Primavera Sound 2025 is a music festival scheduled to take place between 5 June and 7 June 2025 in Barcelona, Spain. It will be the 23rd edition of the festival.

Primavera Sound 2025
GenrePop[1]
Dates5 June 2025 – 7 June 2025
Location(s)Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain)
Coordinates41°24′40.75″N 2°13′28.57″E / 41.4113194°N 2.2246028°E / 41.4113194; 2.2246028
FoundersPablo Soler
Capacity75,000
Websitewww.primaverasound.com

Background

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On 24 October 2024, Primavera Sound announced the initial lineup for the festival's 2025 edition, featuring three female pop stars as headliners: Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan. Charli declared that the trio were the "holy trinity", and the festival said: "The fact of having three female artists headlining a festival like this is especially symbolic if we consider that they also lead an artistic line-up that is gender-balanced. This has been the hallmark of Primavera Sound since the unforgettable 2019 edition, which for the first time balanced a historically uneven scale. This closes, finally."[2][3] Tom Breihan wrote for Stereogum that Primavera "booked all three main characters from 2024’s pop girl summer as headliners".[4]

The festival also announced a new LCD Soundsystem album in 2025 along with their appearance, though recanted that claim a day later.[5][6] On 20 November 2024, the festival sold out its weekend tickets for the first time in a regular edition since 2016.[7]

Reception

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In November 2024, Stereogum said that "rock-leaning institutions embracing pop is not a new phenomenon" but described the Primavera headliners as "a new frontier in poptimism."[8]

References

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  1. ^ https://consequence.net/2024/10/primavera-sound-2025-lineup-charli-xcx-chappell-roan-sabrina-carpenter/
  2. ^ Dailey, Hannah (2024-10-24). "Charli XCX Dubs Herself, Chappell Roan & Sabrina Carpenter the 'Holy Trinity' Ahead of Primavera Sound". Billboard. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  3. ^ "Primavera Sound 2025: Charli xcx, Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter". Spin. 2024-10-24.
  4. ^ "Primavera Sound 2025 Books Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, & Sabrina Carpenter As Headliners". Stereogum. 2024-10-24. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  5. ^ Hiatt, Brian (2024-10-24). "LCD Soundsystem Plan First Album in Seven Years". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  6. ^ "Primavera Sound walks back LCD Soundsystem album announcement". BrooklynVegan. 2024-10-25.
  7. ^ Walfisz, Jonny. "Primavera Sound sells out: Why festivals are more expensive and popular than ever". www.euronews.com. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  8. ^ "7 Thoughts About The 2025 Grammy Nominations". Stereogum. 2024-11-08. Retrieved 2024-11-14.