Primavera Sound Reveals Lineup For 2023 Events | The Quietus

Primavera Sound Reveals Lineup For 2023 Events

The festival will host Kendrick Lamar, Depeche Mode, Blur and more in Barcelona and Madrid next year

Primavera Sound has revealed the lineups for its dual events in Barcelona and Madrid next summer.

Among the headliners are Kendrick Lamar, Depeche Mode, Blur, Rosalía, St. Vincent, FKA twigs, The Moldy Peaches, Skrillex, Calvin Harris and Le Tigre. Pet Shop Boys are also lined up perform as part of a free day of music that will take place in Barcelona on May 31, and Madrid on June 7.

Also among the more than 200 acts that will perform at each edition of the festival in Barcelona and Madrid are John Cale, Unwound, Karate, Christine And The Queens, Turnstile, Caroline Polachek, Kelela, Pusha T, The Comet Is Coming, Emeralds, Self Esteem, Hudson Mohawke, Four Tet, The Mars Volta, Sparks, Julia Holter, Yves Tumor, Laurie Anderson, Death Grips and Jockstrap.

This year’s Primavera Sound will mark the first time that the festival has come to Madrid, where it will take place at the Ciudad del Rock in Arganda del Rey. The two cities’ lineups, the festival revealed earlier this year, will "mirror each other on two consecutive weekends." Tickets for both editions of the event will go on sale this Thursday (December 1) at 10am CET.

Primavera Sound will take place in Barcelona from May 31 to June 4, and Madrid from June 7 to 11, 2023. Find more information here.

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