Primavera Sound Barcelona 2023 + Primavera Sound Madrid 2023

[xxialac]

9 minutes ago, jannybruck said:

Haven't ever seen that happen for flights to Barcelona, sadly. Think the only way is up for them, which given they're already nudging £350/£400 even from regional airports is insane. Most casual festivalgers are going to take one look at that and think "nah", and for a lot of people the idea of going through Madrid/Zaragoza/Reus or elsewhere is a bit of a pain in the arse, particularly if you've not got much flexibility with work or timings. I think it'll really shave off a lot of casual festivalgoers from the UK who might've gone normally (which the locals are probably happy about!)

I haven't totally ruled it out personally but I'm aware the £1k+ I'm potentially spending on Primavera could be split between a couple of smaller/less corporate city festivals elsewhere, particularly as all the lineup will be inevitably be touring around over the summer. We'll see.

I just think a lot of people pricing things up when the lineup finally drops are going to be really shocked.

I don't think flights will go materially up from £400 personally. People want to travel to Barcelona but not that desperately and the price needs to reflect demand.

The best trick is to book the flights with Avios if you can.

[BA_Barrabus]

I'm flying from Belfast to Reus on the Thursday morning and Barcelona to Dublin on the Monday aftrernoon and it's cost me approx £300. Not amazing, but could have been worse.

Out of interest, what is the craic with the bus from Reus to Barcelona? I read that there isnt a fixed schedule per se, but it is based on flight arrival times into the airport. Would there be lots of flights into Reus where bus capacity would be an issue?

Also totally down for Chemical Brothers & Pulp 🤞

[DDave]

1 hour ago, BA_Barrabus said:

I'm flying from Belfast to Reus on the Thursday morning and Barcelona to Dublin on the Monday aftrernoon and it's cost me approx £300. Not amazing, but could have been worse.

Out of interest, what is the craic with the bus from Reus to Barcelona? I read that there isnt a fixed schedule per se, but it is based on flight arrival times into the airport. Would there be lots of flights into Reus where bus capacity would be an issue?

Also totally down for Chemical Brothers & Pulp 🤞

We got the train from Tarragona to Barcelona, think it was 8 euros and took half an hour or so. It also goes from Reus Town as well. Very easy and pay at the station

https://rodalies.gencat.cat/en/horaris/

Will give you some idea of the times. Worth checking on TripAdvisor forums for more info

Chems are definitely due and welcome at PS. 

It was announced a few months ago but the Chats have got a PS sized hole in their EU/UK tour. 

[DDave]

Nailed on. 

[Gregorick]

Taylor Swift tour will be in Chicago across Primavera so can also rule out Girl in Red.

[xxialac]

One of Migos has been shot dead.

[Createur]

26 minutes ago, Gregorick said:

Taylor Swift tour will be in Chicago across Primavera so can also rule out Girl in Red.

On the other hand, Phoebe Bridgers wraps up her supporting on May 27th.

[Fabrizzo]

Updated rumors list :

Depeche Mode *

Pulp

Massive Attack

Bjork

Maggie Rogers

Belle and Sebastian 

Unknown mortal orchestra

Bon Iver

Kelis

Confidence Man

Self Esteem

Chemical Brothers

Blondie

Ghost 

Beths

Phoebe Bridgers

Shellac

[Martin_89]

7 minutes ago, Fabrizzo said:

Updated rumors list :

Depeche Mode *

Pulp

Massive Attack

Bjork

Maggie Rogers

Belle and Sebastian 

Unknown mortal orchestra

Bon Iver

Kelis

Confidence Man

Self Esteem

Chemical Brothers

Blondie

Ghost 

Beths

Phoebe Bridgers

Shellac

+ The Chats

[xxialac]

I've seen another rumour for Peter Gabriel, which seems plausible.

 

More generaly also can see them bringing Weekender acts that didn't play this year e.g. Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul, Crack Cloud.

Finally Gilla Band, Ty Segall and Osees are playing Wide Awake in London end of May.

[Createur]

38 minutes ago, xxialac said:

Finally Gilla Band, Ty Segall and Osees are playing Wide Awake in London end of May.

Very likely on the poster imho.

King Gizz, Black Lips, Dinosaur Jr., Parquet Courts, IDLES, King Krule, Viagra Boys all played this year. No other alternatives left 😆

Edited November 1, 2022 by Createur

[jannybruck]

Christine + the Queens is also around next summer.

[xxialac]

Deerhunter also on that poster please.

Their last album was all the way back in January 2019 and they've completely gone to ground since the pandemic.

[gingerevans84]

The summer plans are starting to take shape and the dots need to be joined. Reckon Pulp are a definate?

[xxialac]

Just now, gingerevans84 said:

The summer plans are starting to take shape and the dots need to be joined. Reckon Pulp are a definate?

Not definite but I'd estimate 75%.

[DDave]

2 hours ago, xxialac said:

I've seen another rumour for Peter Gabriel, which seems plausible.

 

More generaly also can see them bringing Weekender acts that didn't play this year e.g. Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul, Crack Cloud.

Finally Gilla Band, Ty Segall and Osees are playing Wide Awake in London end of May.

Peter Gabriel would be an odd one. 

[Nesser]

The more I think of Pulp the clearer it seems to me they're playing just Barcelona. And that's being optimistic cause I can totally see them not playing at all given those tour dates.

[xxialac]

20 minutes ago, Nesser said:

The more I think of Pulp the clearer it seems to me they're playing just Barcelona. And that's being optimistic cause I can totally see them not playing at all given those tour dates.

If they could get someone like Rosalia as an exclusive for Madrid (perhaps someone high profile who can't play Barcelona for whatever reason) then there would be few complaints about lack of Pulp.

Totally agree, chances of them playing Madrid seem slim to none. 

[davidoffescassi]

14 minutes ago, xxialac said:

If they could get someone like Rosalia as an exclusive for Madrid (perhaps someone high profile who can't play Barcelona for whatever reason) then there would be few complaints about lack of Pulp.

Totally agree, chances of them playing Madrid seem slim to none. 

C. Tangana >>> Madrid

Pulp >>>  Barcelona

I just want nice electronic music names, like Odesza, Rufus du Sol, The Blaze, Moderat, Jon Hopkins, Mathame, Bob Moses, Tourist... hope the pick at least a few from there

[jannybruck]

4 minutes ago, davidoffescassi said:

just want nice electronic music names, like Odesza, Rufus du Sol, The Blaze, Moderat, Jon Hopkins, Mathame, Bob Moses, Tourist... hope the pick at least a few from there

Fever Ray, Forest Swords, Tim Hecker, Mount Kimbie all have new albums out this/next year as well which would be good electronic additions. Though the programming really needs a rethink as some of the good electronic this year got wasted in front of small crowds up at Bits.

[diogozsz]

I know he played PS this year but would love to have Fred Again back 

[RedForman66]

I think Porcupine Tree is a rumour. They are playing some festival dates next year. 

[Field Commander Jefferson]

5 hours ago, jannybruck said:

Fever Ray, Forest Swords, Tim Hecker, Mount Kimbie all have new albums out this/next year as well which would be good electronic additions. Though the programming really needs a rethink as some of the good electronic this year got wasted in front of small crowds up at Bits.

Any of those would be excellent. And yes I agree about electronic stuff being put on later or at better stages. Autechre for instance were on ridiculously early, did anyone from here see them?

[jannybruck]

Just now, Field Commander Jefferson said:

Any of those would be excellent. And yes I agree about electronic stuff being put on later or at better stages. Autechre for instance were on ridiculously early, did anyone from here see them?

I did, it was decent though given the increased capacity of the festival even Auditori felt too small for the amount of people that wanted to watch, I had lots of friends who didn't get in.

Autechre have been doing "sensibly" timed indoor shows (ie not super late club times) right throughout this year so maybe it's something they've started requesting. It would've been amazing on Ray Ban at 2am with no lighting.

[Valbork]

6 hours ago, xxialac said:

If they could get someone like Rosalia as an exclusive for Madrid (perhaps someone high profile who can't play Barcelona for whatever reason) then there would be few complaints about lack of Pulp.

Totally agree, chances of them playing Madrid seem slim to none. 

There would be a lot of complaints from people in Barcelona that they were getting a 90's semi-retired Britpop band instead of globally recognised homegrown megastars like Rosalia or C Tangana!!! Both acts are absolutely huge in Spain and have toured with very high production tours this year. If either are at Primavera next year (unlikely but I would love to see both again), they will be as major headliners and presumably would have to be at both events more than Pulp need to be.