Is this the best festival ever?

[MonkeyboyUK]

Held in Barcelona at the beginning of June, the Primevera has the following line-up this year:

Architecture In Helsinki
Girls Against Boys
Múm
Bad Brains
Grizzly Bear
Mus
Band Of Horses
Grupo De Expertos Solynieve
Nathan Fake
Barry Adamson
Hell
Oakley Hall
Billy Bragg
Herman Düne
Oliver Huntemann
Blonde Redhead
Isis
Patti Smith
Bola
Ivan Smagghe
Pelican
Bonde Do Role
Jonathan Richman
Play Paul
Brightblack Morning Light
Justice
The Rakes
Built To Spill
Kid Koala
Reinhard Voigt
Buzzcocks
Kimya Dawson
Robyn Hitchcock And The Venus 3
Comets On Fire (*performing "Blue Cathedral*)
Klaxons
Slint (*performing "Spiderland*)
David Carretta
Lisabö
Smashing Pumpkins
David Thomas Broughton
The Long Blondes
Spank Rock
Death Vessel
Los Planetas
Spiritualized acoustic mainlines
Diplo
Low
Standstill
Dirty Three
Luke Slater
Technasia
DJ Yoda
Luomo
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
Dominik Eulberg
Matt Elliot
The Good The Bad & The Queen
The Durutti Column
Maxïmo Park
Toktok
Erol Alkan
Melvins (*performing "Houdini*)
Uffie & Feadz
Explosions In The Sky
Mijk Van Dijk
Umek
Fennesz & Mike Patton
Modest Mouse
Wilco

Now consider the fact that it only costs £59 (88 Euros) for a 3-day ticket - wow! You could easily spend that on tix to see a couple of the bigger names alone, but here you get a weekend in Spain into the bargain. :thumbs:

[DeadYankee]

I doubt it, but I guess it depends what you are into

I mean I went to Reading in 1989 and saw
The Butthole Surfers
Spacemen 3
My Bloody Valentine
The Sugarcubes
New Order
The Pogues
House of Love

and some other top acts that I can't remember ATM. I'd say that each was better than anyone on that bill but, like I said, horses for courses

[GregB]

It can't be the best festival ever as there is no Chris De Burgh :mad:

[Mr Majestik]

There's no Lil Chris either.

[douglasb]

Sunday 20th Sept 1976; Subway Sect, Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Clash and the Sex Pistols.

Monday 21st Sept 1976; the Stinky Toys, Chris Spedding & The Vibrators, The Damned and Buzzcocks.

That would've done me fine.

[Nicky Ray]

It's a good lineup, nice and alternative. Cheap and in Barcelona as well!

[Johnny Vodka]

There's no Lil Chris either.

Or Razorlight, Kaiser Chiefs or The Killers. ;)

[fransome]

I'd be willing to pay that just to see Bad Brains again :notworthy :luv:

I think I've had tickets for at least 4 shows that they've been due to play in the UK and have cancelled for various reasons over the last 12 or so years.

[Nathan-Wind]

There some good bands on there that don't play the UK very often like Built to Spill.