Primavera Sound is not going to be returning to Madrid subsequent 12 months, its organisers have confirmed.
Whereas the Spanish pageant has taken place in Barcelona since 2001, this 12 months was the primary 12 months that it grew to become a dual-site occasion, with the identical line-up taking part in each areas.
Now, it has been confirmed that the pageant is not going to happen within the Spanish capital subsequent 12 months following quite a few points with its inaugural version.
“Though each town of Madrid and the entire area welcomed us with open arms, with a heat that was mirrored within the establishments, the cultural brokers and naturally the viewers, the exterior difficulties that the pageant needed to face within the remaining stretch of the pre-production gave rise to probably the most difficult occasions that Primavera Sound has ever needed to face,” stated Almudena Heredero, director of Primavera Sound Madrid, in a press launch.
“And as we speak, within the run-up to 2024, town doesn’t have a web site capable of host an occasion of this magnitude and format by way of viewers calls for, manufacturing necessities, and musical present.
“As a consequence, though the analysis of the pageant was greater than passable on a musical stage, the expectations we had weren’t fulfilled and the expertise of the festivalgoers on account of a number of logistical elements was not the specified one. Contained in the Ciudad del Rock, we skilled a pageant stuffed with nice musical moments, however we’re not oblivious to the annoyances. And that leads us to grasp that, now, the situations will not be proper for Madrid to have a Primavera Sound because it deserves in 2024”.
The opening day of Primavera Sound Madrid needed to be cancelled on account of questions of safety posed by extreme climate. Acts on account of carry out on the opening day included Blur, Yard Act, Halsey, Le Tigre, Turnstile and extra.
Again in March, Primavera organiser Joan Pons advised NME that they selected launching a sister pageant in Madrid as a result of venue – the Ciudad del Rock of Arganda Del Rey – being “like a dream web site” for the occasion.
He added: “We’d really feel form of foolish if we didn’t benefit from this. It’s most likely going to be higher than the Barcelona one as a result of it’s constructed for having festivals. The Barcelona web site is beautiful, iconic and a part of our legacy, however yearly now we have to adapt it for us.”
Pons additionally addressed the various problems with final 12 months’s Primavera Sound pageant in Barcelona, which suffered issues referring to bar points, giant queues, overcrowding and entry to water on the opening day. By the second day, the pageant had responded, citing points with COVID “casualties” and different logistic issues.
“The factor is that we apologised for the very first day,” stated Pons, wanting again on the pageant. “The behaviour of individuals as soon as in they’re within the pageant will be predictable however is commonly shocking. Final 12 months it was the primary huge pageant after three years of the pandemic and immediately, the entire individuals who had tickets appeared there for the very first time simply as we had been opening the doorways.
“We had been like, ‘Wow, that’s too many individuals for this time of the day’. We had some issues with the bars, however we mounted them the exact same day. That doesn’t imply we don’t must apologise – in fact, we wanted to apologise the second day. If you concentrate on the entire occasion, it was a 12-day pageant with solely at some point of issues. We’re pleased with ourselves for being so reactive and listening to folks so shortly.”
The Barcelona version of Primavera Sound will return from Could 30 to June 2, 2024.
