Primavera
Primavera’s 20th anniversary festival is put back a year, Getintothis’ Peter Guy reports.
Primavera Sound‘s 20th anniversary festival in Barcelona has been postponed until 2021.
The Barcelona based festival switched from June 3-7 to August following the coronavirus pandemic – and will now take place June 2-6, 2021.
All purchased tickets will be valid for the dates in 2021 and will include special benefits to ‘express gratitude for our audience’s loyalty’ while those who wish to can get a refund.
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This year’s event was to mark the festival’s 20th anniversary with the original line up including Pavement, Lana Del Rey, Massive Attack, Bauhaus, The Strokes, Bikini Kill among many others.
Other highlights include Getintothis favourites, Fontaines D.C., Richard Dawson, Einsturzende Neubauten and Kim Gordon while there is a welcome return for post-punk stalwarts, Les Savy Fav.
In a lengthy statement issued today, organisers said: “Primavera Sound announces the most difficult decision in its history: finally we cannot celebrate our 20th anniversary during 2020, as we all would have liked.
“And it won’t be for lack of trying. When, on March 28th, we announced the change of date to the end of August, we did so under the supervision and with the green light from the local and health authorities, who at that moment validated its celebration this year.
“However with the evolution of this unprecedented health crisis and faced with the uncertainty of the easing of lockdown measures for festivals, we find ourselves obliged to postpone the next edition of Primavera Sound Barcelona, for reasons of force majeure, until next year: from 2nd to 6th June 2021.
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“We are devastated and are terribly sorry for the inconvenience caused, but the health and well-being of our audience and of all the people involved in the festival has always been and still is our absolute priority. We cannot thank you enough for your patience, love and understanding in this very uncertain scenario.
“On that same day we will announce the first artists for Primavera Sound Barcelona 2021, whose line up will still celebrate the 20th anniversary of the festival embracing the #bestfestivalforever philosophy thanks to the great commitment and effort of the artists themselves, who have also been greatly affected by the current situation and who will do everything possible not to miss this event.
“It doesn’t matter when it is: this will be our anniversary party and we want to celebrate it with everyone who was going to come this year.”
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