly in there too

[birchtree29]

New video from the festival

 

Franz Ferdinand, Snow Patrol, The White Buffalo and Wolf Alice have livestreams from Rock Werchter today:

http://live.rockwerchter.be/en/channel1

Edited July 6, 2018 by birchtree29

[JSmurphy]

https://madcoolfestival.es/en/news/faqs-pulseras-mad-cool-2018 Some info about wristbands: