America sucks in many varied ways, but soon a cool thing from another country will be coming around to jazz up our disappointing waves of grain and washed-out purple mountains. As reported by Variety, Spain’s legendary music festival Primavera Sound is launching a few international branches in 2020, including pair of dates in Los Angeles. That year will be the 20th anniversary of Primavera—which is typically held in Barcelona—and the organizers said in a statement that they’ve been “thinking about Los Angeles for many years now,” and this anniversary seemed like “the perfect timing for the decision of crossing overseas.” The plan is to “bring the Primavera Sound spirit and vibe to cities with a similar feel: creative, colorful, and welcoming.”
We don’t know anything about the lineup for next year’s L.A. version of Primavera, but Variety notes that previous headliners at Barcelona have included Nick Cave, Arcade Fire, and Radiohead. This year’s festival is just getting underway, and it features Cardi B, Solange, Tame Impala, Erykah Badu, Future, and Janelle Monáe. Also, next year’s Barcelona Primavera will feature a Pavement reunion, so maybe they’ll stop by the Los Angeles one as well.
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Oh good, I was wondering what the next way for all the bored, lazy rich kids in Southern California to be mildly entertained for exorbitant amounts of money was going to be.
STFU
SYFM
How are influencers going to ply their trade without music festivals, you heartless bastard
It’s even better now that it’s been demonstrated you don’t actually have to attend the event to cash in on “the ‘gram”
Self-immolation! It’s so hot right now.
It is 200 USD for 3 days at the above mentioned 2019 show, for all of those headlining bands.I know the above comment was a bored and lazy attempt at snark, but at least do a cursory check before coming off like a complete tool.
Hey, fuck off.
*Yawn*
With that lineup it’s just another festival to avoid.
It would take a lot to get me to any festival. We’re talking the resurrection of long-dead band members and shit.
There’s definitely modern festivals I would be happy to go to, but rarely do I see a lineup and think it’s a must. The fact that I’ve only been to one, and I was working the whole time should tell you I’ve never seen that special lineup.
I think the last one I went to was the Bridge Benefit that Neil Young throws every year, and that was back in the early 2000s. It was on Halloween night, Pearl Jam headlined, and I was dressed as Hunter S. Thompson. I think I got like three or four free beers that night from old Hunter fans. Good times.I don’t do well with large groups of people these days, especially not dumbfuck young people.
But will there be pasta?
Barcelona is in Spain. So obviously it will be tacos.
Taco Primavera just doesn’t sound right.
I guess you’ve never had my wife’s cooking, amirite?TRY THE VEAL
Yes, of course. Because nothing says ‘Spain’ quite like serving Mexican food. (Try ‘Tapas’ instead of ‘Tacos’ – you were only a couple of letters off)
Here, I’ve taken you out of the greys so everyone can see that you don’t know how jokes work.
Apparently tickets go on sale June 7th (as in this week) for a festival on September 19 & 20th 2020. Is this normal?
I mean, if they’ve got the venue and date nailed down, why wait?
Yes, I just went to this year’s festival having bought my ticket a week after last year’s festival! It makes line-up announcement day (typically December or January) so much more exciting. One point of order, Cardi B pulled out, but she was replaced by Miley Cyrus, which was quite a coup, I think. I didn’t know much of her stuff but she absolutely killed.I hope the Americans get treated to the same prices, roughly, that we do. My early bird ticket for the weekend only cost around £120.