Primavera Sound - 2013

lordgoat

Early bird tickets for this go on sale in 8mins. E99 for the first batch they'll probably sell out very quickly...

Sr. Pirotecnic

Got two via Codeticket . They asked for two names and these appear on the ticket PDFs I have been sent. Will there be an identity check on the way in?

Miguel_Sanchez

Sr. Pirotecnic wrote: »

Got two via Codeticket . They asked for two names and these appear on the ticket PDFs I have been sent. Will there be an identity check on the way in?

They looked for my passport when picking up tickets this year. So at least one of the names will have to be the same, not sure if both would have to be - if you're planning on giving them to someone you might need to email them to check if that's ok in advance.

lc180

Damn it I was too late!

How did you hear about tickets going on sale? Is there a mailing list I should sign up to?

lordgoat

lc180 wrote: »

Damn it I was too late!

How did you hear about tickets going on sale? Is there a mailing list I should sign up to?

Twitter or FB and follow primavera...

they second lot will go on sale shortly i'd say, i think for E115

Sr. Pirotecnic

VAT on tickets in Spain is going from 8% to 21% on Sept 1st so Primavera are selling tickets at €130 until the end of the month (via PayPal). Price will be €145 from Sep 1.

http://sanmiguelprimaverasound.es/entradas

sweetie

jesus, im still recovering from primavera 12!

ghostdancer

does anyone know when the current price (€145) expires and the increase it?

lordgoat

Blur were announced yesterday and Daft Punk are the big rumour doing the rounds...

ghost - I thought E150 was the full price last year...

Toast

Prices got up to 180ish towards the end. I think last year the next change was 1st of December. They usually give some warning so subscribe to their newsletter.

nxbyveromdwjpg

On the verge of buying tickets for this, it's 5 and a half months away though and my only concern would be if things fall through and I can't go, it looks like I can't sell the ticket.

Is it all e-tickets or can I get a hardcopy ticket? How strict are they with ID checks to match the name on the ticket before handing over a wristband?

I can understand the anti-touting measures but it would be better if there was some sort of system in place to transfer or even return your ticket in the case that you couldn't go

ghostdancer

^would also be interest in knowing this. not sure how many of my friends will actually bother getting tickets so might need to sell it close to the time.


tickets are €145 now, up to €160 after the 7th. it went up to €190+bf last year.

lineup is being announced on Jan 24th.
there's a leaked poster doing the rounds for the last few days but there's a couple of typos on it, so probably not real.

Toast

Buying via Seetickets is meant to get you hardcopy tickets sent to you but I've known them to drag their heals on sending to Ireland and sometimes just plain not bother and switch you to pick up so don't count on that.

In previous years people were able to transfer the tickets that were bought from the promoters directly (the paypal option on the site) by contacting them with transfer information. They weren't the fastest in doing this but they did get it done and I know at least one person who did this without issue.

For the other resellers (ticketmaster, See etc.) in the past they accepted a photocopy of the buyers passport, a letter saying you transfer the ownership of the ticket and a photocopy of your passport (note all 3 required) to allow someone else pick up the tickets.

Whether this is still the case you should confirm with whichever of the providers you plan on buying the tickets off but my understanding is that the anti-tout no resell thing is only for VIP tickets which are no longer available.

nxbyveromdwjpg

Took the leap, went for the Primavera pack thing on the website via Paypal @ €145, got hit with an astonishing €26 booking fee, per ticket though :eek:

Toast

I think that is the price of the VAT on the tickets. They made a bit of a noise about getting the tickets before a certain time because of an increase in VAT that Spain was introducing to pay off some of their debt.

lc180

Line-up announced.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfgoBAmFWHE&sns=em

AnonoBoy

Full line up here so you can just read it instead of watching the video:

http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/01/primavera-sound-2013-lineup-revealed-blur-my-bloody-valentine-and-wu-tang/

Pretty good.

(And by pretty good I mean brilliant - I'm just trying to downplay it because I'm not going to it.)

lordgoat

No Daft Punk but happy enough with that...

Léan

Really happy with the lineup. My only gripe is that I was hoping Bjork might be on there after she had to cancel last year :pac:. I can't complain though, it's still an amazing lineup!

grudgehugger

I assume no stage times until just before the festival?

Anyone know when times usually get given out for this?

Toast

Usually a couple of weeks which is pretty standard. Expect lots of clashes.

jefreywithonef

Jesus, that's a superb line-up.

lordgoat

grudgehugger wrote: »

I assume no stage times until just before the festival?

Anyone know when times usually get given out for this?

Toast wrote: »

Usually a couple of weeks which is pretty standard. Expect lots of clashes.

They're very good with times etc. I got the app last year, really really handy for seeing who's on when.

nomoreindie

Has anyone else had a look at what Jim Carroll wrote about the line up in his Irish Times blog?
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2013/01/24/the-future-of-the-music-festival-is-1993/

He seems to want only bands on their first album or maybe first demo to be headlining. I look forward to his reaction to the Electric picnic festival lineup which is usually laden down with bands trading on past glories

Cianan2

Hey guys, any idea what the best way to book tickets for this are? Can you get them just through Ticketmaster etc? I see on their site that you can pay in 3 installments, but it doesnt give much info for anything else...

nomoreindie

Cianan2 wrote: »

Hey guys, any idea what the best way to book tickets for this are? Can you get them just through Ticketmaster etc? I see on their site that you can pay in 3 installments, but it doesnt give much info for anything else...

Buying through their portal is the cheapest option, you can get a ticket for €176.50 through it. You just have to register on it first.
You can also buy through the U.K based seetickets website for €186.

Toast

nomoreindie wrote: »

Has anyone else had a look at what Jim Carroll wrote about the line up in his Irish Times blog?
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2013/01/24/the-future-of-the-music-festival-is-1993/

He seems to want only bands on their first album or maybe first demo to be headlining.

He has a valid point that the headliner pool is small and getting smaller but it is mixed in with an odd sort of negativity for negativities-sake vibe. That he chose Primavera as the festival to make this point about appears to be partially because four of the acts once toured together but mostly to poke at something popular just because it is popular (among his audience anyway). Shame it is probably the worst festival to use to make this particular point.

I don't find it surprising we're still listening to 90's headliners considering the conditions that existed in the 80's. We had entire new genres (punk, rap, new wave, dance, metal etc), the rise of the cover tape, pirate radio, home taping etc. This gave us new acts but ones that after being born in that environment would eventually move into the production, promotion and distribution chains controlled by the music industry. This is where their rise to headliner status happened.

This just doesn't happen anymore. Since then we've had the rise of the Internet and the inexpensive home recording studio and explosion in the number of bands we are exposed to. The industry doesn't bother trying to find and grow acts to headliner status unless they are safe (aka boring). This is because people no longer have the attention span to really sit in with an album and wait the 2 years for the follow up. They move onto another band after a week and forget the first one because it is very simple to do this. Now instead of there being a few mega bands with die hard followings there are thousands of smaller bands that people kinda know. This is what killed the headliner and I can't see things ever going back to the way they were.

I have a feeling that in the future more festivals will eventually give up on having BIG names on the poster and concentrate on having the most names, something I think Primavera is leading on, however it is going to take time to deprogram people from the concept of there being a headliner and as long as some of them are still around we'll keep seeing them showing up on lineups.

lordgoat

Toast wrote: »

He has a valid point that the headliner pool is small and getting smaller but it is mixed in with an odd sort of negativity for negativities-sake vibe. That he chose Primavera as the festival to make this point about appears to be partially because four of the acts once toured together but mostly to poke at something popular just because it is popular (among his audience anyway). Shame it is probably the worst festival to use to make this particular point.

I don't find it surprising we're still listening to 90's headliners considering the conditions that existed in the 80's. We had entire new genres (punk, rap, new wave, dance, metal etc), the rise of the cover tape, pirate radio, home taping etc. This gave us new acts but ones that after being born in that environment would eventually move into the production, promotion and distribution chains controlled by the music industry. This is where their rise to headliner status happened.

This just doesn't happen anymore. Since then we've had the rise of the Internet and the inexpensive home recording studio and explosion in the number of bands we are exposed to. The industry doesn't bother trying to find and grow acts to headliner status unless they are safe (aka boring). This is because people no longer have the attention span to really sit in with an album and wait the 2 years for the follow up. They move onto another band after a week and forget the first one because it is very simple to do this. Now instead of there being a few mega bands with die hard followings there are thousands of smaller bands that people kinda know. This is what killed the headliner and I can't see things ever going back to the way they were.

I have a feeling that in the future more festivals will eventually give up on having BIG names on the poster and concentrate on having the most names, something I think Primavera is leading on, however it is going to take time to deprogram people from the concept of there being a headliner and as long as some of them are still around we'll keep seeing them showing up on lineups.

I found reading this far more informative and though provoking than Carroll's piece, which I found was as you said negative for no real reason.

Good points well written.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

Toast wrote: »

He has a valid point that the headliner pool is small and getting smaller but it is mixed in with an odd sort of negativity for negativities-sake vibe. That he chose Primavera as the festival to make this point about appears to be partially because four of the acts once toured together but mostly to poke at something popular just because it is popular (among his audience anyway). Shame it is probably the worst festival to use to make this particular point.

I don't find it surprising we're still listening to 90's headliners considering the conditions that existed in the 80's. We had entire new genres (punk, rap, new wave, dance, metal etc), the rise of the cover tape, pirate radio, home taping etc. This gave us new acts but ones that after being born in that environment would eventually move into the production, promotion and distribution chains controlled by the music industry. This is where their rise to headliner status happened.

This just doesn't happen anymore. Since then we've had the rise of the Internet and the inexpensive home recording studio and explosion in the number of bands we are exposed to. The industry doesn't bother trying to find and grow acts to headliner status unless they are safe (aka boring). This is because people no longer have the attention span to really sit in with an album and wait the 2 years for the follow up. They move onto another band after a week and forget the first one because it is very simple to do this. Now instead of there being a few mega bands with die hard followings there are thousands of smaller bands that people kinda know. This is what killed the headliner and I can't see things ever going back to the way they were.

I have a feeling that in the future more festivals will eventually give up on having BIG names on the poster and concentrate on having the most names, something I think Primavera is leading on, however it is going to take time to deprogram people from the concept of there being a headliner and as long as some of them are still around we'll keep seeing them showing up on lineups.

great post.

so you are you saying the lack of headliners is a bad thing? i think modern music is fantastic, it's never been so easy to make or release music so there's so much stuff out there to listen to.

Toast

I'm with you on liking the choice the new music world has given us. What I agreed with Jim Carroll on (though not about Primavera) was the situation with festivals trudging out the same old headliners. He wanted new bands to be bumped up to the position of headliners. I'd rather festivals adapted away from having one big name and concentrating on having a much better selection of smaller names. It reflects the way the music industry has gone and I think people will adjust to it well.

Primavera has been compared to tapas by countless unimaginative writers at this stage but in this case I feel it is justified. I'd rather a nice bite from 3 different tapas plates than a lamb roast because even though I like roast lamb I'm getting sick of it every day. If we replace the lamb with beef we're just going to start getting sick of beef quickly enough.

Birneybau

Just put down first installment.

Cannot wait!

larrymickdick

hey guys

ok I've never been to primavera before - me & the fella are arriving into Barcelona on the Tuesday night - see there's other gigs going on before the Friday just wondering if I could pick your brains?
Where do you collect your wristbands from? W
hat time does it all kick off at?
Is the ticket for Friday, Saturday & Sunday?

What way does it all work! bit nervous as haven't been to Barcelona before either so complete newbie!!

Toast

There are gigs in various clubs around Barcelona (usually Sidecar and Apollo (but I think thats closed now)) from the Monday. You can get in with your booking reference and they'll give you your wristband then if you've your ticket (I THINK! been a while since i bothered going to the gigs).

Last year the Wednesday was a big public concert you didn't need a ticket for down at the Arc De Triomf (yes Barcelona has one too). I think I read this year this concert will actually be on the festival grounds in the forum. The actual festival is from Thursday to Saturday. There was another public event on the Sunday last year at Arc De Triomf so expect this to be on the festival grounds this year as well.

Basically all the details regards this lot will be released on the website well in advance so don't worry too much about it now as it still is all a bit up in the air how things will happen this year. I usually give it all a skip and stick to checking out the city instead on these days and save the Thursday to Saturday for the partying. Festival starts at 6pm on Thursday and 4pm Friday and Saturday and usually goes to about 6am (though I've heard rumours of 9am djs). Headliners usually come on around 11pm with pretty long sets and many second tier headliners dont play until 1am or sometimes even 3am.

I wouldn't worry too much about finding out things. The website is well maintained and if you spend a few minutes at the start of the day to check in with the info tents near the entrance they'll tell you all you really need to know. If you've a smart phone (it's about the only festival that one is worth bothering with as you get to charge it back in your apt every night) you'll be laughing as the apps allow you create a timetable and get interactive directions from where you are to stick to it etc.

larrymickdick

Toast wrote: »

There are gigs in various clubs around Barcelona (usually Sidecar and Apollo (but I think thats closed now)) from the Monday. You can get in with your booking reference and they'll give you your wristband then if you've your ticket (I THINK! been a while since i bothered going to the gigs).

Last year the Wednesday was a big public concert you didn't need a ticket for down at the Arc De Triomf (yes Barcelona has one too). I think I read this year this concert will actually be on the festival grounds in the forum. The actual festival is from Thursday to Saturday. There was another public event on the Sunday last year at Arc De Triomf so expect this to be on the festival grounds this year as well.

Basically all the details regards this lot will be released on the website well in advance so don't worry too much about it now as it still is all a bit up in the air how things will happen this year. I usually give it all a skip and stick to checking out the city instead on these days and save the Thursday to Saturday for the partying. Festival starts at 6pm on Thursday and 4pm Friday and Saturday and usually goes to about 6am (though I've heard rumours of 9am djs). Headliners usually come on around 11pm with pretty long sets and many second tier headliners dont play until 1am or sometimes even 3am.

I wouldn't worry too much about finding out things. The website is well maintained and if you spend a few minutes at the start of the day to check in with the info tents near the entrance they'll tell you all you really need to know. If you've a smart phone (it's about the only festival that one is worth bothering with as you get to charge it back in your apt every night) you'll be laughing as the apps allow you create a timetable and get interactive directions from where you are to stick to it etc.

do you know what - you're an absolute gem - was totally confused about everything - I like to plan forward to see what I'm doing - I'll be arriving in on the Tuesday night & staying till the following Tuesday so will be great to get around and see the city - will have to keep an eye out for what's going on - cheers for the info!!

:):D

lordgoat

larrymickdick wrote: »

do you know what - you're an absolute gem - was totally confused about everything - I like to plan forward to see what I'm doing - I'll be arriving in on the Tuesday night & staying till the following Tuesday so will be great to get around and see the city - will have to keep an eye out for what's going on - cheers for the info!!

:):D

Toast covered everything there.

Make sure you have your apartment/hotel sorted now too.

Also get the primavera app for your phone. It's really handy.

Toast

Weekend tickets are sold out. Still day tickets which as far as I can tell are functionally identical if you've the 3 but cost way more. The cynic in me is thinking they've deliberately weighted the available tickets to have the weekends sell out for effect and push people to buy the day ones at the higher price and also ensure next year that the festival sells out even quicker.

antifyre

Can anyone shed some light on where we collect wristbands etc? Bought mine through their own portal....

Toast wrote: »

Weekend tickets are sold out. Still day tickets which as far as I can tell are functionally identical if you've the 3 but cost way more..

Got caught on the hop with the weekend tix... :(:( gotta buy em all individual like now....

lordgoat

antifyre wrote: »

Can anyone shed some light on where we collect wristbands etc? Bought mine through their own portal....



Got caught on the hop with the weekend tix... :(:( gotta buy em all individual like now....

It's not on the site yet. They will give you the locations before the festival starts and you will be able to collect them from Tue/Wed.

Mr Whirly

Anyone know if you can return/sell tickets to this?

Toast

You can't return them but you should be able to resell them unless they are VIP tickets. Depends on which sort you have as different vendors sold them but if you bought them from the festival with Paypal you can email them and tell them someone else will be picking them up. I think you might need the persons passport number.

The other vendors all have options for having someone other than the named collect them so check the terms and conditions on their page. If they are physical tickets (from seetickets) you can just give them to someone else as normal and there shouldn't be a problem.

Always confirm with the place you bought them from though. Just say you are coming a day later than your friends and they need to pick up the tickets or similar if you are worried. Plenty of people are looking to buy them since they sold out.

nomoreindie

some good news for folks who missed out on tickets

Next Wednesday 3rd April, 215 full festival tickets for Primavera Sound in Barcelona will go on sale, tickets that have been released thanks to a re-assignment of the packets of tickets allocated to distributors.

The full festival tickets will be on sale from 12pm at the price of 199€ at the usual sales points until they sell out. Don’t miss out on this chance to get yours!

The day tickets for Thursday 23rd May, Friday 24th and Saturday 25th May in the Parc del Fòrum are still on sale at 80€. From the 23rd April they will cost 90€

dublinkeith

Clashfinder.com has stage time predictions up on its site, it's not confirmed but they may not be far off.

Toast

dublinkeith wrote: »

they may not be far off.

I wouldn't hope for any accuracy in that as even stage breakdowns are just being guessed at at this point.

lordgoat

Just use the app. You mark the acts you want to see and it creates the time table for you.

When you have nothing to see you can click on who's playing now section.

Really a superb ap and a must for the weekend

grudgehugger

Excited about DJ Koze and Scuba getting added - can't find anything on official site re days either will play though - anyone seen that info anywhere?

Hoping for Saturday for at least one of them...

(no Fiona Apple anymore )

Toast

Rumours are full timetable could be out next week. Dancy stuff is always pretty late so expect anything from 1am to 4am for them.

beansybeansy

Was looking for the android app for the festival but can only find the one for Optimus. Anyone know if its available or will it be after the daily breakdown goes out?

antifyre

Clashfinder has updated their timetable...some differences, but nothing frightening just yet.... still annoyed about missing out on weekend tix, but can't wait to get going now.....anyone know how expensive the beer gets inside the venue??

dublinkeith

Last year it was €8 for a litre off the beeronauts, lads that walk around with cold beer on their back. Think it was €4 for a pint from the bars. That was San Miguel, could be different this year as its Heineken

Toast

dublinkeith wrote: »

could be different this year as its Heineken

They'll be paying us to drink it?

beansybeansy

Thanks for the beer update. Another beer query, do they stop selling beer at anypoint or are we treated like adults? Still thinks its daft the bars close as Irish festivals at 10pm when acts are still going until after 3.