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Journal
The signs are unmistakable. Announcements are landing in quick succession, the city is beginning to hum with a familiar anticipation. And anyone who has spent a June in Barcelona will know exactly what that means: Primavera Sound is on the...
Journal
Festivalgoers having a good whinge about the lineup is a tradition as old as warm cider and stupid flags. I was at Reading 2000 when Daphne and Celeste were bottled off stage by Gen X’s most inglorious neanderthals (I, personally, would have saved...
Journal
The sun is out, the terraces are brimming over, and the sense of a summer of decadence is in the air for music savvy revellers. For Barcelona, you see, primavera is more than a season. As one of Europe’s most beloved music festivals sets to return...
Journal
“We haven’t forgotten anything, have we,” asks Jarvis Cocker at the end of a commanding headline set on Thursday night. Following a set stuffed to the gills with bona-fide bangers including Babies, Disco 2000, Do You Remember the First Time?...
Journal
It doesn’t seem two minutes since Primavera Sound’s 12 day post-pandemic extravaganza shook us out of our suspended animation, but two years later it is time once more to shake off the cold month’s cobwebs and get excited about Barcelona’s...
Journal
Back with a bang last year, following its two year Covid absence with a gargantuan 20th anniversary edition, Primavera Sound’s mirror festival in both Barcelona and Madrid has led to a descaling of its footprint back home on the Mediterranean...
Journal
After two summers of despair, Primavera Sound returned to Barcelona last June with all the bombast this gargantuan festival has become renowned for. Twelve days and nights, almost half a million people, and a seemingly endless lineup that spanned...
Dispatches
When the 19th edition of Barcelona’s Primavera Sound shut its gates on 1 June 2019, the world was a very different place. The next two summers would pass with hopes raised and then hopes dashed; tumultuous ups and downs and world had quickly grown...
The Edit
In 2018, with visitors from 126 different countries attending events through the entirety of the city, we declared that for Barcelona’s Primavera Sound, Bigger was Better. After just 18 editions, they had rocketed from 8,000 visitors to up to...
Journal
“I made a series of decisions that led to an isolated existence almost by accident,” says Cate Le Bon of a year spent in self-imposed isolation, “but it was what I needed to readdress my relationship with music and the world.” “I...
Journal
Can a festival continue to grow at an exponential rate? Rocketing from under 8,000 visitors to more than 100,000 in the course of a decade, you might think for Barcelona’s Primavera Sound that the answer is firm no. 18 editions in, though, and...
Journal
As Madrid-based indie rockers, Hinds, prepare to take on Barcelona’s Primavera Sound for the first time, We Heart speaks to co-founder/co-frontwoman Ana Perrote about press and politics; life on the road; Barcelona; and their sophomore album, I...
City Notes
Independent restaurant brand Forza Wine opened its debut central London outpost 2 March, landing in the thick of Soho with a new restaurant and terrace on Manette Street. Taking over a prominent corner site, the 100 cover indoor space and 70 seat...
City Notes
In Kraków’s historic Kazimierz district, restaurant Dala brings a slice of Sweden to southern Poland, its interiors conceived by local design studio Znamy się as an ode to ritual and landscape. Named after the dalahäst — the painted wooden...
City Notes
Overlooking the wide, sandy curve of Cala Llonga, where shallow turquoise waters meet pine-covered hills, Mondrian Ibiza is situated right on the shoreline of one of the infamous island’s more laid-back bays. Just 15 minutes from Ibiza Town —...
City Notes
Cometa, a contemporary Mexican seafood restaurant from Carousel co-founders Ed and Ollie Templeton, has opened its doors, bringing a fresh perspective to Charlotte Street with a menu that celebrates the best of British fish and seafood through a...
Dispatches
More people in India are walking into hair clinics today than ever before. Dermatology waiting rooms are full, online consultations are booked weeks in advance, and the hair care industry — once dominated by oil brands and home remedies — is...
Dispatches
The internationally acclaimed A’ Design Award & Competition has concluded another successful cycle, revealing the winners of its 2025—2026 programme. Established to encourage innovation and elevate global design standards, the awards continue to...
Dispatches
You know when you walk into a room and something just clicks? Often it's colour doing the work. A well-chosen tile can shift the entire mood of a space; and blue, more than most, has a way of making rooms feel considered without being overdone. It's...
Dispatches
Planning transport for a small group often comes with its own set of challenges. From coordinating multiple cars to dealing with parking and navigation, even a simple trip can become stressful. Whether you are organising a corporate outing, a family...