Record ticket sales for Primavera Sound 20

The 20th-anniversary Primavera Sound Barcelona has shifted 10,000 tickets in a day with a gender-equal line-up featuring Lana Del Rey, Tyler the Creator and the Strokes

News By | 17 January 2020

Primavera Sound in Barcelona
Primavera Sound returns to the Parc del Fòrum this June © Christian Bertrand/Primavera Sound 2019

This week’s line-up announcement for the 20th-anniversary Primavera Sound has led to “the most significant surge in sales in the history” of the Barcelona festival, with more than 10,000 tickets sold in the space of 24 hours, according to organisers.

Tickets for Primavera Sound Barcelona went on sale at 10am local time yesterday (16 January) via new ticketing partner Dice, on the back of positive press for its 2020 line-up, which features 211 artists from 35 countries, including the likes…

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