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Felt like the same lineup for me with only a few exceptions.

I would see Psychedelic Porn Crumpets on the strength of the name alone.

Agreed but every year now there’s a tasty gluten free beer which I always seek out.

64% of anything sounds like a ‘core’ to me.

Hmm. 100 - 64 =?

Really enjoying Suzanne Ciani. Moogtastic and great command of dynamics.

Yeah, great question. I don't see that many or any really that are bad live. Who's better live than on record? Some of my best Primavera gigs fall in this category.

Super helpful, thank you.

Waiting until nearer the time when the tickets inevitably don't sell out and picking them up for cheap.

What's the festival like? It seems quite boring apart from the music (which I appreciate is the most important thing and is really pretty good)? Are their any magical (or, I guess, secret) aspects to that it I'm missing?

I call them Samshing Pumpkins after too many pints.

Very good point on Mitski. I bet she was meant to be at Primavera and then decided to delay her tour. Can hardly blame Primavera for that. Plus much as I love her on record she was a bit dull in 2017.

Brilliant.

Or alternatively, perhaps that points to a need to change so as to freshen things up!

It is and it isn't. There is some fluidity in all of this. Bands don't simply play the biggest possible venue every time they play. Radiohead played the Roundhouse two years back when they could have sold out the O2 (and had done before).