That Primavera Sound is a festival different from the rest is demonstrated by things like what happened this Saturday, when Olivia Rodrigo surprisingly announced her presence at the festival just a few, few weeks after performing at the Grec festival, “the most beautiful stage I’ve ever played on,” as the Californian artist stated.
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This Saturday she appeared in a space more in line with her category, the Occident, before nearly 30,000 people who rushed to be present at 10:25 PM, when the artist appeared on stage.
And another surprise: Robert Smith, two in one and incredible joy for Primavera Sound fans. The Cure singer appeared alongside the Californian, made up as if he were going to perform for his own band, for a few minutes’ performance.
It’s not the first time they’ve appeared together; they have declared mutual admiration, and among fans, it was hoped that the dream would come true. It did.
Smith appeared to sing What’s Wrong With Me, the Californian’s new song, with the collaboration of the British legend, multiplying the delirium that was already overflowing the Fòrum’s concrete.
The singer, one of the world’s current stars, offered some of her greatest hits and previewed songs from her new work, which comes out on the 12th. She started with Bad idea right?, continued with Balad of a homeshow girl, Vampire and also offered the super famous Drivers License, on keyboards, a song that made her famous years ago. She also offered Déjà Vu, Good for you and All american bitch.
Robert Smith took the stage to sing ‘What’s wrong with me’, a new duet with Rodrigo
“Olivia Rodrigo is a concert anyone would want to see, and we had her here by surprise, it’s incredible,” exclaimed Alicia, 26, who traveled from London for the festival with five friends. Six unconditional fans who chanted all the lyrics.
Dani, 34, a resident of San Feliu de Llobregat, had only purchased the pass for this Saturday’s day, and left My Bloody Valentine, which he thought didn’t sound very good, to enjoy the American superstar. “She’s very good, a great surprise at the festival,” he told La Vanguardia.
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Shortly before Rodrigo made her appearance, a noisy wall of guitars rose on the main stage of Primavera Sound to bid farewell to the most indie audience on the last day of the festival, courtesy of My Bloody Valentine.
Among the many musical paths of this edition, there was one that took indie fans by the hand, those who boast of having been at the first editions, to lead them straight to the performance that the Irish quartet offered last night with a review of their short but notable discography.
It was the third time the band visited the stage, and they did so by kicking off with I only said before a crowd unimaginable when shoegaze was taking its first steps in the 90s.
Olivia Rodrigo’s surprising presence at Primavera Sound was noticeable by how empty the Estrella Damm stage esplanade became, although, a good representation of fans of the veteran band founded in the 80s, whose music has carved a niche in the new generation, remained.
Pedro Sánchez attended the festival with his wife this Saturday to weather his own storm
MBV achieved this with the sweet melodies of When you sleep or New you, which played in the first moments of the performance, and the noisy, garage-like discharges of Only shallow or the punk you made me realise, received by an attentive audience much more animated than the band, impassive on stage and even blurry on the screens where a haze blurred the image during a performance with acoustics as impeccable as Loveless, the album where Shields unleashed all his obsession with achieving the perfect noise, to the point of causing the bankruptcy of the Creation Records label.
For the early hours, there was the indie pop of The xx and Gorillaz, Damon Albarn’s band, music that attracted, among others, Pep Guardiola or President Pedro Sánchez, who attended Primavera Sound with his wife this Saturday to weather his own storm, or who knows, perhaps to laugh at it.
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