Primavera Sound 2026

[JedTheHumanoid]

Flying Lotus is active, announced for Big Ears in March. 

It's been too long since he was last on PS

[livenstu]

4 hours ago, JedTheHumanoid said:

Flying Lotus is active, announced for Big Ears in March. 

It's been too long since he was last on PS

 

Would love Thundercat to play too

[katyaz]

Militarie Gun active later this year and next. Add them to the cartel 

[ilikebroccoli]

4 hours ago, katyaz said:

Militarie Gun active later this year and next. Add them to the cartel 

With some concerts in Spain / Portugal organized by them.

[Fnmentaluk]

I see System of a Down with support from Queens of the Stone Age announced a European tour next year , No Spanish dates 

But the tour doesn't start till the end of June.

Not normally the type of band they usually book . But who knows now after Calvin Harris and Ghost 

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, Fnmentaluk said:

I see System of a Down with support from Queens of the Stone Age announced a European tour next year , No Spanish dates 

But the tour doesn't start till the end of June.

Not normally the type of band they usually book . But who knows now after Calvin Harris and Ghost 

No chance SOAD are playing primavera 

[xxialac]

8 minutes ago, Fnmentaluk said:

I see System of a Down with support from Queens of the Stone Age announced a European tour next year , No Spanish dates 

But the tour doesn't start till the end of June.

Not normally the type of band they usually book . But who knows now after Calvin Harris and Ghost 

Agree on Calvin Harris being a mad booking but Ghost have more crossover appeal. 

SOAD will never play Primavera unless the festival fundamentally changes. 

[katyaz]

Deftones could possibly be back as they're touring Europe in February into March and then to South America for a few festivals. Mordor slot this time 

 

Anyway after Maneskin who knows, maybe we will indeed see SOAD

[MrTobs]

9 minutes ago, katyaz said:

Deftones could possibly be back as they're touring Europe in February into March and then to South America for a few festivals. Mordor slot this time 

 

Anyway after Maneskin who knows, maybe we will indeed see SOAD

Maneskin and Ghost were not headliners and I also think Calvin Harris has more crossover with the crowd Primavera tried to appeal to in the last years (young pop fans) than SOAD.

[katyaz]

10 minutes ago, MrTobs said:

Maneskin and Ghost were not headliners and I also think Calvin Harris has more crossover with the crowd Primavera tried to appeal to in the last years (young pop fans) than SOAD.

Yes but you know what I mean. The point is there has been plenty of acts that are "not Primavera". Central Cee this year too

 

I'm sure SOAD will not be on the cartel but people will always speculate when a big band is active during festival season 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, katyaz said:

Yes but you know what I mean. The point is there has been plenty of acts that are "not Primavera". Central Cee this year too

 

I'm sure SOAD will not be on the cartel but people will always speculate when a big band is active during festival season 

Central Cee also played in 2023.

 

PS2023 was an oddball year because they were trying to compete with Mad Cool as well, so got a few more names that would have ended up at mad cool, like Calvin Harris, Maneskin, Halsey.

 

The thing with SOAD is they are also likely a fortune to book, so it's a bit of a high risk if it doesn't pay off whereas you could probably get someone like Radiohead/The Cure for cheaper and fit more in the alternative bucket for primavera.

[xxialac]

I think there's some (in my opinion cringey) legacy stuff like Limp Bizkit and SOAD that will never play. Ditto rock/indie bands like Stereophonics and Kaiser Chiefs.

 

There have been a couple of outliers in recent years it's true. I put the Calvin Harris, Maneskin and Central Cee bookings down to appealing to young people, which I don't those other names above do as much.

[SweetJesus]

5 minutes ago, katyaz said:

Yes but you know what I mean. The point is there has been plenty of acts that are "not Primavera". Central Cee this year too

 

I'm sure SOAD will not be on the cartel but people will always speculate when a big band is active during festival season 

To stop speculations, SOAD will not tour before Stockholm and after Warsaw they will have one more gig, a special event, probably in Armenia.

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, xxialac said:

I think there's some (in my opinion cringey) legacy stuff like Limp Bizkit and SOAD that will never play. Ditto rock/indie bands like Stereophonics and Kaiser Chiefs.

 

There have been a couple of outliers in recent years it's true. I put the Calvin Harris, Maneskin and Central Cee bookings down to appealing to young people, which I don't those other names above do as much.

Yeah I'd agree with this. I think Primavera also consciously don't book those acts because they commonly make up the European festival circuit - and Primavera normally try and push themselves to be ahead of the curve or book more uncommon acts.

[red___90]

Just thought about something - Radiohead and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds have been both rumoured to play Primavera next year. In that case, would Colin Greenwood do both shows or would NCATBS have another bass player?

Edited September 11, 2025 by red___90

[xxialac]

9 minutes ago, red___90 said:

Just thought about something - Radiohead and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds have been both rumoured to play Primavera next year. In that case, would Colin Greenwood do both shows or would NCATBS have another bass player?

I don't see how he can do a lot of dates for both acts. Radiohead as priority surely or more likely the tours won't overlap too much.

[matrainertje]

5 hours ago, scatteredscreens said:

The thing with SOAD is they are also likely a fortune to book, so it's a bit of a high risk if it doesn't pay off whereas you could probably get someone like Radiohead/The Cure for cheaper and fit more in the alternative bucket for primavera.

 

Radiohead cheaper? Heard they're about as expensive as the Foo Fighters, but that was years ago. Right now they're one of the most in-demanded acts worldwide. I wouldn't count on them being cheaper than SOAD...

[Guest]

41 minutes ago, matrainertje said:

 

Radiohead cheaper? Heard they're about as expensive as the Foo Fighters, but that was years ago. Right now they're one of the most in-demanded acts worldwide. I wouldn't count on them being cheaper than SOAD...

Given the fact SOAD are charging £160 for the cheapest standing ticket at Spurs I feel their asking fee is probably a lot. I'm not saying Radiohead are cheap by any means. Even if they were the same price then my point still stands.

[chilirocker]

Gorillaz might be back on the table - they just announced a London date for 20th June. 

[RifleSmile]

Gorillaz just announced a new tour with a stadium show in London on June 20th got to be nailed on now surely ? 

[xxialac]

6 minutes ago, RifleSmile said:

Gorillaz just announced a new tour with a stadium show in London on June 20th got to be nailed on now surely ? 

Sparks are joining them - maybe they will be back too?

[katyaz]

Gorillaz were great in 2022. Would be nice to have them back

[northernangel]

2 hours ago, scatteredscreens said:

Given the fact SOAD are charging £160 for the cheapest standing ticket at Spurs I feel their asking fee is probably a lot. I'm not saying Radiohead are cheap by any means. Even if they were the same price then my point still stands.

 

Where is the 160 from?

1 hour ago, chilirocker said:

Gorillaz might be back on the table - they just announced a London date for 20th June. 

If it takes them away from Werchter by all means. 

[northernangel]

Damon Albarn general history with primavera events I'd say makes it likely. Radiohead, Gorillaz and Lorde could be your headliners.

[LMDS]

Too soon we've switched from Lorde, Tame Impala and Tyler/Rosalía to Radiohead, Nick Cave and Gorillaz, lol
What a year!