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Primavera Sound (commonly referred to as Primavera) is an annual music festival held at the Parc del Fòrum in Barcelona, Spain, during late May and early June. It was founded in 2001 by Pablo Soler as "a showcase for Spanish Noise rock bands", originally held at the Poble Espanyol before moving to the Parc del Fòrum, a much larger site on the seafront, in 2005. It is one of the largest and most-attended music festivals in Europe and the biggest in the Mediterranean.
The festival's image was originally oriented around indie rock, but in recent years has seen a larger presence of genres such as hip hop, electronic dance music and Pop music. In contrast to most other European festivals, traditionally the first bands go on at 4:00 pm, the headliners begin at midnight, and the latest acts play until 6:00 a.m. Beginning in 2019, Primavera Sound became the world's first major music festival to achieve gender-equal lineups under the tagline "The New Normal". It was also the first to use exclusively Mobile ticketing.
Originally a one-day event, a second day was added beginning in 2002, and the 2004 edition became the first to feature a three-day lineup. In 2008, the festival began hosting free shows for ticketholders in local venues across Barcelona, beginning a tradition now known as Primavera a la Ciutat. No festival was held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It returned in 2022 with a two-week format for the first time, combining most bookings from the missed years, before reverting to a one-week event in 2023.
The success of the festival led to an international expansion to Porto in 2012 at the Parque da Cidade, which takes place a week after the main edition. In 2022 and 2023, the festival also held editions in North and South America. In 2023, a nearly identical lineup was also featured in Madrid.
Sonic Youth, Wilco, PJ Harvey and the National have all headlined the main festival a record four times, while Pixies, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Interpol, Pulp and My Bloody Valentine have done so three times.
Each Primavera Sound between 2009 and 2022 set new attendance records, growing from its small origins of just 7,700 tickets sold in 2001. The 2022 festival was visited by 460,500 people, the fourth-most attended music festival in the world that year, while generating €349 million in revenue for the city of Barcelona. The New York Times noted in 2014 that "the festival is sometimes called the Coachella of Europe", but without the "celebrity spotting" and "fashion and marketing trends" that the American festival is known for.
In 2003, the festival was officially named Estrella Damm Primavera Sound in partnership with the Barcelona-based beer brand Estrella Damm. The headliners were Belle and Sebastian on 23 May and Sonic Youth on 24 May. There were now five stages, while the film festival and record label fair took place at the Mercat de les Flors. Bands such as Arab Strap, Yo La Tengo, Teenage Fanclub, Television, Mogwai and The White Stripes played on the main Nitsa-Apolo stage. The Go-Betweens, Julian Cope, LCD Soundsystem, The Kills and Wire were also on the lineup. On the eve of the festival, there was a presentation party led by Godspeed You! Black Emperor at the Poble Espanyol and The Streets in Sala Apolo.
The 2004 festival was the first to take place over three days. It was headlined by the reunited Pixies (their first European show in 12 years), PJ Harvey, Primal Scream and Wilco (making their European debut). The main Nitsa-Apolo stage was also played by Franz Ferdinand, Mudhoney, Liars and Elbow. Elsewhere, artists like The Divine Comedy, Dizzee Rascal, Lloyd Cole, Smog, Sun Kil Moon, Scissor Sisters and Michael Gira were seen.
2006's headliners included Motörhead and Yo La Tengo on Thursday, The Flaming Lips, Dinosaur Jr. and Yeah Yeah Yeahs on Friday, and Lou Reed, Violent Femmes and Stereolab on Saturday. Other performers included Animal Collective, Babyshambles, Big Star, Deerhoof, Drive-By Truckers, Killing Joke, Richard Hawley, Sleater-Kinney and The Drones. Shellac performed for the first time; they have performed every year since, aside from 2007. That year, The New York Times dubbed it "the little festival that could", praising the Parc del Fòrum for its "picturesque setting... before an azure Mediterranean backdrop."
The 2007 event was headlined by the reunited The Smashing Pumpkins, The White Stripes, Wilco, Sonic Youth performing Daydream Nation in full for the first time, Patti Smith, Slint performing Spiderland in full and The Fall. Other prominent acts included The Good, the Bad & the Queen, Maxïmo Park, Los Planetas, Spiritualized, Modest Mouse, Buzzcocks, The Durutti Column, Jonathan Richman, Built to Spill, Billy Bragg, Melvins performing Houdini, Low, Blonde Redhead and Isis. It was the first year that DJ Coco (booker Abel Suárez) performed his festival-closing set of pop hits, which became a yearly tradition, ending with Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'".
The 2008 edition was headlined by Portishead, Public Enemy performing It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Rufus Wainwright and Cat Power. Other performers included Tindersticks, The Sonics, Sebadoh, De La Soul, Young Marble Giants, Mission of Burma, Throbbing Gristle, Juan Atkins, Nick Lowe, Vampire Weekend, MGMT and Bon Iver. It marked the first time that artists performed in club venues across Barcelona in the days leading up to the festival, beginning a tradition which would become known as Primavera a la Ciutat. Portishead played two sets, one at the outdoor Rockdelux Stage, where Chuck D joined for "Machine Gun", and one at the indoor Auditori the following day. By this year, 45% of festivalgoers came from other countries. Amidst the financial crisis in Spain, the 2009 event continued to break attendance records, aided by the cancellation of the competing Summercase festival. It was headlined by Neil Young, My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth. Aphex Twin, Bloc Party, Jarvis Cocker, Yo La Tengo, The Jayhawks, Spiritualized, Throwing Muses, Saint Etienne and The Jesus Lizard were also given prominent billing. It was Young's first Barcelona concert in 22 years, and he became the festival's most expensive headliner booked to date, ending a four-year pursuit to secure him. My Bloody Valentine also performed one outdoor and one indoor set. Performances in city venues began on the Monday of festival week, while more sets at the Parque Joan Miró extended the music to Sunday. The band Wavves had an infamous meltdown on the Pitchfork stage.
Clash commented that Primavera Sound was the "younger brother" of Sónar, Barcelona's longer-running music festival, drawing praise for its "holier than thou indieness" despite the latter's international reputation. Festival booker Abel Suárez noted six years later that booking Young "was a turning point in terms of growth" because Primavera Sound "started to be known as one of the most important festivals in Europe from that point on."
In 2011, attendance grew to over 120,000 people. Headliners were The Flaming Lips and Grinderman on Thursday, Pulp and Belle & Sebastian on Friday, and Animal Collective and PJ Harvey on Saturday. Other prominent names were Interpol, The National, Fleet Foxes, Sufjan Stevens, Mogwai, John Cale performing Paris 1919, Mercury Rev performing Deserter's Songs, M. Ward and Low. International brands such as Ray-Ban and Adidas began partnering with the festival. The festival overlapped with the 27 May protest at the Plaça de Catalunya, where 99 protestors were hospitalised by armed police, inspiring Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker to dedicate "Common People" to the protestors with a speech in Catalan language during their first announced set since 2002. On Saturday night, large crowds gathered at the video screens set up by the Llevant stage to watch FC Barcelona defeat Manchester United in the 2011 Champions League final.
The 2012 edition of the festival was headlined by Franz Ferdinand and Wilco on Thursday, The Cure on Friday and Justice on Saturday. Björk was supposed to headline Saturday but cancelled three weeks prior because of an inflamed vocal cord nodule. Notably, The Weeknd performed his first career European set and Refused, who broke up in 1998, played as part of their Reunion Tour. The xx, Death Cab for Cutie and Rufus Wainwright were also given prominent billing. Melvins, Sleep and El-P also dropped out. The Cure's headlining set lasted three hours, with 36 songs and three encores, including the first performance of "Fight" since 1987. It remains the longest single set in Primavera's history. The closing night was held at the Arc de Triomf and headlined by Richard Hawley. That year, the first edition of Primavera Sound took place at the Parque da Cidade in Porto, Portugal, sponsored by Optimus. at Primavera Sound 2013|alt=|left|235x235px]]2013's headliners were The Postal Service, Phoenix, Blur, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and My Bloody Valentine. The lineup also featured Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, Tame Impala, The Knife, James Blake, Band of Horses, Wu-Tang Clan and Los Planetas, among 260 acts. The festival was also set to host Fiona Apple's only scheduled performance of the year, but she canceled in April. Heineken replaced San Miguel as the festival's beer partner, and the festival dropped partnerships from its official name. The lineup for the 2014 edition was announced via a 26-minute short film. The headliners were Arcade Fire, Queens of the Stone Age, The National, Pixies, Slowdive, Nine Inch Nails and Kendrick Lamar. Slowdive announced their reunion after 19 years of disbandment to play the festival. The main stages were also played by Real Estate, Disclosure, Midlake, Warpaint, X, Haim, !!!, Spoon, Television (performing Marquee Moon in full), Volcano Choir and Foals. The Heineken Hidden Stage debuted this year, offering intimate concerts on a smaller stage which required ticket reservations to enter.
In 2015, the festival was headlined by The Black Keys, Antony and the Johnsons, Alt-J, Patti Smith performing Horses, The Strokes, Ride, Interpol and Underworld performing Dubnobasswithmyheadman. Other performers on the main stages included James Blake, Julian Casablancas & The Voidz, Damien Rice, the reunited Sleater-Kinney, Mac DeMarco and Foxygen. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark headlined a free Wednesday show. This year featured many reunions as Ride last performed in 1996, The Replacements disbanded in 1991 and Sleater-Kinney toured for the first time since 2006.
The 2016 festival was headlined by Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem (who had recently reunited), PJ Harvey and Sigur Rós. Tame Impala, Explosions in the Sky, Air, Beach House, The Last Shadow Puppets, Beirut, Moderat, Deerhunter, Wild Nothing and Brian Wilson's Pet Sounds also played on the main stages. Suede headlined the year's free lead-up Wednesday show. It saw the reunion of The Avalanches, who had not performed live since 2007 or DJ'd since 2011. A new beach stage opened across a bridge at the Sant Adrià de Besòs port focusing on electronic music sets from artists including Sophie and Todd Terje. The festival sold out earlier than ever, with Radiohead's first festival show in half a decade. Radiohead ended their set with an unplanned second encore of "Creep", the second time that the song was performed since 2009. Consequence of Sound named it the festival of the year.
The 2017 headliners were originally Bon Iver, Aphex Twin, Frank Ocean, The xx, Arcade Fire and Van Morrison. However, Ocean canceled his headlining gig four days before his performance due to "production delays beyond his control", replaced by a Jamie xx DJ set. Arcade Fire, Mogwai and Haim performed secret sets, while Slayer, Miguel, Grace Jones, Run the Jewels and Solange Knowles also played on the main stage. On 31 May, Arcade Fire released their new single "Everything Now" exclusively on a 12" vinyl single at the festival's merch table. The song was uploaded to streaming with a music video the next day, where the band debuted it live during their secret set. More than 200,000 people attended as the festival's budget grew to over €12 million. Stereogum acclaimed it as "the best festival in Europe".
In 2018, the headliners were Björk, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The National, Arctic Monkeys, Lorde and ASAP Rocky. Planned headliner Migos missed their flight to Barcelona and cancelled hours before their set. Skepta was named as their replacement but airport delays prevented him from landing in Barcelona in time, so Los Planetas filled in the timeslot on short notice. Artists from 33 countries were booked for the event. Chvrches, The War on Drugs, Alex G, Father John Misty, Tyler, the Creator, Lykke Li and Car Seat Headrest were among the names that also played the main stages. The area for the electronic music beach stages were renamed "Primavera Bits" and advertised as a "festival within a festival", featuring sets from artists such as Four Tet, Floating Points, Oneohtrix Point Never, Jon Hopkins, Panda Bear and Madlib. Multiple bands paid tribute to the recently deceased Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit. The festival emphasised a new initiative against sexual harassment with the slogan "no callem" (English: "we won’t keep quiet"), as a response to the MeToo movement and reports of widespread sexual harassment at Coachella.
On 21 June 2018, the American private equity firm Yucaipa Companies, led by billionaire Ronald Burkle, purchased a minority stake in Primavera Sound. The festival stressed that it remained an independent organisation.
The 2020 edition originally featured Massive Attack, Pavement (in their first performance since their 2010 hiatus), The National, The Strokes, Lana del Rey, Tyler, the Creator, Bad Bunny and Disclosure as headliners. In March 2020, the festival was moved to August 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and ultimately cancelled in May. Later that month, the 2021 lineup was announced, featuring similar lineups to the cancelled 2020 edition. However, in March 2021, the festival was cancelled again. Primavera Sound returned in 2022 from 1 June to 12 June, featuring a two-weekend model for the first time with a lineup that combined most bookings from the cancelled 2020 and 2021 editions with new names. The first weekend was headlined by Pavement, Tame Impala, Beck, The National, Gorillaz, Jorja Smith, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and Tyler, the Creator, while the second weekend was headlined by Dua Lipa, Gorillaz, Interpol, Tyler, the Creator, Lorde, The Strokes, Jorja Smith, Megan Thee Stallion, Tame Impala, Phoenix and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Scheduled headliner Massive Attack cancelled three months prior to their performance due to a member's health complications. Dreamcatcher became the first K-pop artist to play in the festival's history. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard performed five sets without repeating a single song in a setlist. There were a total of 674 shows at the festival.
As the 20th anniversary of the festival, it was considered an Event of Exceptional Public Interest by the Government's Ministry of Culture and Sports, the first international music festival in Spain to earn the distinction. It was attended by 460,500 people, including 65% foreigners, and the average attendee spent €1,423 in Barcelona during the festival, generating €349 million ($367 million) to the city.
The 2023 festival reverted to the one-week structure in Barcelona but was the first to feature a nearly identical edition in Madrid's Arganda del Rey neighborhood a week later. Presented under the slogan "I'll be your mirror", the headliners first announced in November 2022 were Blur, Halsey, Kendrick Lamar, Depeche Mode, Rosalía and Calvin Harris, followed by New Order in March. Other prominent performers included Darkside, Ghost, Turnstile, Baby Keem, Four Tet, Fred Again, Skrillex, Caroline Polachek, Måneskin and St. Vincent. Pet Shop Boys headlined the free Wednesday show in Parc del Fòrum for Barcelona and Cívitas Metropolitano in Madrid. On Friday, Skrillex's set was disrupted because the stage caught fire as he performed. There were 253,000 recorded attendees on smaller grounds than usual, as capacity was reduced from 95,000 to 75,000 with the removal of the Bits area. Barcelona experienced a decrease in foreign attendees from 70% to 52%, mainly among British visitors, which was attributed to the impact of Brexit and increased costs.
Before Madrid's planned opening day on 8 June, the festival canceled all performances on Thursday due to weather concerns. Headliner Blur held a free makeup show at the 2,500-capacity La Riviera club. Attendance in Madrid was lower than Barcelona, with 42,000 on Friday and 48,000 on Saturday, despite the festival grounds' capacity of 85,000. On 22 July, Primavera Sound announced that it would not be returning to Madrid in 2024 because "the city does not have a site able to host an event of this magnitude and format in terms of audience demands, production requirements, and musical show." Complaints were raised about the Ciudad del Rock complex's location 40 km away from Madrid's city center, long lines for shuttle buses to and from the venue, and overall poor logistics.
The 2025 lineup was revealed in October 2024, featuring headliners Chappell Roan, Charli XCX and Sabrina Carpenter, which Charli labeled the "holy trinity". Less than 24 hours later, Central Cee was added as an "additional headliner". In December, Charli announced that Troye Sivan would accompany her for the exclusive European date of their joint Sweat tour. This edition of the traditionally indie rock festival was headlined by three pop stars and one hip-hop act, and all tickets atypically sold out by January. The Auditori was unavailable in 2025 because of a private event booking. Attendance for the festival was 293,000, a franchise record for a single-week edition, and the economic impact of the festival generated over €300 million in revenue for Barcelona.
The festival's stages are named after its sponsors. The two main stages, where the headliners and other popular acts perform, are located on the Plataforma Marina, a large flat terrain that was scheduled to hold a marine zoo but that remained to be a fairground and multipurpose venue after the project seemed non-viable due to the Spanish financial crisis. This area is colloquially referred to as Mordor due to its demanding environment and distance from the festival entrance. It is the furthest point from the rest of the festival's stages. Two stages were placed in this area beginning in 2013. From 2014 to 2019, the two stages faced each other. Beginning in 2022, the stages were placed adjacent to one another to reduce crowd pressure. Before 2013, the main stage was held at the entrance esplanade as the San Miguel/Estrella Damm stage depending on the sponsor, and the second-largest stage was placed at the Plataforma Marina.
As of 2023, the other primary stages of the festival include an open-air amphitheater currently sponsored by Cupra Racing (formerly Ray-Ban), two outdoor stages near the main entrance of the festival grounds sponsored by Amazon Music and Brugal, a seafront stage with an emphasis on critically acclaimed artists currently sponsored by Eni Plenitude (formerly Pitchfork), and another seafront stage with an emphasis on heavy music sponsored by DICE (formerly Ouigo and Adidas). The Auditori Santander Bank (formerly the Auditori Rockdelux) is an indoor 3,000-capacity auditorium under the triangular-shaped Museum of Natural Sciences of Barcelona building. It is the only seated indoor stage on the festival's grounds. Past editions of the festival required a separate ticket for Auditori shows. There is a strict no food or drink policy for the Auditori, and the most popular shows require queueing outside the building in order to get in. The Auditori is noted for its darkened ambiance and emphasis on acoustics.
Stages which focus on electronic music include The Warehouse, which is sponsored by Stone Island (formerly NTS Radio) located in an underground car park, the Boiler Room x Cupra, and the Pull&Bear stage (formerly sponsored by DICE and a part of Primavera Bits). From 2016 to 2022, Primavera Bits was home to up to three stages located on a beach in the nearby Sant Adrià de Besòs municipality, which was accessible via a bridge and a waterfront path. In 2023, the area was removed from festival grounds because the festival was barred from using the bridge that connected the main grounds to the beach.
The ATP stage was run by London-based festival organisers All Tomorrow's Parties and featured artist lineups that were personally curated by the organisation. After All Tomorrow's Parties went out of business in 2016, the stage was renamed the Primavera stage in 2017. In 2022, this stage was renamed after cryptocurrency exchange Binance. However, the entrance esplanade which housed this stage was remodeled in 2023 to feature two adjacent stages. From 2014 to 2019, the festival was home to the Heineken Hidden Stage, which allowed for artists to be seen in a more intimate environment. The first band to play it was Gilla Band in 2014. In order to gain access to the stage, festivalgoers had to request a maximum of two tickets per each performer at the festival's information desk beginning at 4 p.m. of the respective day. In 2017, Pulp's Jarvis Cocker and Steve Mackey performed their Dancefloor Meditations project on the Wednesday before the main festival. In 2018, the stage was moved from the underground car park to an outdoor location where Arcade Fire had played a secret set the year prior, allowing for the abandonment of the ticket system. The stage was renamed to the Your Heineken Stage in 2019. The concept was revisited in 2023 with "The Vision by Pull&Bear" stage, where artists including Japanese Breakfast, Tomberlin and Del Water Gap played on a floating stage in the Mediterranean Sea.
In 2013, the festival featured a Ferris wheel overlooking the ATP stage, which Pitchfork criticised as "now-cliched".
The first Primavera a la Ciutat show on 26 May 2008 was headlined at La 2 de Apolo by Scarlet's Well, the project of The Monochrome Set lead singer Bid. That year also featured Ciutat sets from Matt Elliott, The Clientele and The Radio Dept. It was promoted as "Primavera als Clubs". The practice continued in 2009 with sets from David Gedge of The Wedding Present and Dälek. During these years, the Parque Joan Miró was also used as a venue. In 2012, Primavera a la Ciutat performances also took place at the Arc de Triomf. Prior to their headlining performance in 2016, LCD Soundsystem played a free secret show at BARTS, a club with a capacity of 900 people. The 2022 edition featured 14 separate venues across Barcelona used for Primavera a la Ciutat. With 460,500 tickets sold that year and entry into each venue on a first-come, first-serve basis, festivalgoers reported queueing over three hours ahead of time to ensure access to gigs such as a Megan Thee Stallion performance in a 2,000-capacity club.
The venues currently in use for Primavera a la Ciutat are Razzmatazz, Sala Apolo, La (2) de Apolo, Paral-lel 62 (formerly known as BARTS), La Nau and LAUT.
| 2001 | April 28 | No headliners | 7,700 | 7,700 | |
| 2002 | May 17–18 | Pulp · Spiritualized · Echo & the Bunnymen · Tindersticks | 17,800 | 8,900 | |
| 2003 | May 23–24 | Belle and Sebastian · Sonic Youth | 24,200 | 11,000 | |
| 2004 | May 27–29 | Pixies · PJ Harvey · Primal Scream · Wilco | 41,431 | 17,000 | |
| 2005 | May 26–28 | New Order · The Stooges · Sonic Youth · Steve Earle | 46,935 | 19,000 | |
| 2006 | June 1–5 | Motörhead · Yo La Tengo · Dinosaur Jr. · The Flaming Lips · Lou Reed · Stereolab · Violent Femmes | 48,563 | 21,000 | |
| 2007 | May 31–June 2 | The Smashing Pumpkins · Sonic Youth · The White Stripes · Wilco · Patti Smith · Slint · The Fall | 61,782 | 20,000 | |
| 2008 | May 29–31 | Portishead · Public Enemy · Cat Power · Rufus Wainwright | 59,129 | 26,000 | |
| 2009 | May 28–30 | Neil Young · My Bloody Valentine · Sonic Youth | 76,080 | 25,000 | |
| 2010 | May 27–29 | Pixies · Pavement · Pet Shop Boys · Wilco · Orbital | 101,200 | 30,000 | |
| 2011 | May 26–28 | The Flaming Lips · Grinderman · Pulp · Belle and Sebastian · Animal Collective · PJ Harvey | 123,300 | 36.000 | |
| 2012 | May 31–June 2 | Franz Ferdinand · Wilco · The Cure · Justice (replacing Björk) | 147,000 | 35,000 | |
| 2013 | May 23–25 | Phoenix · The Postal Service · Blur · The Jesus and Mary Chain · Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · My Bloody Valentine | 170,000 | 55,000 | |
| 2014 | May 29–31 | Arcade Fire · Queens of the Stone Age · The National · Pixies · Slowdive · Nine Inch Nails · Kendrick Lamar | 190,000 | 55,000 | |
| 2015 | May 28–30 | The Black Keys · Anthony and the Johnsons · The Replacements · Alt-J · Patti Smith · The Strokes · Ride · Interpol · Underworld | 195,000 | 55,000 | |
| 2016 | June 1–4 | Radiohead · LCD Soundsystem · Sigur Ros · PJ Harvey | 207,435 | 56,000 | |
| 2017 | May 31–June 3 | Bon Iver · Aphex Twin · Frank Ocean (cancelled) · The xx · Arcade Fire · Van Morrison | 208,400 | 57,000 | |
| 2018 | May 30–June 3 | Björk · Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · The National · Migos (cancelled) · Arctic Monkeys · Lorde · A$AP Rocky | 217,000 | 60,000 | |
| 2019 | May 30–June 1 | Erykah Badu · Future · Interpol · Tame Impala · Miley Cyrus (replacing Cardi B) · Janelle Monáe · Solange Knowles · J Balvin · Rosalía | 220,000 | 63,000 | |
| 2022 | June 2–12 | Massive Attack (cancelled) · Pavement · Tame Impala · Beck · The National · The Strokes · Gorillaz · Jorja Smith · Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Tyler, the Creator · Dua Lipa · Interpol · Lorde · Megan Thee Stallion · Phoenix · Yeah Yeah Yeahs | 460,500 | 76,600 | |
| 2023 | June 1–3 | Blur · Halsey · New Order · Kendrick Lamar · Depeche Mode · Rosalía · Calvin Harris | 253,000 | 84,000 | |
| 2024 | May 30–June 1 | Pulp · Vampire Weekend · Justice · Lana Del Rey · The National · Disclosure · SZA · PJ Harvey · Mitski · FKA Twigs (cancelled) · Charli XCX | 268,000 | 89,000 | |
| 2025 | June 5–7 | Charli XCX & Troye Sivan · Sabrina Carpenter · Chappell Roan · Central Cee | 293,000 | ||
| 24tg | 2026 | June 4-6 | The Cure • Doja Cat • The xx • Gorillaz • Massive Attack • Addison Rae • My Bloody Valentine • PinkPantheress • Skrillex • Peggy Gou | ||
Upon the conclusion of the 2019 festival in Barcelona, Primavera Sound announced new editions in Los Angeles Historic Park in the United States, scheduled for September 2020, and London's Drumsheds venue, for June 2020. However, Primavera pulled out of the London plans over time constraints and concerns over permits and licenses. The London edition was scheduled to replace or merge with Field Day. performing at Primavera Sound São Paulo in 2022]]The first Los Angeles edition, co-produced by Live Nation, occurred from September 16–18, 2022 and was headlined by Lorde, Arctic Monkeys and Nine Inch Nails. The editions in São Paulo, Buenos Aires and Santiago all took place from October to November 2022, and were all headlined by Arctic Monkeys, Björk, Lorde and Travis Scott. It was notably Scott's first festival booking since the Astroworld Festival crowd crush. Other international performers at these editions included Arca, Beach House, Cat Power, Caroline Polachek, Charli XCX, Father John Misty, Japanese Breakfast, José González, Interpol, Mitski, and Phoebe Bridgers.
The expansion into Latin America continued in 2023, with a one-day event in Asunción, Paraguay as Primavera Day Asuncion. However, the Los Angeles edition did not continue because of an oversaturated American market and inconvenient scheduling. A first edition was supposed to be held in Bogotá, Colombia, but on 17 October 2023, the festival was cancelled and rebranded as "Road to Primavera" featuring just five of the original 29 listed artists because of low ticket sales and instability in Colombia. There was also a "Road to Primavera" in Lima, Peru. The Cure were announced as headliners for all South American editions; other headliners included Grimes, Beck, Pet Shop Boys, Blur, The Killers and The Hives. Following The Cure's first-ever performance in Uruguay on 27 November 2023, a one-day event was announced for Montevideo on 21 November 2024 as Primavera Day Montevideo.
On 30 August 2024, Primavera Sound announced that all Latin American editions that year were cancelled. They did not return in 2025.
| 2012 | June 8–10 | The Flaming Lips · The xx (replacing Björk) · Wilco | |
| 2013 | May 30–June 1 | Blur · Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · James Blake · My Bloody Valentine | |
| 2014 | June 5–7 | The National · Pixies · Kendrick Lamar · Caetano Veloso · Neutral Milk Hotel · Mogwai | |
| 2015 | June 4–6 | Interpol · Antony and the Johnsons · Ride · Underworld | |
| 2016 | June 9–11 | Sigur Rós · PJ Harvey · Air | |
| 2017 | June 8–10 | Bon Iver · Aphex Twin · Justice | |
| 2018 | June 7–9 | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Lorde · A$AP Rocky | |
| 2019 | June 6–8 | Solange Knowles · Stereolab · J Balvin · Interpol · Erykah Badu · Rosalía | |
| 2022 | June 9–11 | Tame Impala · Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Pavement · Beck · Gorillaz · Interpol | |
| 10th | 2023 | June 7–10 | Kendrick Lamar · Rosalía · Pet Shop Boys · Blur · Halsey |
| 11th | 2024 | June 6–8 | SZA · PJ Harvey · Mitski · Lana Del Rey · Justice (cancelled) · Pulp · The National |
| 12th | 2025 | June 12–14 | Charli XCX · Central Cee · Jamie xx • Chappell Roan • LCD Soundsystem • Sabrina Carpenter • FKA Twigs |
| 2022 | September 16–18 | Arctic Monkeys · Lorde · Nine Inch Nails |
| 1st | 2022 | October 31–November 6 | Arctic Monkeys · Björk · Lorde · Travis Scott |
| 2nd | 2023 | December 2–3 | Beck · The Cure · The Killers · Pet Shop Boys |
| 1st | 2022 | October 14, November 7–13 | Arctic Monkeys · Björk · Charli XCX · Jack White · Lorde · Mitski · Pixies · Travis Scott |
| 2nd | 2023 | November 25–26 | Beck · Blur · The Cure · Pet Shop Boys |
| 2022 | November 7–13 | Arctic Monkeys · Björk · Jack White · Lorde · Pixies · Travis Scott |
| 2023 | June 9–10 | Blur (cancelled) · Halsey (cancelled) · New Order (cancelled) · Kendrick Lamar · Depeche Mode · Rosalía · Calvin Harris |
| 1st | 2023 | December 7 | The Cure Grimes |
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