We have imagined it; we have fantasised about it. The film of the twentieth anniversary of Primavera Sound has been screened several times in our best dreams and now, at last, the return of the festival after three years is finally on the horizon. An unprecedented display, with over 500 performances shared between the Parc del Fòrum, different venues and spaces in the city and the beach of Sant Adrià de Besòs, which will condense the most exciting sounds of today to turn Barcelona into the busiest crossroads of contemporary music: all imaginable routes end up passing through the Primavera Sound line-up.
With little over a month to go, just 34 days, before all this goes from theoretical to being experienced on stage, Primavera Sound has added new names to its programme, which has been extended even more with a batch of artists and bands led by Mdou Moctar and his rock from the desert, the grindcore legend Napalm Death, 2manydjs’ case of hits, Caterina Barbieri in her continuous search for new sounds, Myd’s French touch in band format, Richard Dawson presenting his new and rare adventure with the Finns Circle, Saramalacara and Dillom representing the new Argentine urban wave and Yeule’s cyborg-pop. As if that wasn't enough, the new batch of names is completed with John Glacier and his glitch-rap, the neotrance productions of Doss, the hallucinogenic garage of Frankie and the Witch Fingers, the dance-punk revolution of De1l Girlz x Dani Rev, the Brazilians Teto Preto, the hardcore producer Osheyack, the DIY dance by the Congolese band KOKOKO!, the Canadian DJ Peach, the hard-dance eminence Anne Savage, the Argentinian producer Tayhana, the pop-punk of Aiko el Grupo and the revelation from Tanzania DJ Travella, the nightmare trap by IC3PEAK, Paquita Gordon from Milan and her vinyl suitcase and the digger touch by Xtrarradio DJs. Of course, DJ Coco will not miss the event: on its 20th anniversary, he will also be making the Parc del Fòrum dance until dawn.
In total there are 25 new confirmations which will be distributed between the central days in the Parc del Fòrum and the Primavera a la Ciutat programme, which has now also been extended with a welcome day for the full festival ticket holders (either for one or both weekends) which will take place on the 1st of June in the Poble Espanyol (with performances by Rina Sawayama, Wet Leg and Teto Preto) and the Sala Upload (with the shows of Tayhana, KOKOKO!, DJ Travella and De1l Girlz x Dani Rev). The Weekend 1 line-up has also grown with the addition of star producer Fred again.., who will bring his emotional electronica to both weekends.
On the other hand, unfortunately, 33EMYBW, Connan Mockasin, Cuban Doll, Jessica Pratt, Jane Fitz, Joan Shelley, King Princess, Núria Graham, OM, Perfume, Tokischa and Turnstile will finally not perform at Primavera Sound Barcelona - Sant Adrià 2022 for reasons resulting from different changes of plans in their respective careers, which are experiencing very different moments from the ones they were experiencing in 2021 or even in 2020, or which have been affected by some post-pandemic restrictions.. In the same way that the change of global scene in recent months has created opportunities to include artists and bands, allowing the line-up to be updated with new musical arrivals, other eventualities make it impossible for the aforementioned names to keep the festival on their agenda.