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26 minutes ago, Giovanni said:
Is Madrid still scorching hot in late August?
Usually yes. It was HOT AF last year in August even though the last days of the month there was a huge and very uncommon change of weather in Spain and it was really chilly.
I have found a graph:
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3 minutes ago, Drums Please Fab said:
It's open air. not indoors.
My bad, just read. But yeah, I guess in IFEMA's parking and definitely not in MC's parcel since it will now be used for the upcoming F1 track.
2 minutes ago, Drums Please Fab said:same train stations etc. same location essentially.
Well sure, but I meant not in the same area with grass and everything.
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2 minutes ago, Drums Please Fab said:
Decent location too. IFEMA was great for madcool.
Not the same venue, though, it will be held not in a parcel next to IFEMA but actually in IFEMA (indoor, I assume).
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18 minutes ago, Tigane said:
Alvaro Covoes is the owner of Everything is New, the organizers of Nos Alive, and they never organize a The Killers show in Portugal, and yet Alive prefer to bring Arcade Fire (with no new album since last time they came here) instead of The Killers
Makes little sense.
The Killers have 6 straight nights in the O2 arena until 11/07, so they had only available the 12nd (Dua Lipa) or the 13th (Pearl Jam).
NOS needed someone for 11/07 so they ended up inking Arcade Fire. Mad Cool couldn't because a) BBK already had them, so unlikely they would share b) Arcade Fire had no avaliable dates for MC (they play 11 NOS, 12 Sevilla, 13 Bilbao). So they went with The Killers and I don't think it was their main option since they already played in 2022, probably a sub for FF or someone else they may have lost.
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If you've got Foo Fighters you announce them right away.
And then if you have another headliner (the same that Rock en Seine, Reading/Leeds, Cabaret Vert, etc. have and will also announce tomorrow) you announce it later.
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3 hours ago, Frankly Mr Shankly said:
It won’t be Arcade Fire, they’re headlining Bilbao BBK.
More like it won't be because there are no days left for them (they play 11 NOS, 12 Sevilla, 13 BBK and the 10th already has all its headliners announced).
They could still share something with BBK even though there's a big rivalry between the two.
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4 minutes ago, corndog said:
Curious if we know what the typical budget is for Mad Cool. Reaching 23M doesnt really say much to us unless we know what it's like in comparison. Or at least what the budget was before this latest act so that we know how much the last act is.
24M for 2023.
https://www.elmundo.es/cultura/musica/2023/07/06/64a709abe85ece90648b457f.html
The "increase" may not be compared to last year but to their initial 2023 budget. A bit weird though knowing it's now a 4 day festival.
22M income with 3M in profits in 2018 (actual results, not budget)
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37 minutes ago, skillfulperson said:
Someone said on the AcDC fan forum that Mad cool CEO has apprently splashed a casual €20mill for a big act. I'm not sure that's realistic considering ticket price and the calibre of acts already on the bill but there's not many acts who could charge that
That someone can't really read spanish.
The article says that if they end up closing that booking their initial budget will increase... (to reach a TOTAL of 23 million).
Quote“Estamos justo cerrándolo ahora. Está casi hecho. Si lo firmamos nuestros presupuesto para este año aumentará [unos 23 millones de euros en total]”, señala Arnaiz.
Also, 23.000.000€ / 70.000 pax = 328,57€ extra per daily ticket to cover the cost. Stop doing drugs.
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4 hours ago, xxialac said:
See you in 2025.
If you say today “see you on Wednesday”, it logically means you wont see that person on Tuesday.
Not to mention they did delete 2024 dates from the bio.
They went full retard even by their standards, which were extremely retarded already.
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2 minutes ago, corndog said:
Is that site trustworthy?
also it did a good job getting people to talk about the fest. Not hype though more bashing the fest lol. I wouldn’t be surprised if some already bought NOS or Prima tickets
La razón is a (bit facist) spanish newspaper.
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12 hours ago, nicolaspepsi said:
Please some.rock
12 hours ago, nicolaspepsi said:arctic monkeys
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Sure they might not be happy with Mad Cool but Last Tour booked AM for Cala Mijas (2022) and BBK (2023), both direct competitors to Andalucía Big (same city) and Mad Cool (same weekend).
It's more like others winning the bid than AM rejecting Mad Cool.
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On 9/28/2022 at 3:56 PM, kingcrawler said:
I'm sure Gabi said somewhere a few years ago that two acts he wouldn't be keen to bring back were QOTSA and Florence and the Machine, as he didn't enjoy them when they played and felt they didn't fit, something like that anyway. I reckon they'll be back at Mad Cool but they would be a very good alternative to Nine Inch Nails as you say.
Yes, he said that.
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2 hours ago, charlierc said:
I did note the listing of "Nuevo Espacio Mad Cool" - this presumably rubber stamps the relocation across the city from Valdebebas. Isn't the new place like way out of Madrid or something?
No. It's Primavera Sound Madrid the one that will be held in Arganda del Rey.
Apparently the new Mad Cool space will be set here.
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21 minutes ago, Createur said:
It's not over, yet.
This PS answering a question if new acts might join the Line-Up today:
Rough translation: We will announce one more act.
Alguna = some. Could be one or more than that, usually the latter.
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On 7/9/2019 at 2:57 PM, -Roger- said:
The best options to get back into the city are probably taxi
LMAO
On 7/9/2019 at 3:08 PM, MikeyRolo said:Do you know approx prices/waiting times for taxis last year?
Around 3h the first day. Prices obv depend on the trip.
Last year the best thing was to walk for 15 minutes outside the MC's premises past IFEMA and then get a Cabify. I wouldn't try to catch a taxi this year knowing there is no metro, nor parking - more people trying to get a cab.
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On 7/2/2019 at 11:22 PM, Jaykc82 said:
For anyone who went last year, how was cell service on the grounds?
Offline 90% of the time.
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7 minutes ago, eFestivals said:
Hmmm. Blaming the authorities for the festival picking a flood plain as the location.
Some dreams are greater than abilities and even the ability to recognise it.
Worst part is, there was exactly the same issue in 1996, back when their first edition was set.
But guess what, we're not in 1996 anymore and authorities have now safety concerns. And even if the original venue had been ruled out as safe, the festival would have been finally cancelled anyway as there was absolutely no chance that they would end up selling over 60 thousand tickets for a festival set in a difficult access area with absolutely no infrastructures while charging a huge price compared to other national festivals (Mad Cool, BBK, Primavera Sound) for a kinda average lineup.
Also no apologies or whatsoever within the statement for the ones that spent money on hotel nights/trip to the original location, and did the same thing for the allegedly final location. Feeling awful for them.
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Official statement, in english.
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Venue finally moved to Montmeló circuit, lul.
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35ºC in that desert ain't what I'd call great
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11 hours ago, elias said:
Last year you were supposed to be able to load up your wristband with credit, thus making the bars 'cashless'. Unfortunately the monsoon rain put paid to that and the system failed. All bars were accepting cash and cards.
I haven't heard if they are doing the wristband thing again this year, but I suspect they will.No, cash/credit card only.
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29 minutes ago, Dave said:
What's the deal with buying beers and food... is it a token system?
Someone mentioned €3 for a beer, trying to budget how much cash to take!
No, you pay with cash/credit card.
And while mini could refer in some places to 1 litre, they are actually 750 ml glasses in Mad Cool.
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17 minutes ago, big__phil said:
Errr...this looks like it could mighty expensive. Anyone know how many shots they put in each drink? I don't fancy paying €9 for a 'mini beer'!
Lol, mini refers to 750ml.
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Yes. Ifema's parking lot.
And yes, they were kicked from that parcel next to IFEMA that will be used as part or the upcoming F1 track. Sure they invested in the new location and own 49% of it but this is the main reason why they moved.