Primavera Sound 2026

[Spudfaecowden]

Hi, I’ve been following this group for a while and thought it was about time I added my two cents.

lots of talk about Radiohead ( who i would love to see at primavera) and the cure , Im going to stick my neck out and say Sault are up there as one of the musts next year as headliners.

[cirez21]

jamiroquai just got announced for Lucca Summer Festival on July 4th, I think he'd fit?

[xxialac]

41 minutes ago, cirez21 said:

jamiroquai just got announced for Lucca Summer Festival on July 4th, I think he'd fit?

No. Absolutely no chance.

[xxialac]

48 minutes ago, Spudfaecowden said:

Hi, I’ve been following this group for a while and thought it was about time I added my two cents.

lots of talk about Radiohead ( who i would love to see at primavera) and the cure , Im going to stick my neck out and say Sault are up there as one of the musts next year as headliners.

Their London show got poor reviews...

[allribena]

53 minutes ago, xxialac said:

Their London show got poor reviews...

I was there and Sault's actual set was fantastic, the issues were around timings as they didn't list set times for sault, chronixx and cleo sol, so people who were there for 1 act didnt always know the others, and they had acted sections which were lost in the festival setting. They put up a post acknowledging the feedback, and I think their next shows will be well worth the watch 

[Fabrizzo]

Nick Cave and the band Seeds officially returns, date in Brighton on July 31, 2026

[emmanuel]

14 minutes ago, Fabrizzo said:

Nick Cave and the band Seeds officially returns, date in Brighton on July 31, 2026

Not only that, but it is their only "UK show" of 2026, suggesting they will play a few other places. Primavera seems quite likely then.

[Guest]

Cave would be so boring again, and this is coming from someone who is a fan

[pipan]

So, the XX are oficially back and Radiohead play festival(s?) after all.

 

[xxialac]

I think unofficially they aren’t playing but it would be very provocative to have them on the poster so surely in the end they will.

 

That’s the best Coachella in some years. Some good stuff in among the dross.

[Guest]

Radiohead thing is just an in-person version of their video game exhibition thing. There's nowhere for Radiohead to fit on that line up.

[xxialac]

6 minutes ago, scatteredscreens said:

Radiohead thing is just an in-person version of their video game exhibition thing. There's nowhere for Radiohead to fit on that line up.

Actually you’ve made me think. You’re probably right.

[chilirocker]

That’s a good lineup, could see Nine Inch Nails & Boys Noize, The XX, Blood Orange, Little Simz, Lykke Li, Addison Rae, David Byrne, Alex G, Geese, Devo and Radiohead at Primavera

[DDave]

Great to see the XX back at it. 

 

Very good line up, headliners aside. 

[JedTheHumanoid]

13 minutes ago, chilirocker said:

That’s a good lineup, could see Nine Inch Nails & Boys Noize, The XX, Blood Orange, Little Simz, Lykke Li, Addison Rae, David Byrne, Alex G, Geese, Devo and Radiohead at Primavera

And hopefully Iggy Pop too, he was on the lineup on covid years and not on 22, hopefully this year

[pipan]

21 minutes ago, scatteredscreens said:

Radiohead thing is just an in-person version of their video game exhibition thing. There's nowhere for Radiohead to fit on that line up.

Oh, thanks, didn't realized it.

[northernangel]

44 minutes ago, xxialac said:

I think unofficially they aren’t playing but it would be very provocative to have them on the poster so surely in the end they will.

 

That’s the best Coachella in some years. Some good stuff in among the dross.

Each to their own but that can't be considered the best with that top line.

[xxialac]

Just now, northernangel said:

Each to their own but that can't be considered the best with that top line.

Yeah, the top line is awful! And not a patch on the lineups of 20 years ago of course...

 

[pipan]

21 minutes ago, chilirocker said:

That’s a good lineup, could see Nine Inch Nails & Boys Noize, The XX, Blood Orange, Little Simz, Lykke Li, Addison Rae, David Byrne, Alex G, Geese, Devo and Radiohead at Primavera

I think also Royel Otis and Oklou are quite possible. And hopefully also The Strokes.

[chilirocker]

2 minutes ago, xxialac said:

Yeah, the top line is awful! And not a patch on the lineups of 20 years ago of course...

 

Unfortunately it’s pop stars that sell music and tickets in large numbers currently,

especially with the Gen Z audience. 

[northernangel]

2 minutes ago, xxialac said:

Yeah, the top line is awful! And not a patch on the lineups of 20 years ago of course...

 

Maybe its just me but I've got to have something in the main headliner pool, if not two I'd want to see. I get there might be an act opposite a headliner I want to see but for all 3 nights? I also understand Lady Gaga and Green Day was hard to follow and Green Day didn't even 'close' that day. I'd have certainly gone to see the last of Amelie Lens and checked Misfits out before retiring lol.

[chilirocker]

It seems a lot of festivals are dropping artists or teasing line ups a lot earlier this year - Coachella is usually January - do we think we might get an earlier lineup also?

[xxialac]

9 minutes ago, northernangel said:

Maybe its just me but I've got to have something in the main headliner pool, if not two I'd want to see. I get there might be an act opposite a headliner I want to see but for all 3 nights? I also understand Lady Gaga and Green Day was hard to follow and Green Day didn't even 'close' that day. I'd have certainly gone to see the last of Amelie Lens and checked Misfits out before retiring lol.

Haven't been to Coachella but get the impression it's a bunfight unlike Primavera and people camp out for the main act 5 hours in advance.

So watching the headliner ends up being on a screen from a mile back. Which is why I wouldn't be fussed about there not being any good ones.

[pipan]

7 minutes ago, chilirocker said:

It seems a lot of festivals are dropping artists or teasing line ups a lot earlier this year - Coachella is usually January - do we think we might get an earlier lineup also?

Last year, they released the lineup unprecedently early and it worked perfectly for them so I'm sure they'll try to replicate it this year. But whether it's even feasible this year is another question.

[xxialac]

I think it will come early if no Radiohead, later if they have managed to secure them.