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think I'll try and save money to go to it.

It was okay but I think I'll wait 'til the first lot of cheap non VIP tickets go up...

Anyway, 100% going to Porto again. Beautiful city, lovely people, obscenely large food portions, cheap SUPER BOCK, pints of cider that tastes like apple sourz, ridiculous line up for the money (I paid £75 for my ticket, my mate bought earlier and paid £60) and the site is awesome.

Non-VIP Early Bird Porto, can't see VIP being worth it without free beer.

The reviews of Porto event have been so positive I'm well excited.

but I think I'll have to wait for the line up... I'll probably greedily eye up the extra bands on the Barcelona one and end up at the Parc Del Forum again.

Worth paying an extra £20 or whatever to know what you're getting though IMO.

Have to admit, I mostly go for the VIP for just a little more comfort, being an old git. That said, beers are 1 euro instead of 3 aren't they? Doesn't take an awful lot over three days to make your money back. Of course, the main downside is you have no idea who's going to be playing, but I trust them enough to realise there'll be plenty worth seeing

YES.

enjoying their sun loungers, bathing area, cheap beer and wi-fi connections I just couldn't resist getting a VIP ticket for next year. It only works out about £15 more than I paid for my normal ticket this year anyway so it seems worth it.

The VIP area isn't as good as Barca as the lounging area is just surrounded by a mesh fence and loads of security people, plus the main toilets at Porto are the standard of the VIP ones in Barca

I couldn't convince any of my pals to go this year, so I ended up selling my ticket. I was raging when I saw the complete line-up. :(

THE REDUCED-PRICE FULL FESTIVAL TICKETS CAMPAIGN BEGINS

Next Thursday 19th July at midday (Spanish time) the following full festival reduced-priced tickets will go on sale until they are sold out:

- Primavera Sound 2013 full festival ticket (Barcelona): 99€, limited to 1000 tickets
- Optimus Primavera Sound 2013 (Porto): 65€, limited to 1000 tickets
- Combined Primavera Sound 2013 full festival ticket (Barcelona) + San Miguel Primavera Club 2012 (Barcelona or Madrid): 129€
- Combined Optimus Primavera Sound 2013 full festival ticket (Porto) + San Miguel Primavera Club 2012 (Barcelona or Madrid): 95€

Sales points: Atrapalo.com, Codetickets, Ticketmaster, Seetickets UK and through the festival's website

Distribution costs are not included in the price of the tickets

With current rates isn't that around £80? Bargain for what you get in terms of line-up. Of course, the potentially expensive bit is finding somewhere to stay, but there's plenty for all budgets in a city the size of Barcelona

December - -I'd be expecting a few of the bands from The National's ATP bash to play at PC.

Ryanair don't even have options up for flights that far into the future, so it's hard to judge how much you could save by deciding this far ahead of time

dunno which one tho. It's been AGES since my lost holiday, never mind festival, and I've been so jealous of every bastard going this year that I have to go.

Plus, it seems cheap and great.

you should deffo go. Get up late- go to beach - chill out - see amazing bands in the sunshine...

And once you get your wristband and stuff on day one it's nicely laid back and there's always plenty of space to move around. No bottlenecks, no hours of queuing at bars...magic!

How much luck have people had getting earlybird tickets before? Is it a mad panic, then they're gone? I've always bought my ticket waaaaay down the line.

Anyone know who's playing the Wilwall Ltd stage?

I don't want to buy for Barca then find everyone has gone to Porto!

and it says they are going on sale at 11. But they seem to have the price wrong for the Porto ticket. Says they are €99. That is wrong, isn't it?

Seriously excited for this, anyone know where's best to book cheap accommodation?

£84 including fees. Incredible. Now just going to pray to the God of exams for ~9 months to make sure my final university exams don't clash with it. Urgh. Fingers crossed...

Didn't think they went up until 1pm?

Now the loooooooooooooong wait

I hear David Bowie is playing this year.

but still can't decide which one I'm going to. Probably Barcelona I think. I bet the Porto one will be a lot more packed next year.

would love to go , but too early, and can't sort out any friends to go at the mo

Maybe Shellac will play!

I love how frantic people are to spend money on an event that's a year away, despite the issues regarding certain other events/companies being debated on here!
Not that there's any reason to suggest this event might experience problems of course. Just saying. A year is a long time to have money tied up in something....

Awesome!

How long have they been going? Longer than ATP? I have no idea! Also, what's it actually like? Is it essentially full of English people? That 'brits abroad at a festival' mentality is something that always puts me off these things. Especially as I saw a video from Benicassim the other day with a horde of people saying "we normally go to Magaluf every year, but this year we're doing festivals". Sent a bit of a shudder down my spine!

*closes thread forever*

Number of Brits has grown over the years, but I think around 75% of the crowd are still Spanish. It's as different to Benicassim as ATP is to Reading/Leeds. Let's hope it stays that way too.

throughout August to beat the VAT increase in Spain.

http://www.primaverasound.com/noticiaSingle?origen=ps&id=1073

to be a poor festival. it was kinda bleak, limited, small and didn't have the superb barcelona atmosphere. coulda just been teething troubles mind you but i won't be heading back any time soon. primavera in barcelona is pretty much faultless - a beautiful festival i couldn't recommend to first-timers highly enough.

First headliner will be announced on Monday

Although most of my pals seem to be investing their 2013 festival fund into Glastonbury. Boo-urns.

that's pretty cool i think i'm happy with that

headliners for both primaveras are Blur

Done today. Yes.

Can't wait to go back, for a first year last year went very smoothly, it's such a great city and the festival site is wonderful

What do I need to know before booking? I'm guessing it's an expensive week given you need accommodation etc as well yea?

looking forward to this already

All over this now. Can't decide on Porto/Barcelona.

Went to Porto last year, so was thinking Barcelona, but I've heard the site there is more of a car park. I really liked sitting on the grass in the afternoon in Porto, not so keen on sitting about in a car park.

Isn't it essentially just a barebones version of the Barcelona event?

it doesn't really matter I guess as it's just a headliner

woop woop!

from Gabi:
The total number of letters contained in the names of the headliners is 33.
The number of components of the female sex is headlining one or none.

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
The Knife
Pheonix

I was pleasantly surprised in the same blog when they said they were able to book everyone they had set out to for the first time ever. That can only mean good things, and no odd gaps or stand-in headliners.

It's usually immediately after a price rise, but I don't think we're due for one of those yet.

Blur (4), Sigur Ros (8), Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds(21),

Radiohead are ruled out

https://twitter.com/gabiruizps/status/268255548397465600

Apparently leaked Primavera line
up

http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/primavera-2013-line-up-leaked-115239

aren't loads of bands announced by now USUALLY anyway?

be surprised if Bowie did anything, other than maybe a show at a seated venue at some point with a lot of breaks

ARRGGHH

and the local newspaper also mentioned Dead Can Dance - they will be in Lisbon on May 28th for a concert which is already sold out.

We've found one and it states that all guests must be over 30. Surely they're not actually going to enforce this? We're all in our late-20s...

for Porto, with a trip to Madrid beforehand. Now let's hope the line up isn't rubbish.

ideas as to when the Porto line up is announced? I know it's a different day to the Barca one...

Not sure which primavera he's playing or maybe even both.

as soon as the announcement's up? Not sure if I should wait til I get paid (Friday) or not.

COOL

:( :( :(

got a feeling

any chance of springsteen playing / headlining?

He's got a two-day gap in his european calendar when primavera is, and while looking at past primavera line-ups, no one that huge has ever played; springsteen has played smaller festivals in the past. and people like neil young have played.

plus his european tour features no dates in spain.

too wishful thinking?

Reckon they're going to pull a pretty big name out of the hat. Gabi has been really pushing his #bestfestivalever.

I'm doing Glastonbury this year instead but still interested. Should give a good idea of who is on the festival circuit

Hope they don't drag this out like it's a bloody Champions League draw.

Helluva beard

announce the bands and gtfo

Let the people in the apolo get pissed and tell us the bands.

Then I might be encouraged to watch on

are they actually taking the piss?

and was that an inbetweeners quote?

i can't even...what the fuck

holy shit

Seeing as Deerhunter are playing I might go instead of ATP

looking forward to this now.

WOW

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

thats such an impressive lineup. despite a lack of big *surprises* it does look pretty spectacular. ill be there as soon as i get my exam timetable :/

not quite as BOWIE/DAFT PUNK amazing as some people wanted, but pretty strong. Looking forward to it.

Hope these ones filter through to Porto.

for that lineup.

Blur
Nick Cave and Bad Seeds
Phoenix
Dexys
Tame Impala
Postal Service
Band of Horses
Deerhunter
MBV
Jesus and Mary Chain
James Black
Animal Collective
Grizzly Bear
Wu Tang Clan
The Knife
Hot Chip
Swans
Hot Snakes
Apparat
Omar Souleyman
Liars
Fuck Buttons

Bit lacking.

shellac!!
Bob Mould
dead can dance

Camera Obscura
Daphni
Daughter
Delorean
FIDLAR
Goat
Glass Candy
How To Dress Well
Liars
Merchandise
Metz
Paus (portuguese good band)
Savages
Peace
The Sea and the Cake
The Vaccines
Wild Nothing
Thee Oh Sees

http://pitchfork.com/news/49263-primavera-sound-festival-announces-my-bloody-valentine-phoenix-the-postal-service-the-knife/ (it's an image so can't copypaste).

Still nothing as mainstream as a list on the PS website or FB page....

we can all recreate the Rollercoaster Tour of 1992.

What kind of budget would I need for this do you think?
Flights + Ticket + accomodation and a bit of spending?
What has it cost you in previous years.
I'm trying to work out if I can afford it.

For the porto lot, Nick Cave and the bad seeds self confirmed on twitter/facebook they are headlining Porto as well, playing May 30th:-)

Count me in.

I bought myself an early bird ticket and I can't say I'm disappointed in the slightest. I just need to get flights and accommodation sorted now.

Then I found cheap flights on Ryanair, Fuuuck!

Will there be anything on the Sunday? Not according to that daily breakdown on pitchfork.

because hopefully they'll do a tour here again, no way I'm missing that this time!

worst primavera lineup i've seen tbh

was considering going this time, ah well

thankkkkss

I loved the Poble Espanyol when I was there two years ago, but I didn't go last year and it was in a different place. Was it any good?

Those problems they had with the QR codes on the beer cards in 2011 - what did they do in 2012? Did they do a different system or did they get the QR system to work properly?

if theres someone looking for a place on their own im booking this lovely place;

http://www.wimdu.co.uk/offers/8S6HGIDE?amenities%5Bintercom%5D=intercom&path=barcelona%2Fintercom&price_filter%5Bmax%5D=7&price_filter%5Bmin%5D=0&seo_path=%2Fbarcelona%2Fintercom

there is a single sofabed/bed which will comfortably host someone who isnt fat. £10 per night if anyone is interested?

Anybody stayed in an apartment before and got any recommendations for this? Went to Barcelona last year with my girlfriend and stayed right in the city centre, unsure which area we should be looking at this time though. City centre shouldn't be too bad with the metro? 20 minutes or so I read somewhere? Could do with a few pointers.

Seen this list of names posted on FB as being almost guaranteed.. none of which would have been in my first choice of acts

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4257964896346

for 5 nights. Gonna swag it up. 4 star, sauna, sea views, daily massage, and just opposite the festival site. Apparently it's where a lot of the bands stay so I'll be spending some time poolside playing indie I-Spy.

I'll have a couple of spare days to go into Barcelona city centre as well, so I'll probably hire a bike and cycle in along the seafront. Can't wait. It's most likely I'll be going alone, but would be keen on meeting up with people and getting to know the locals for a few days if it's that sort of vibe.

i.e. safe, reliable, etc?

Anyone have any idea that time the announcement is?

Blur, Nick Cave, Shellac, Swans, Liars, Glass Candy, Dan Deacon, Melody's Echo Chamber, James Blake, Dinosaur Jr., Metz, Fucked Up, Titus Andronicus, The Breeders, Deerhunter, Grizzly Bear, MBV, EiTS

no The Knife, no The Postal Service

Blur (na foto acima), Dan Deacon, Daniel Johnston, Daughn Gibson, Dead Can Dance, Dear Telephone, Deerhunter, Degreaser, Dinossaur Jr., Do Make Say Thing, Explosions in The Sky, Fidlar, Four Tet, Foxygen, Fuck Buttons, Fucked Up, Ghostdigital, Glass Candy, Grizzly Bear, Guadalupe Plata, Hot Snakes, James Blake, Julio Bashmore, L’Hereu Escampa, Liars, Local Natives, Los Planetas, Manel, Meat Puppets, Melody’s Echo Chamber, Memória de Peixe, Merchandise, Metz, My Bloody Valentine, Neco Case, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Nurse with Wound, OM, PAUS, Pegasvs, Rodriguez, Roll The Dice, Savages, Shellac, Swans, The Breeders (performing Last Spash), The Glockenwise, The Magician, The Sea and Cake, Titus Andronicus, White Fence, Wild Nothing.

I knew we'd miss a few people out but the 3 people I wanted to see most are all gone (Hot Chip, Knife, Wu Tang)

Still a few people I like, just a shame that I've seen them all before. Sure I'll find other things to like though...

And Omar Souleyman. Hot Chip would have been good too but as long as the weather's nice and the port is cheap I couldn't really give a fuck.

don't worry about the Porto cuts. In the end I only really wanted to see about 3 bands last year overall and the amazing festival, site, town, food, drink and weather more than made up for it. Plus discovered loads of really great bands I wouldn't have done normally.

And no chance of stumbling across Animal Collective noodling at 4am.

And the nice thing about Porto is that it's not as big as the barca one which gives a really good vibe.

Can't wait to be on the Matosinhos beach opposite the site drinking super bock now!

http://pitchfork.com/news/49423-optimus-primavera-sound-fest-announces-my-bloody-valentine-blur-nick-cave-grizzly-bear-swans-deerhunter-james-blake-fucked-up/

i want to do porto but... the knife :( barcelona is cheaper/easier to get to but prob more expensive once there

or maybe i should just save my money and go on a trip round eastern europe instead argh

http://www.primaverasound.com/noticiaSingle?origen=ps&id=1138

Come on Porto get the finger out!

I know there's a long time to go and I'm willing to be patient and pay a bit more. But can anyone advice where to look for tickets? Nothing going on ebay or gumtree - did anyone buy there last year?

Don't Panic

Another announcement?

http://www.seetickets.com/event/primavera-sound-2013-barcelona-/parc-del-forum/655056

Fiona Apple, Foxygen, FIDLAR and The Crime & City Solution have cancelled. (Shame about FIDLAR, don't care about the rest)

Django Django, Phosphorescent (rad!!!), DJ Koze, Scuba and The Drones added.

but not overly surprising

gonna be hard to see everyone tho

also is it regular festival slots? like 35-45m? or more like ATP, where minimum is usually an hour?

No more than 5 tracks per artists to get a good sweep across the entire festival if you want to chuck it on shuffle.

http://open.spotify.com/user/ma0sm/playlist/4KLb2bjgN0UUtU4xoqF7n8

It's going to be my 10th Primavera this year !

http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/diiv-cancel-european-tour-recording-new-album-with-former-girls-member-123434

if you can transfer tickets?

mate of mines not going and another wants the ticket, cheers.

i'm probs going for a saturday day ticket, and considering not booking any accommodation for sat night and just going straight to the train station for a 7:30am train back home (6 hours away in san sebastian). i have in my head that the bands/djs will finish at like 6am or so, is that right? is this a smart money-saving move or a really fucking stupid idea?

apartment booking has fell through.

times are now up on the site for Wednesday at the forum site
http://www.primaverasound.es/programacion#

The Wednesday is free for anyone who wants to go, regardless of whether they have tickets or not. Last year this was held fairly centrally at Arc dr Triomf(?), bug my guess is that was quite costly in terms of clearing up. Good though, as was the previous year at Montjuic. Three days at the Forum is enough for me