Primavera Sound Festival

Estrella Damm Primavera Sound Festival is an event that takes place in Barcelona, Spain, usually between May and June. Since 2005 the festival moved to the Parc del Fòrum site.

Pasts years' lineups have included Aphex Twin, Antony and the Johnsons, Arcade Fire, Cat Power, Françoiz Breut, Giant Sand, Julian Cope, LCD Soundsystem, Michael Gira, Smog, Mogwai, New Order, Shellac or Television.

2007 festival

The festival took place from May 31 to June 2. At the Primavera Sound 2007 edition, ATP's staff selected the whole lineup of one of the stages.

The current lineup included:

Thursday 31st May 2007
The Smashing Pumpkins,
The White Stripes,
Dirty Three,
Slint,
Comets on Fire,
Melvins,
Bola,
Fujiya & Miyagi,

Friday 1st June 2007
The Fall,
Blonde Redhead,
Billy Bragg,
Low,
Maxïmo Park,
The Rakes,
Hot Chip,
Modest Mouse,
Band of Horses,
Death Vessel,
Brightblack Morning Light,
Oakley Hall,
Los Planetas,
Built to Spill,

Saturday 2nd June 2007
Wilco,
Sonic Youth,
The Apples in Stereo,
Patti Smith,
Jonathan Richman,
Isis,
Buzzcocks,
Pelican,
Grizzly Bear,
The Durutti Column,
The Good, the Bad and the Queen,
Architecture in Helsinki,
The Long Blondes,

Sunday 3rd June 2007 (closing Party)
Of Montreal,
Erol Alkan,
Apostle of Hustle,
The Orchids,

2008 festival

The 2008 edition of the festival took place between May 29 and May 31.Some of the artists included in the lineup were:
808 State, A Place To Bury Strangers, Alan Braxe, Animal Collective, Apparat Band, Dj Assault, Atlas Sound, Autolux, Awesome Color, Bill Callahan, Bishop Allen, Bob Mould Band, Bon Iver, Boris, British Sea Power, Buffalo Tom, Caribou, Cat Power, Clipse, The Cribs, De La Soul, Deerhunter, Digital Mystikz, Dinosaur Jr., Dirty Projectors, Dr. Octagon aka Kool Keith + Kutmasta Kurt, Edan & MC Dagha, El Guincho, Ellen Allien, Enon, Eric's Trip, Fanfarlo, The Felice Brothers, Fuck Buttons, Dj Funk, Gentle Music Men, The Go! Team, Grande-Marlaska, Health, Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs, Holy Fuck, It's Not Not, Kavinsky, Kinski, Les Savy Fav, Lightspeed Champion, Madee, Man Man, The Mary Onettes, Mary Weiss, The Marzipan Man, Menomena, Messer Chups, Midnight Juggernauts, Mission Of Burma, Mixmaster Mike, Model 500, MV & EE with The Golden Road, Nick Lowe, No Age, The Notwist, Okkervil River, Om, Para One, Pissed Jeans, Polvo, Port O'Brien, Portishead, Prinzhorn Dance School, Public Enemy performing It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back, Robert Hood, Rufus Wainwright, The Rumble Strips, Scout Niblett, Sebadoh, Shipping News, Silver Jews, Simian Mobile Disco, Six Organs Of Admittance, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, The Strange Death of Liberal England, Subterranean Kids, Supermayer, Surkin, The Swell Season, Tachenko, Tarántula, Thomas Brinkmann, Throbbing Gristle, Tiefschwarz, Tindersticks, Träd Gräs och Stenar, Vampire Weekend, Vórtice, Voxtrot, White Williams, Why?, Young Marble Giants

Acoustic performances at Estrella Damm Primavera Sound at the MySpace Hall

Friday 30th: Yuri Landman (lecture), McEnroe, Lidia Damunt, Tachenko + Abraham Boba, Russian Red + Havalina, The Right Ons, Holy Fuck

Saturday 31st: Aaron Thomas, Kinski, Lightspeed Champion, Stephen Malkmus, La Bien Querida, Manos De Topo, Cultural Solynieve [ [http://www.primaverasound.com/index.php?sec=noticias&noticia=143&idioma=en Primavera Sound. » noticias ] ]

ources

External links

* [http://www.primaverasound.com/?idioma=en Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/primaverasound Official MySpace site]