Primavera Sound Barcelona 2023 + Primavera Sound Madrid 2023

[scatteredscreens]

Just now, lighthouse said:

John Cale and Laurie Anderson are great bookings as well.

And I didnt know Swans are still touring?

Michael Gira is currently doing work in progress acoustic shows which I assume would be swans material. They were going to tour in 2020.

[2loor2iller]

Pet Shop Boys is a massive name for the Wednesday. I’d assumed they’d easily be one of the main headliners. Have they mentioned going bigger on the Wednesday for next year or are PSB just not as big over there or something?

[pne094]

Haha. Diplo on Sunday? 

Saturday lineup has to be one of the worst for me in 10 editions. 

Edited November 29, 2022 by pne094

[stereodista]

5 minutes ago, lighthouse said:

Well they sold a lot of tickets before the lineup for solely Depeche Mode. 

No, but the assumption is that fans of Calvin Harris, Skrillex, etc. will talk all the way through everything. DM fans, in my opinion (and experience), will not. May be wrong, but they’re way more in keeping with where PS came from. 

[Andrej]

Strong line up, as expected. But then again, lets rewind and imagine someone telling you 5 years ago that Calvin Harris will headline Primavera :)))  times they are a changing

[Rico_Pliskin]

Very happy I went for opener this year.

[frankburns]

3 minutes ago, pne094 said:

 

Saturday lineup has to be one of the worst for me in 10 editions. 

This year's Saturday (Weekend 1) was probably the best Saturday ever...and 2023 we get the worst Saturday ever!

[Andrej]

Also, what people always tend to forget is that Primavera is now in bed with Live Nation. Which changes everything. Its booked a bit differently than it was booked years ago. LN have their pool of acts, and some are shared across tons of LN owned festivals. So we will see more and more "regular" Primavera bookings, more mainstream stuff, that might not be what old school fans of the festival expect.

[lessthanwill1]

It doesn't look quite as strong as usual...

Thursday seems a bit week but there's still Karenn, Boris, Le Tigre, Darkside and Perfume.

Friday has Kendrick, Swans, Soft Pink Truth, Upsammy, The Mars Volta, Unwound, Alvvays, Channel Tres, Japanese Breakfast, Tzusing and Julia Holter. 

Saturday I think looks great: Laurie Anderson, Death Grips, Gilla Band, FKA Twigs, Kelela, JPEGMAFIA, Jockstrap, Crack Cloud and Avalon Amerson. 

Edited November 29, 2022 by lessthanwill1

[brosch]

7 minutes ago, pne094 said:

Haha. Diplo on Sunday? 

Saturday lineup has to be one of the worst for me in 10 editions. 

Rosalía, fka twigs, St Vincent, Caroline Polachek, Arlo Parks, Death Grips, John Cale, Laurie Anderson and of course DJ Coco is still not too bad 🙂

Edited November 29, 2022 by brosch

[Float]

Very poor line-up.

That Saturday is shockingly crap. I think the highlight that day would be seeing Frodo Baggins DJ under 'Wooden Wisdom' 

[Field Commander Jefferson]

Calvin Harris & Skrillex, Jesus wept

[DDave]

Looks worse on the poster than it does on the announcement 

[ConfidenceMan]

Those headline acts are a bit of a head scratcher but beyond that, it's not a million miles away from the last few years. 

The undercard is strong, even if not totally to my taste. 

I'm glad I held back buying a ticket and I don't think that's worth €325 to me, but I can see how it would be for someone else. 

Maybe if I lived locally, or had somewhere to crash (or won a ticket...) id still head along, but as it is, 2023 is a no go for me. 

[Martin_89]

Anyone knows who this is? haha

[chilirocker]

1 minute ago, brosch said:

Rosalía, fka twigs, St Vincent, Caroline Polachek, Arlo Parks, Death Grips, John Cale, Laurie Anderson and of course DJ Coco is still not to bad 🙂

And Jockstrap, Ezra Furman, Kelela, Shellac and Nia Archives

[Quadrophobia]

I don't think the 1000 bucks I'd have to put into this are worth it for me. Most exciting Names imho are Blur, Unwound, Arthur Verocai and The Voidz. If I was there, I'd also go for Kendrick and DM but the price tag is too high for me  

[pne094]

3 minutes ago, brosch said:

Rosalía, fka twigs, St Vincent, Caroline Polachek, Arlo Parks, Death Grips, John Cale, Laurie Anderson and of course DJ Coco is still not too bad 🙂

Yeah, need time to process. We survived Migos and Miley Curys, we will survive Halsey, Skrillex and Calvin Harris 🙂

Forget it, Migos ofc didnt show up.

 

Edited November 29, 2022 by pne094

[Enkidu]

I remember in the 2020/21/22 lineups there were loads of acts in the small text that stood out, but feels like there's barely any standouts this time?

[lighthouse]

Just now, Quadrophobia said:

I don't think the 1000 bucks I'd have to put into this are worth it for me. Most exciting Names imho are Blur, Unwound, Arthur Verocai and The Voidz. If I was there, I'd also go for Kendrick and DM but the price tag is too high for me  

Still no single festival that will even get close to this. Considering how tame every other lineup in Europe is shaping up. 

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

It's a strong lineup but not quite enough to get me to part with the ticket fee plus hotel and flights. Shame, I really loved it this year. Oh well, the search for European festivals in 2023 goes on...

[Quadrophobia]

Just now, lighthouse said:

Still no single festival that will even get close to this. Considering how tame every other lineup in Europe is shaping up. 

Sure, but this doesnt change anything about the experience at PS and the price attached. 

Tempelhof Sounds, Best Kept Secret and the Scandinavian August Fests have nothing at all out yet, so there is no way to say that at this point

[birchtree29]

I was not expecting to see Primavera and Capital FM Summerball sharing 2 of their headliners in 3 years

[ConfidenceMan]

I think people are being a little unfair on Halsey, fwiw. The album she put out last year (produced by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross...) was really well received and pretty decent. I mean it's not like they booked Ellie Goulding or something. 

3 minutes ago, birchtree29 said:

I was not expecting to see Primavera and Capital FM Summerball sharing 2 of their headliners in 3 years

 

[pipan]

Pet Shop Boys + Confidence Man for the opening evening? Yes please!