Yet the roots of the festival’s sustained popularity lie in what it stands for: thoughtful curation and a level of commercialism that doesn’t descend into overbearing, soul-sapping sponsorship. As 60,000 attendees descend on the site, certain truths about the festival prevail: it can be chaotic, but is ultimately slickly run as a number of lessons from last year seem to have been learned – even if there appears to be more glowstick-wielding vape sellers than water refill points available. The stakes for Primavera this year, then, are eye-wateringly high.
Festival-goers complained of a restless atmosphere that was exacerbated by last-minute dropouts from a significant number of artists, including PinkPantheress, Kehlani and headliners The Strokes. The first day was marred by staff shortages and technical difficulties which led to overcrowded stages, long bar queues and a lack of access to water despite the high temperatures. The Barcelona festival – which takes place along a 14-hectare coastal stretch of Parc del Fòrum – hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons in 2022.
Standing in walking distance of a beach in the sweltering heat, indulging in a world-beating line-up with a warm Aperol Spritz in hand: Primavera Sound Barcelona has finally, gloriously, returned to form. regarding What Katy Did Next the 2nd best band from Hull.It was always meant to be like this.
They also produced a fanzine, THE NUDIST and their fan club was SCHOOL FOR SPIES.Īn excellent live recording of The Gargoyles at The Adelphi club in their home city of Hull is also available for download on Sheffield Tape Archive. They released a mini-album MRS TWO DINNERS, an album STEAM-FLAPPER and two singles MAGNIFICENT CHURCH and MAD MEN FROM THE PLANET SEX. The Gargoyles were famously the best band from Hull (The Housemartins were apparently 3rd best, and What Katy Did Next were 2nd - check out their music elsewhere on bandcamp). A compilation of tracks from two cassette demo releases circa 1986 : A DIVIL IN UNDIES and BRING ME THE HEAD OF PAM AYRES (a live session which was recorded for Radio Leeds).
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