Mad Cool Festival Madrid

wirelessdude01

Just wondering if anyone has been to this previously? What's the vibe like at it?

DylanB85

Also anyone who has been, what is camping like? And how much does it cost for 3 days plus camping?

wirelessdude01

So who else has tickets for this? Really looking forward to it.

Whipping Boy

Looking to head to this next year. Any reports on how it was?

Layne

A group of us are heading over. Great line-up, good weather (hopefully) and decent value compared to festivals this side of the world.
It is a very new festival and any word you get back from last year's festival won't be much of an indicator for next year as they are more than doubling capacity and moving to a new location.
Should be fun. The hostel we booked has dinner and as much beer as you can drink in two hours all for the princely price of €10!! Money saved on that alone over the three days will probably pay for the accommodation!!

SteelyDanJalapeno

Layne wrote: »

A group of us are heading over. Great line-up, good weather (hopefully) and decent value compared to festivals this side of the world.
It is a very new festival and any word you get back from last year's festival won't be much of an indicator for next year as they are more than doubling capacity and moving to a new location.
Should be fun. The hostel we booked has dinner and as much beer as you can drink in two hours all for the princely price of €10!! Money saved on that alone over the three days will probably pay for the accommodation!!

What's the hostel called?

Wooderson

Im heading to this. Looks a tricky "commute" if the subway finishes at 130am...

Layne

The hostel is called OK Hostel Madrid. It has got really good reviews and is very convenient being just around the corner from the Titso de Molina metro station and two minutes walk to Plaza Mayor.
A Review online said The staff was extremely approachable and friendly, always with a smile on their faces. Very good deal for breakfast and dinner (buffet for 3€ and 3 course dinner with an open bar for 10€). Room was super clean and everything was new and modern. The bathroom is cleaned 2x a day. Also, you can leave in storage your luggage for free after/before check in/out.
Worth reading the reviews on Booking.com

Layne

Wooderson wrote: »

Im heading to this. Looks a tricky "commute" if the subway finishes at 130am...

Yeah, it looks fine to get there every evening on the metro but it may have to be a taxi to return. The festival may have have some kind of shuttle service, fingers crossed.

Wooderson

Layne wrote: »

Yeah, it looks fine to get there every evening on the metro but it may have to be a taxi to return. The festival may have have some kind of shuttle service, fingers crossed.

That'd be a winner. I may ask around.

The Nal

Shuttle service for 80,000 people? Suppose they may have to run the metro late or something. Can't have 80k strolling into the streets at 3am.

Furious-Red

Can see The Killers headlining the 2nd day

The Nal

Furious-Red wrote: »

Can see The Killers headlining the 2nd day

Thankfully theres no chance of that as they're playing Bolton that night.

There is a band who are touring and playing festivals both weekends before but free on the 13th, the previous gig a mere 400 miles away in the South of France.

Layne

The Nal wrote: »

Thankfully theres no chance of that as they're playing Bolton that night.

There is a band who are touring and playing festivals both weekends before but free on the 13th, the previous gig a mere 400 miles away in the South of France.

Would definitely take them over The Killers.

wirelessdude01

Furious-Red wrote:

Can see The Killers headlining the 2nd day

Aren't they playing Benni? If so they won't be in Madrid.

but1er

Snow patrol only show so far! Let's hope more dates

Furious-Red

wirelessdude01 wrote: »

Aren't they playing Benni? If so they won't be in Madrid.

Oh **** yea they are , totally forgot they were playing Bennicasim.

lc180

I was at Mad Cool last year. Good festival overall , not amazing but would definitely be tempted to go back this year for that line-up.

Hard to give advice as like someone else said it's doubling in size and moving location. Anyone got specific questions feel free to ask.

Wooderson

lc180 wrote: »

I was at Mad Cool last year. Good festival overall , not amazing but would definitely be tempted to go back this year for that line-up.

Hard to give advice as like someone else said it's doubling in size and moving location. Anyone got specific questions feel free to ask.

Line up wise it’s as good as I’ve seen in years.

Wrongway1985

Wooderson wrote: »

Line up wise it’s as good as I’ve seen in years.

Still announcing stuff including Alice in Chains today great line up.

Peter File

Tame impala as well just announced

Lemsiper

Some decent additions. Thursday headliners still to be announced also.

The Nal

Lemsiper wrote: »

Some decent additions. Thursday headliners still to be announced also.

Furious-Red

Seriously shaping up to be a deadly line up. Think Muse could be the final headliner

Lemsiper

Furious-Red wrote: »

Seriously shaping up to be a deadly line up. Think Muse could be the final headliner

Would you think the bullet point on Friday indicates two more? As with Saturday, but unlike Thursday where PJ will probably be the only headliner.

Layne

Lemsiper wrote: »

Would you think the bullet point on Friday indicates two more? As with Saturday, but unlike Thursday where PJ will probably be the only headliner.

Spot on. Two co-headliners to be announced for the Friday. Apart from them the line-up is already looking complete and impressive. Around 40 more acts to announce apparently.
Hopefully they will stick with last year's format of rotating the two main stages to minimise clashes. I think all festivals should adopt this approach. Life would be so much easier!!

corm500

Furious-Red wrote: »

Seriously shaping up to be a deadly line up. Think Muse could be the final headliner

Puts the Electric Picnics cheapskate lineups in the halfpenny place thats for sure.
Probably cheaper than EP too:mad:

corm500

corm500 wrote: »

Puts the Electric Picnics cheapskate lineups in the halfpenny place thats for sure.
Probably cheaper than EP too:mad:

Looked it up. Weekend tickets were €150 for 3 days. Compare that with €205 for EP

sally cinnamon89

corm500 wrote: »

Looked it up. Weekend tickets were €150 for 3 days. Compare that with €205 for EP

Its not camping

BurtMacklin

Will there be a cross over with Benicassim? Only one week apart?

SteelyDanJalapeno

BurtMacklin wrote: »

Will there be a cross over with Benicassim? Only one week apart?

What's a cross over?

BurtMacklin

Artist cross over. For example say Artists playing Benicassim and Longitude as they are close in proximity and dates.

Dank Janniels

No camping?

Friends goin to this just to see PJ, skint at the moment but thinking of going, probly sold out by time I get sorted

Wrongway1985

TiltedBrain wrote: »

What's a cross over?

I think he means sharing a bunch of the acts; for which the answer is expect an entirely different line up and little to no similarity. Not my intention to decimate but majority of acts doing festivals are moving on to the next location so will likely be in a different country by the following week.

MadYaker

I’d nearly go to this solo, my normal festival group aren’t interested. Too hot apparently? We’d manage 3 days for that lineup I reckon.

Furious-Red

If i do go ill prob look to book a hotel with a pool , need somewhere to cool off (the joys of being ginger and freckely ha)

Layne

MadYaker wrote: »

I’d nearly go to this solo, my normal festival group aren’t interested. Too hot apparently? We’d manage 3 days for that lineup I reckon.

Feel free to tag along with us if you wish. Us being four middle aged fellas who are heading along for the craic, culture oh and Pearl Jam of course!!
We have booked a hostel, OK Madrid hostel, for the duration of Mad Cool. As for it being too hot, will cool down with some chilled beers. Beats trying to wrap up in our so called 'summer' any day!!

The Nal

The gigs dont start till 6.30 or 7pm ish.

Ill be looking for somewhere with a pool for the day time. Up, swim, then a few hours of tapas and booze beforehand.

Layne

The Nal wrote: »

The gigs dont start till 6.30 or 7pm ish.

Ill be looking for somewhere with a pool for the day time. Up, swim, then a few hours of tapas and booze beforehand.

Start late and they finish at all hours too. Remember being at Rock am Ring years ago and seeing Korn coming on stage at 1.30am and playing a blistering set. Couldn't get my head around it at the time but have realised since that it is the norm on the continent. Just hope I'll be able to stay awake, never do to nod off half way through NIN!!

MadYaker

Rumours abound that the unnanounced headliner is Arctic Monkeys with Jack White similar to Depeche Mode and QOTSA on the following day.

Where do they get the money for all these huge acts charging €170 quid a ticket? What's the capacity?

lc180

MadYaker wrote: »

Where do they get the money for all these huge acts charging €170 quid a ticket? What's the capacity?

The first couple of years supposedly had a lot of money pumped into it from the Madrid tourism board, judging on the crowd last year I'd say it paid off as a huge amount of non-spanish people seemed to be at it. I couldn't get over the amount of Irish at it.

ghostdancer

capacity is gone up to 80,000 at the new location I read.

wirelessdude01

MadYaker wrote:

Where do they get the money for all these huge acts charging €170 quid a ticket? What's the capacity?

Was 45k last year at the old site but with the move the new location holds 80k.

Even with the downpour on one of the evenings last year I though it was very well run.

circular flexing

MadYaker wrote: »

Rumours abound that the unnanounced headliner is Arctic Monkeys with Jack White similar to Depeche Mode and QOTSA on the following day.

Where do they get the money for all these huge acts charging €170 quid a ticket? What's the capacity?

In my experience, festivals on the continent get more support from the local councils and governments. I know that Dour Festival (for example) uses local, unemployed people to build the infrastructure.

SteelyDanJalapeno

It's also only about 130 until friday

Furious-Red

Was looking at going to this but i might be going to Florida around the same time so cant rush into booking tickets just incase

xOxSinéadxOx

I went the first year it was on. I didn't really like the set up and the layout of it. The two main stages were really close together in the carpark. Kind of weird. Then they had the rest of the stages in the tennis arenas which I didn't really like either. And I never once got into the standing bit of the tennis arena we always had to go upstairs to the seated bit. I'm not sure how early you'd have to go to get into the standing bit. There was always a mad rush of people to get in and one time we queued for a really long time and then we were turned away. It was somehow kind of cold one of the days we were there and the carpark bit was really windy because it's just a big wide open space. 
Having said that I did enjoy it overall being there with my friends. The crowd at it was great everybody was nice and frienly, no girlos spending hours in the toilets. Queues for toilets and bars were OK they were long but moved quickly. We used the shuttle bus to get home every night pretty seamlessly. We took the metro every day to get there. Had my phone robbed one of the nights, police said it was very organised and they caught a guy with a backpack full of phones but I didn't get mine back and most people we met there also had their phones robbed too. I had a great time at it but compared to other festivals I've been to it doesn't really stand up. I think mainly I didn't like the layout and the gigs in the tennis courts. It didn't lend itself to a good atmosphere.

exilec

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

I went the first year it was on. I didn't really like the set up and the layout of it. The two main stages were really close together in the carpark. Kind of weird. Then they had the rest of the stages in the tennis arenas which I didn't really like either. And I never once got into the standing bit of the tennis arena we always had to go upstairs to the seated bit. I'm not sure how early you'd have to go to get into the standing bit. There was always a mad rush of people to get in and one time we queued for a really long time and then we were turned away. It was somehow kind of cold one of the days we were there and the carpark bit was really windy because it's just a big wide open space. 
Having said that I did enjoy it overall being there with my friends. The crowd at it was great everybody was nice and frienly, no girlos spending hours in the toilets. Queues for toilets and bars were OK they were long but moved quickly. We used the shuttle bus to get home every night pretty seamlessly. We took the metro every day to get there. Had my phone robbed one of the nights, police said it was very organised and they caught a guy with a backpack full of phones but I didn't get mine back and most people we met there also had their phones robbed too. I had a great time at it but compared to other festivals I've been to it doesn't really stand up. I think mainly I didn't like the layout and the gigs in the tennis courts. It didn't lend itself to a good atmosphere.

It is in a new venue this year and a lot bigger , was in two minds between here and NOS portugal and went for Portugal

Fi H

Bit the bullet.....Pearl Jam had me and Nos Alive is sold out go Madrid......hopefully it won't crisp us

mayordenis

Who's yer man in the gifs earlier in this thread?

The Nal

mayordenis wrote: »

Who's yer man in the gifs earlier in this thread?

Liam Howlett from The Prodigy.