Mad Cool 2023

[DDave]

Janelle Monae cancelling? 

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/janelle-monae-manchester-international-festival-26952163

[Mondo-kun]

6 minutes ago, DDave said:

Janelle Monae cancelling? 

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/janelle-monae-manchester-international-festival-26952163

Also cancelled her show at North Sea Jazz Festival which takes place almost the same dates as Mad Cool "due to scheduling issues".

[xxialac]

"Unable to travel to Europe", says the statement.

[DDave]

6 minutes ago, Mondo-kun said:

Also cancelled her show at North Sea Jazz Festival which takes place almost the same dates as Mad Cool "due to scheduling issues".

Film offer probably. 

[DDave]

Taken off the line up on the website. Pity, she was a great booking. 

[Akujin]

43 minutes ago, DDave said:

Taken off the line up on the website. Pity, she was a great booking. 

I wonder if they can replace her or they will just move up someone from the lineup.

[Drums Please Fab]

M83 please !!!!!!!!! 

playing BBK the same weekend

[Akujin]

38 minutes ago, Drums Please Fab said:

M83 please !!!!!!!!! 

playing BBK the same weekend

Yeah I think that would be a good one to fill the spot. I’ll be seeing them at Sziget as well, but I wouldn’t mind 🙂

[Sasperella2]

Going to Mad Cool for the first time. Have a day ticket for the QotSA day, but spending a few nights in Madrid. Any recommendations on where abouts to stay? 

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

4 hours ago, Sasperella2 said:

Going to Mad Cool for the first time. Have a day ticket for the QotSA day, but spending a few nights in Madrid. Any recommendations on where abouts to stay? 

Like you, I've got a day ticket (Saturday though) and I'm surrounding it with a couple of days exploring the city. Because of that, I stay near Gran Via, rather than near the festival site, as there's not much around there outside the festival. Probably even more so this year, judging by the proposed location. If you were purely there for the festival, I'd have suggested nearer the site but as you're not, I'd stay more central to the city. That said, it can be a bit of a mission getting back from the festival, but as it's only one night you need to do it, you'll be fine. I went for all three days in 2018, and it was a real trek back! It's a nice city, lots to see.

[Sasperella2]

3 hours ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Like you, I've got a day ticket (Saturday though) and I'm surrounding it with a couple of days exploring the city. Because of that, I stay near Gran Via, rather than near the festival site, as there's not much around there outside the festival. Probably even more so this year, judging by the proposed location. If you were purely there for the festival, I'd have suggested nearer the site but as you're not, I'd stay more central to the city. That said, it can be a bit of a mission getting back from the festival, but as it's only one night you need to do it, you'll be fine. I went for all three days in 2018, and it was a real trek back! It's a nice city, lots to see.

Ah nice! Shame we wont be there on the same day. Its a trek but is there public transport on? And do yo7 know what time the headliners finish? 

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

2 hours ago, Sasperella2 said:

Ah nice! Shame we wont be there on the same day. Its a trek but is there public transport on? And do yo7 know what time the headliners finish? 

Yeah, that's a shame. 

Not sure about public transport. I remember getting a bus back a couple of times, then walking back to Gran Vía. 

Headliner finishing times can depend on the day. Anywhere between midnight and 3am. Hopefully the times will be out in the next few weeks. 

[Drums Please Fab]

who knows about transport really. we are all answering based off it being in IFEMA which was well connected-ish.

 

The new location is in Getafe.

 

So it could be amazing or a disaster.

[Akujin]

Am I the only one who got like 3-4 emails about wristbands and pretty much nothing else? Even tho I specifically selected picking it up at the venue…

[Macca077]

Janelle Monae still on official website from what I can see.

Wonder if Sam Smith is a doubt now as well with cancelling Glasgow again and needing vocal surgery.

Get Ghost in for Sam Smith and Idles for Janelle Monae.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

On 5/29/2023 at 10:28 AM, Akujin said:

Am I the only one who got like 3-4 emails about wristbands and pretty much nothing else? Even tho I specifically selected picking it up at the venue…

Yep. I'm the same! I've filled out the forms to indicate I'd prefer it to be posted but I'm not convinced it will be. This is the problem with Mad Cool. So much ambiguity, nothing is ever clear. Watch me get to the box office without my wristband only to discover it was posted...

I also challenged them on the recent Instagram post that still had Janelle on it. As did a few others. No response.

[Nathan Explosion]

Getting excited now despite this generally shambolic build up. Seems to be a campaign on social media from Villaverde / Getafe residents against the festival being held there, so more evidence that's where it'll be.

Really could do with some stage times as we're really liking quite a few of the smaller acts so worried we're headed for clash central. Won't get my hopes up tho, think they published them the week of the festival for Andalucia Big...

[Akujin]

18 hours ago, Nathan Explosion said:

Getting excited now despite this generally shambolic build up. Seems to be a campaign on social media from Villaverde / Getafe residents against the festival being held there, so more evidence that's where it'll be.

Really could do with some stage times as we're really liking quite a few of the smaller acts so worried we're headed for clash central. Won't get my hopes up tho, think they published them the week of the festival for Andalucia Big...

IDK man, I can’t get excited until they finally confirm the location. 

[Drums Please Fab]

57 minutes ago, Akujin said:

IDK man, I can’t get excited until they finally confirm the location. 

less than a month away.

truly bizarre carry on.

[Akujin]

2 hours ago, Drums Please Fab said:

less than a month away.

truly bizarre carry on.

I dug around and a person on twitter said that they passed the area and preparations are massively under way, there are a lot of trucks.

Edited June 7, 2023 by Akujin

[Akujin]

They have given a sneak peek of the new location. Is it just me or it looks quite odd? Lol

as in not only really poor quality but what’s up with the yellow sky and the giant blue flowers around?

[aidenlangan95]

An address has been given too: C/ Laguna Dalga con Avda. Real de Pinto 

[Drums Please Fab]

2 hours ago, aidenlangan95 said:

An address has been given too: C/ Laguna Dalga con Avda. Real de Pinto 

I think I prefer IFEMA to be honest......fingers crossed it's not too hard to get to.

 

[Drums Please Fab]

19 hours ago, Akujin said:

They have given a sneak peek of the new location. Is it just me or it looks quite odd? Lol

as in not only really poor quality but what’s up with the yellow sky and the giant blue flowers around?

Lol at the trees. 

Its actually waste land on the edge of an industrial estate flanked by a motorway.

[Akujin]

36 minutes ago, Drums Please Fab said:

Lol at the trees. 

Its actually waste land on the edge of an industrial estate flanked by a motorway.

Honestly I eon’t care much what is outside of it. As long as the inside is made nicely