Rescheduled Primavera Sound 2020 cancelled

“The most difficult decision in our history”: Organisers call time on the 2020 edition of Primavera Sound Barcelona

News By IQ | 11 May 2020

Primavera Sound in Barcelona
Primavera Sound will no longer take place this year © Christian Bertrand/Primavera Sound 2019

The 20th anniversary of Primavera Sound will no longer take place this year, despite being rescheduled to the end of August.

Organisers of the festival, which experienced record ticket sales this year following the release of a line-up including the Strokes, Massive Attack, Iggy Pop, Lana Del Rey and Kacey Musgraves, announced today (11 May) that they have been “obliged to postpone the next edition of Primavera Sound Barcelona, for reasons of force majeure, until next year from 2 to 6 June 2021.”

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