Primavera Sound 2022
primavera sound music festival held june june parc del fòrum barcelona sant adrià del besòs spain edition cancelled covid pandemic festival returned featuring new twoweekend format combined many booking scheduled lineup adding new artist well first weekend headlined pavement tame impala beck national gorillaz jorja smith nick cave bad seed tyler creator second weekend headlined dua lipa gorillaz interpol tyler creator lorde stroke jorja smith megan thee stallion tame impala phoenix yeah yeah yeahs massive attack scheduled headline weekend group announced march would cancelling performance year due member serious illness two weekend parc del fòrum primavera la ciutat held record local venue across city barcelona june june festival attended franchiserecord people fourthmost attended festival world behind coachella tomorrowland new orleans jazz heritage festival generated € million revenue city barcelona attendee spending average € festival twentieth edition named event exceptional public interest spanish government ministry culture sport total artist performed stage parc del fòrum additional venue throughout barcelona final day primavera sound festival announced pavement would reuniting first time since headline primavera sound initial lineup announced january massive attack pavement national stroke lana del rey tyler creator bad bunny disclosure headliner however march festival announced would moved – august result growing covid pandemic may announced year edition would cancelled entirely may primavera sound revealed lineup scheduled – june lineup similar cancelled edition beck gorillaz tame impala added headliner without massive attack lana del rey charli xcx fka twig jamie xx added undercard june primavera sound finalized lineup several new act beach bunny kurt vile kim gordon slowthai khruangbin lingua ignota rolling blackout coastal fever otoboke beaver murder capital caretaker march festival cancelled second straight year preparation current covid restriction deemed untenable may primavera sound announced initial lineup scheduled – june would first time festival would take place two week dua lipa jorja smith nick cave bad seed interpol lorde megan thee stallion yeah yeah yeahs artist named headliner appear lineup june phoenix added additional headliner next day ride announced performing nowhere going blank full backtoback day december festival confirmed even addition lineup including low grime pinkpantheress bleacher amyl sniffer remi wolf magdalena bay wet leg meet altar napalm death beabadoobee kano dropped february smile added lineup thirtyeight day start festival april festival announced lineup change mdou moctar napalm death caterina barbieri richard dawson circle yeule dos icpeak among name added replace connan mockasin jessica pratt king princess om perfume tokischa turnstile dropping may day festival activity would start bikini kill georgia girl red kehlani lingua ignota pa salieu dropped replaced joey badass let eat grandma marina herlop leading festival initial organisational difficulty notable tension city council barcelona city council sant adrià del besòs codirector gabi ruiz possible relocation madrid despite initial controversy resolution came forward increasing staff member flowing communication mayor ada colau agreed expand festival contract city least primavera sound hosted free opening day event poble espanyol june featuring rina sawayama headlining well linda lindas wet leg teto preto june stroke announced would unable perform scheduled first week headlining slot next day covid infection within band result caribou moved stroke timeslot main stage mogwai added second set accompany second week performance tame impala covered last nite first week headline set honor stroke cancellation kevin parker said onstage playing probably never guy pavement headlining set june second performance since aside warmup show los angeles fonda theatre week earlier band played song including many played since gorillaz brought several guest headlining set june mo def stylo sweepstakes fatoumata diawara broken désolé bootie brown dirty harry slowthai momentary bliss de la soul feel good inc stereogum lauded performance big unifying act close first weekend nick cave bad seed headlined june second show since death nick cave son jethro dedicated song need two son luke earl said probably watching bauhaus simultaneous performance also dedicated jubilee street child king gizzard lizard wizard notably performed five set without repeating single song setlist sky ferreiras set june suddenly moved back two hour last minute showed onstage minute late scrapped several song midway skipped part setlist successfully pleaded allotted time perform set closer everything embarrassing playboi carti also performed minute late june boiler room x cupra stage suffered broken floor kenny beat dj set along nt stage strict limited entry first time two main stage placed side side instead facing director gabi ruiz said change made reduce crowd pressure independent commented created overall larger crowd area longer bar queue benefited festivalgoers allowing easier path headlining set many stage changed sponsorship name since edition rayban amphitheatre stage named cupra adidas seafront stage became ouigo pitchfork stage became plenitude primavera stage named binance seat main stage estrella damm around people attended festival seven day foreign large proportion united kingdom festival significant economic impact spectator spending estimated average euro several barcelonian independent record store ngo also representation festival independent stereogum clash skinny reported dangerous condition parc del fòrum first day june concern included lack security safe exit placement crowd control led bottlenecking crowd crush though festival claimed ground still people maximum capacity also lack water access none available aside bar reportedly understaffed leading hourlong wait festivalgoers complained feeling unsafe easily dehydrated barcelona heat result response primavera sound promised improvement said bar issue caused staff shortage technical difficulty credit card payment festival announced fixed parc del fòrums wifi issue overnight hired additional staff remainder two week additionally free can water would distributed throughout three different station ground stereogum noted festival logistics felt better second day rolling stone reported second weekend festival mostly adjusted teething problem staff fairly distributed quieter busier area internet problem caused delay wireless card payment bar fixed water point added across site mixmag said comparison fyre festival offkey especially given primavera corrected problem second night apart bridge bit following weekend headline performer listed boldface artist listed latest earliest set time afrikan science bestia bebé bikini kill bleacher clairo dj black low georgia girl red holly humberstone kehlani king princess lingua ignota little simz june performance la mafia del amor massive attack pa salieu pinkpantheress rapsody tainy stroke june performance