Porto, Santiago, Buenos Aires and now Los Angeles. These are just some of the cities that Primavera Sound – born in Barcelona in 2001 – now calls home.
Expanding steadily and rapidly, the festival is now a brand unto itself and has forged its own template of being a haven to big names and cultivating an immaculate, laid back atmosphere. But it hasn’t all been smooth sailing. Originally slated for 2020, Covid put paid to the festival’s Californian debut for over two years. Despite the extra prep time, there are typical first-year teething problems, mainly around the sale of alcohol. Planned as a 21+ event, Sunday’s headliners Arctic Monkeys would reportedly not play unless it was 18+.
