Primavera Sound 2022: an evening with Dua Lipa, Gorillaz and an Argentine presence

If one wants to find the sound of spring, here in Barcelona it is quite simple. Just go to the Parque del Forum, right next to the sea, and it will be there. It will be performed by great international and famous artists, such as Gorillaz or the sensational Dua Lipa. Or Argentines, like El killed a motorized policeman or Cazzu, two present this Thursday 9 June.

Thinking about Primavera Sound is thinking about a central part of this Barcelona, ​​that Miss Leo Messi. The Festival celebrates its 20th edition, with shows that – in addition to the Forum – have conquered the whole city and that here, in this huge venue, has 14 stages. An example: to go from one of the central boxes to the Tous where Cazzu sang, the walk takes 20 minutes.

That’s how huge it all is here, with 85,000 people in each of the six days del Primavera Sound (Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week and Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week), with spectators from 100 different countries, according to the organizers’ statistics, and with bands and soloists from all over the world.

In October and November it will have the Primavera Sound its first version in the city of Buenos Aires and that is why many Argentine journalists have come here, to see what it is all about.

music in the foreground

Although, like every festival, in addition to the shows it has other attractions – gastronomy, healthy actions, solidarity, social inclusion -, the axis is set on music. And the public, so fans of this meeting that has grown over the years, knows it.

For this reason the organizers are able to put on a similar English trio Khruangbin, owners of a psychedelic and mainly instrumental style. It is that one of the pride of those who come to Primavera Sound is to be able to do without market issues – which are not lacking, of course – to pursue music.

The public, unlike other more well-known festivals such as Lollapalooza, is a little larger, but just as fervent. Fifty-year-old gentleman with cotton wings or forty-year-olds dressed as Spiderman they taste it There are stages for rock and roll, electronics, trap and many DJs, on days that start at 14 and finish at 6 in the morning.

high level shows

This Thursday, July 9, the biggest stars were Dua Lipa, which was hovering around a quarter past one in the morning. He opened a kind of open-air disco, with his own army of musicians, dancers and DJs.

Before that, we got to enjoy a great performance by Gorillaz, Damon Albarn’s band, che They started out as cartoons and today they are a great big band in which at times there are five choristers, plus a section of five winds, to which the usual quartet and the inevitable solo singers and rappers who usually interact with Albarn must be added.

Also Interpol New Yorkers have unloaded a cataract of shots of the 90s, but which today, in 2022, is still valid. The same as Ride, who detected another of the scenarios.

At two in the morning the show of Tyler the creatora Californian rapper who has already left the rap ghetto to become an international star.

Of course, all with flawless sound and graphics that could be enjoyed outside of the music on any screen. This is not an exaggeration: I have seen so many festivals in Argentina and around the world and the one in Barcelona has exceeded all my expectations.

The Argentine presence

The previous week, Duki, Dillom and Bandalos Chinos were the Argentines present at Primavera Sound. This Thursday, he killed a motorized policeman who took over the Estrella Damm stage at 6pm – one of the main two – with his songs of lost loves and street girls. Some time later it was the turn of Cazzu, the head of the trap, who told of his pride in having arrived at the party.

This Saturday it will be Khea’s turn and Sunday of another trapera, Nicki Nicole, both recently arrived from Argentina.

In Buenos Aires

As we said, Primavera Sound will arrive for the first time in Buenos Aires. It will take place in different locations around the city. The musical event will begin on October 14 in the Olympic Park and will continue, from November 7 to 13, in the Children’s Park and in other locations in the capital.

Confirmed international artists include Travis Scott, Arctic Monkeys, Björk, Lorde, Jack White, Pixies, Charli XCX, Interpol, Mitski, Phoebe Bridgers, Cat Power, Beach House, Arca and Father John Misty, as well as a host of other bands. Local. The bout will be produced by produced by DF Entertainment and Primavera Sound, as well as in the Brazil and Chile editions