Primavera 2012

Léan

First announcements today;
Bjork
Yo la Tengo
Guided By Voices
Jeff Mangum
Neon Indian
Codeine
Other Lives


Website


Pretty underwhelming so far . Pooey.

Toast

Really no point trying to judge it based on this. I've never seen an initial Primavera announcement being received with anything more than meh. Admittedly though this must be Yo La Tengos fifth time in a row in some form or another?

Léan

This is very true, but having had my ticket since September, I was hoping for something a bit more exciting

Miguel_Sanchez

Is it just me that thinks having Guided By Voices on it makes it exciting then?

indiewindy

Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

Is it just me that thinks having Guided By Voices on it makes it exciting then?

No, i'm very excited about them playing it too:)
Jeff Mangum will be a dead cert for auditorium and will see huge demand, thankfully seeing him in March will mean avoiding that.

lordgoat

Great start to the line-up. Never thought i'd get to see GBV.

honru

Thumbs up for Guided by Voices. Still have fond memories of their Ambassador gig nearly ten years ago. And Bjork is good too.

indiewindy

some new additions today for the Barcelona version
wilco
Archers of Loaf
Death in Vegas
The Drums
Godflesh
Josh T. Pearson
Mudhoney
The Olivia Tremor Control
SBTRKT ft. Sampha
Shellac
Veronica Falls
Washed Out

lordgoat

Wilco, AOL and Josh T, oh bring on sunny Barca

ghostdancer

Death Cab For Cutie
The XX
Spiritualized
The Dirty Three
Beach House
Siskiyou

Numbers label showcase:
Jackmaster (DJ)
Oneman (DJ)
Deadboy (DJ)
Spencer (DJ)
Redinho (live)

Basques Lisabö (Barcelona only)
Explosions In The Sky (Porto only)

Miguel_Sanchez

Guided by Voices have cancelled.

http://robertpollard.net/news.html

indiewindy

Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

Guided by Voices have cancelled.

http://robertpollard.net/news.html

Bad news:(

some bands announced today
OFF!
Sandro Perri
A$ap rocky
Baxter Dury
Franz Ferdinand.

Not exactly exciting

honru

How many times have Shellac played Primavera? This must be their fifth year in a row or something.

indiewindy

more bands added today

Afghan whigs
justice
mazzy star
mayhem
napalm death
sleep
melvins
wolves in the throne room
liturgy
grimes
buffy Sainte Marie
Araabmuzik

honru

Some real nice additions there.

Léan

Just wondering if anyone has advice about accommodation? It's my first year heading over and I want to get things sorted out before everywhere is booked I know very little about the area!

indiewindy

Léan wrote: »

Just wondering if anyone has advice about accommodation? It's my first year heading over and I want to get things sorted out before everywhere is booked I know very little about the area!

The festival is held in the St. Marti District, there are a few hotels very closeby e.g Barcelona Princess is adjacent to festival,hilton, AC Barcelona forum, hotel diagonal zero(at entrance to festival) all pretty expensive, a cheaper option but still very good is the GBB front maritim, it overlooks the sea and is a 15 minute walk along the sea front to the festival site. The official site www.primaverasound.com has plenty of recommended hotels and appartments
There is a metro station el maresme forúm a 5 minute walk away from fest site, which is 6 stops from City centre. There are also buses run from the festival into placa de catalunya after the metro shuts on the Thursday and Friday nights (metro runs all night on Saturdays, starts at 5am Fri Sat morning) if you prefer to stay in the centre. Just be aware that la ramblas is not safe in the early hours if you plan on booking accommodation in that part of the city.

WIMBOT

Myself & a buddy have booked our tickets for this and cannot wait as I have been wanting to go to this festival for about 3yrs. The line up is shaping up nicely too.

Anyone know what are the dates is the actually Festival running is it 30th - 3rd or just the 1st to 3rd?

indiewindy

WIMBOT wrote: »

Myself & a buddy have booked our tickets for this and cannot wait as I have been wanting to go to this festival for about 3yrs. The line up is shaping up nicely too.

Anyone know what are the dates is the actually Festival running is it 30th - 3rd or just the 1st to 3rd?

The main festival runs from Thursday 31 to Saturday 2.
May 30 will be a gig off site with around 4 bands, and again on the Sunday, these had a capacity of around 5000 last year, there will also be a closing party on the Sunday night with djs which will run until the early hours

Toast

They had a few things in the past on the Monday and Tuesday too but nothing worth coming early for. Anyone there in 2011 and 2010 able to tell me what the changes were last year? Managed to miss it and I feel like I'm completely out of the loop again. I know they moved some of the after concerts to a new location.

lordgoat

The Cure.

Get your self sorted Toast, have a feeling it's going to be an epic festival.

honru

It is indeed looking pretty epic.

Toast

lordgoat wrote: »

The Cure.

Get your self sorted Toast, have a feeling it's going to be an epic festival.

Oh I've had my tickets since the first early bird sale. I was just wondering how things have changed since I was there last. What is the deal with these drink cards and the like people tell me about?

lordgoat

Toast wrote: »

Oh I've had my tickets since the first early bird sale. I was just wondering how things have changed since I was there last. What is the deal with these drink cards and the like people tell me about?

Last year it was a disaster, they hoped to make it a cashless festival and everyone would have a debit card thing, but it failed miserably on the first day so it switched to cash.

No idea what the plan is for this year. Best advice as ever get your wristband on the Wed night or head in early on Thurs.

There were loads of irish people over there last year, met a huge bunch of them from twitter. Good times.

Toast

Yeah heard it went arseways quickly. They seem to be still trying to use their "portal" for things though as it is mentioned in the mails I get from them a lot. I'll have to try and dig through their forums for some more info but they're in dire need of cleaning up. Half the stickies are from last year.

lordgoat

Toast wrote: »

Yeah heard it went arseways quickly. They seem to be still trying to use their "portal" for things though as it is mentioned in the mails I get from them a lot. I'll have to try and dig through their forums for some more info but they're in dire need of cleaning up. Half the stickies are from last year.

Ask on twitter for any info #ps12 any questions i had last year were sorted fairly quickly.

WIMBOT

Does anuyone know if it sold out last year and if so when. Already bought my ticket but my friends still need to get theirs.

indiewindy

WIMBOT wrote: »

Does anuyone know if it sold out last year and if so when. Already bought my ticket but my friends still need to get theirs.

it didnt sell out last year

indiewindy

the full line up,looks pretty good, a few new bands to discover!

A.A. BONDY - A$AP ROCKY - AEROPLANE - THE AFGHAN WHIGS - AFROCUBISM - ANÍMIC - ARAABMUZIK - ARCHERS OF LOAF - ATLAS SOUND - ATLETA - BAXTER DURY - BEACH BEACH - BEACH HOUSE - BEIRUT - BENGA (LIVE) - BIG STAR'S THIRD - BIGOTT - BJÖRK - BLACK LIPS - BLEACHED - BOMBINO - BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE - THE CHAMELEONS - CHAVEZ - CHRISTINA ROSENVINGE - CODEINE - THE CURE - DANNY BROWN - DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - DEATH GRIPS - DEATH IN VEGAS - DEMDIKE STARE - DIRTY BEACHES - DIRTY THREE - DOBLE PLETINA - DOMINANT LEGS - THE DRUMS - EROL ALKAN - FASENUOVA - FATHER JOHN MISTY - THE FIELD - FIELD MUSIC - FOREST SWORDS - FRANZ FERDINAND - FRIENDS - GIRLS - GIRLS NAMES - GODFLESH - GRIMES - GRUPO DE EXPERTOS SOLYNIEVE - HANNI EL KHATIB - HARVEY MILK - HYPE WILLIAMS - I BREAK HORSES - ICEAGE - JAMES FERRARO - JAPANDROIDS - JEFF MANGUM (NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL) - JEREMY JAY - JOE CREPÚSCULO - JOHN TALABOT LIVE - JOSH T. PEARSON - JUSTICE LIVE - KINGS OF CONVENIENCE - KLEENEX GIRL WONDER - LA ESTRELLA DE DAVID - LAURA MARLING - LEE RANALDO - LISABÖ - LITURGY - LOWER DENS - MAIN - MATÍAS AGUAYO - MAYHEM - MAZZY STAR - MELVINS - MICHAEL GIRA - MILAGRES - MILK MUSIC - MUDHONEY - MUJERES - NACHO VEGAS - NAPALM DEATH - NEON INDIAN - NICK GARRIE PLAYS THE NIGHTMARE OF J.B. STANISLAS - NUMBERS SHOWCASE: JACKMASTER, ONEMAN, DEADBOY, SPENCER, REDINHO - OBITS - OFF! - THE OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL - ORTHODOX - OTHER LIVES - PEGASVS - PETER WOLF CRIER - PICORE - PIONAL LIVE - THE POP GROUP - THE RAPTURE - REAL ESTATE - REBOLLEDO - REFREE - REFUSED - RICHARD HAWLEY - THE RIGHT ONS - RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - RUSTIE - SANDRO PERRI - SBTRKT - SCUBA - SENIOR I EL COR BRUTAL - SHARON VAN ETTEN - SHELLAC - SISKIYOU - SLEEP - SLEEPY SUN - SPIRITUALIZED - SR. CHINARRO - ST. ETIENNE - TALL FIRS - THEE OH SEES - TRASH TALK - UNICORNIBOT - VERONICA FALLS - THE WAR ON DRUGS - WASHED OUT - WAVVES - THE WEDDING PRESENT PLAYS SEAMONSTERS - WHITE DENIM - WILCO - WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM - THE XX - YANN TIERSEN - YO LA TENGO

Toast

I know there'll be plenty of gems in the names I don't know to discover and that's why I like Primavera as a festival but of the names I know on the list I've seen pretty much all of them.. and mostly at previous Primaveras. The running joke of Shellac aside, Yo La Tengo appear to be looking to set up residency as well with possibly their fourth time back. Spiritualized, Beirut, Beach House, Black Lips, Atlas Sound, Dirty Three, The XX, Wavves, Girls, Wilco, Melvins are all on their second if not third times back. Even Rufus is a return visit from not all that long ago.

I'd also hope the headliners reflect the very heavy pricing changes this time around. The Cure and Bjork are good steps there but I am still perplexed as to why festivals continue to pretend Franz Ferdinand are a headline level act. Rufus may qualify but I'd like to see one more band who you'd expect to put 60 euro down for a show in the O2 and there isn't a third name there that is fitting that yet.

On a more positive note really looking forward to the concerts in Arc de Triomf. The old setup was great but a bit too far out. This isn't too far from the main festival grounds and it is a real nice area.

indiewindy

Toast wrote: »

I know there'll be plenty of gems in the names I don't know to discover and that's why I like Primavera as a festival but of the names I know on the list I've seen pretty much all of them.. and mostly at previous Primaveras. The running joke of Shellac aside, Yo La Tengo appear to be looking to set up residency as well with possibly their fourth time back. Spiritualized, Beirut, Beach House, Black Lips, Atlas Sound, Dirty Three, The XX, Wavves, Girls, Wilco, Melvins are all on their second if not third times back. Even Rufus is a return visit from not all that long ago.

I'd also hope the headliners reflect the very heavy pricing changes this time around. The Cure and Bjork are good steps there but I am still perplexed as to why festivals continue to pretend Franz Ferdinand are a headline level act. Rufus may qualify but I'd like to see one more band who you'd expect to put 60 euro down for a show in the O2 and there isn't a third name there that is fitting that yet.

On a more positive note really looking forward to the concerts in Arc de Triomf. The old setup was great but a bit too far out. This isn't too far from the main festival grounds and it is a real nice area.

fully agree with you, I was hoping for a few more wild cards in the lineup, at least the new venue for the Wednesday and Sunday gigs is handy to get to, franz ferdinand really are yesterdays men, wonder if they are popular in Spain. A lot of the bands are whelans level bands like war on drugs etc
The shins or wild flag would have been a great addition, I dont think that €190 represents good value this year, happy I got mine for a lot less.

smokedeels

Toast wrote: »

The running joke of Shellac

indiewindy

smokedeels wrote: »

they play every year and are considered the houseband, cool live band though

smokedeels

indiewindy wrote: »

they play every year and are considered the houseband, cool live band though

Ah. I get it. I thought it was a pop at them. I seen them in 2010, they were really good.

cruhoortwunk

Tickets are for sale from about 8 suppliers, all with completely different prices. I went through the lot and found Codetickets to be the cheapest at €365 per pair of tickets:
http://www.codetickets.com/primavera-sound/ca/primaverasound.com/37/
It's a spanish site, but you can change to English in the top right, and they email the tickets to you. Atrapalo is €1 cheaper, but I couldn't get it to work with my credit card.

Other vendors:
Codetickets 365
See 384
Primavera 380
Paypal 375.80
Atrapalo 364
Ticketmaster 372
Servicaixa 370
Fnac 370
Facebook 380

Plec

Can I ask?? This is my first time going, but have been keeping an eye for years. Are we to expect another announcement? or do people think this is the final line up? I was just expecting a little more, I think this lacks a little based on last years line up. No M83, thought maybe wild beasts? Just feel it needs another 10-20 additions to give it that bit more depth.

lordgoat

Plec wrote: »

Can I ask?? This is my first time going, but have been keeping an eye for years. Are we to expect another announcement? or do people think this is the final line up? I was just expecting a little more, I think this lacks a little based on last years line up. No M83, thought maybe wild beasts? Just feel it needs another 10-20 additions to give it that bit more depth.

There'll be a good few more names added yet.

sweetie

my third visit this year after 08 and 10 - tbh some of my best primavera memories have been bands I have stumbled across (literally) on the day!

Some of my mates have the pro tickets, anyone else get them. I didnt bother as I hadnt my passport when booking.

Léan

The lineup is shaping up pretty nicely at this stage imo. I'm still very excited to see who else they add though.

Considering Faith no More seem to be touring this summer I would love if they got announced for Primavera. How likely this is though, i've no idea. Fingers crossed

indiewindy

some more names added today
M83,
Purity Rings,
No More Lies,
Sleigh Bells,
Chromatics,
Jamie xx,
M Faithfull

WIMBOT

indiewindy wrote: »

some more names added today
M83,
Purity Rings,
No More Lies,
Sleigh Bells,
Chromatics,
Jamie xx,
M Faithfull

You forgot The Weeknd

indiewindy

WIMBOT wrote: »

You forgot The Weeknd

yeah, forgot to add them

WIMBOT

Just wondering, has anyone received their ticket yet?

I booked through paypal in mid December and have only been sent an email receipt since. Kinda worried!

Doinker

WIMBOT wrote: »

Just wondering, has anyone received their ticket yet?

I booked through paypal in mid December and have only been sent an email receipt since. Kinda worried!

Does the email have a barcode? If so, thats your ticket, which you exchange for a wristband at the festival site.

WIMBOT

No barcode, It's really just a confirmation from paypal that I made a payment. I popped them an email so hopefully they'll will tell me what's going on

Toast

I believe the paypal tickets you gotta pick up at the venue on the day of the festival (get there early!).

homerun_homer

I bought a ticket for Optimus Primavera Porto and the final ticketmaster screen had a barcode but I had no printer to print it and now I've no way of getting to that page again to print as I just have an email with confirmation code.

Anyone know if that will be ok?

lordgoat

homerun_homer wrote: »

I bought a ticket for Optimus Primavera Porto and the final ticketmaster screen had a barcode but I had no printer to print it and now I've no way of getting to that page again to print as I just have an email with confirmation code.

Anyone know if that will be ok?

You should be able to log back onto ticketmaster and print it off.

If not send them an email quoting the code and get them to send you the pdf.

You'll need a barcode to scan in when you get there.

homerun_homer

lordgoat wrote: »

You should be able to log back onto ticketmaster and print it off.

If not send them an email quoting the code and get them to send you the pdf.

You'll need a barcode to scan in when you get there.

Yeah I went back in to the ticketmaster page (ticktackticket) and it shows my order history but no option for a bar coded printable page.

lordgoat

homerun_homer wrote: »

Yeah I went back in to the ticketmaster page (ticktackticket) and it shows my order history but no option for a bar coded printable page.

You sure you don't have to collect them from the venue?

If you are send them an email about it.

homerun_homer

Going through a few pages on the TM website it says I just need the reference number and ID and Credit Card. Was worried as I always had the barcode for regular Primavera the last 2 years.