The first full-throated day of Primavera Sound that allowed the public to flow easily on the pilgrimage between stages, which this Thursday became more bearable thanks to the clouds that acted as an umbrella for a good part of the day. There were expectations to know if the reduction in capacity and the new distribution of the venue would serve to avoid the collapses experienced on the first day of the last edition, and this was the case in the afternoon session. No one queued longer than usual at an event of this type, and there were no more suffocations than those caused by the excitement of the fans when they saw their idols on stage.
Los Antònim had the honor of launching the festival half an hour late. His folk with electronic overtones with an accent from Lleida was presented on the great Amazon Music stage. However, attention fell on the adjoining Brugal stage, where a hundred young people gathered, some running, to take positions in the face of the amazement of the Heathers, who performed at 5:00 p.m. It wasn't them they were waiting for, but the Red Veltet, the Korean girls who arouse passions with their K-pop. and that they did not perform until… 8:45 p.m., almost 5 hours that their fans were conspired to wait.
With more audiences on Amazon Music, it was Joe Crepúsculo's turn and his highly danceable synth-pop with influences from the dance floors (and bumper cars) of the 80s and 90s, which made the crowd jump. with his spasmodic pop, to which he adds flamenco mixes in songs like A fuego.
While on the Estrella Damm stage the rock chords mixed with jazz and slow folk of the English Black Country and New Road sounded, in the Cupra one of the first hidden jewels that shines in this Spring was revealed, Floweroflove, the London teenager with striking hair Afro who is revolutionizing generation Z with his pop and psychedelic soul songs, which he composes while parading at Fashion Week in Paris for brands like Gucci.
Once the British recital was over, all it took was little more than turning around to find a diametrically opposed sound proposal like that of Ghost. The Swedish heavy metal band made their appearance on a stage turned Gothic cathedral with Tobias Forge wearing skeleton face makeup. Along with his masked acolytes, they performed songs from his satanic discography before an audience that followed the concert with more curiosity than interest, magnetized by the band's double bass drum.
At the same time, the singer, violinist and composer Sudan Archives reeled off her latest and acclaimed work, Natural Brown Prom Queen, on the Plenitude stage, swinging to the rhythm of soul, hip hop and rytyhm
It was late afternoon and at 8:00 p.m. the public began to gather on the central stage. He did not want to miss a day that this Friday premiered its live broadcast through the Amazon Music Twitch channel. Performances like those of Blur, Alex G or Arlo Parks were the first to be seen live and for free both through the social network and Amazon Prime.
Although the live show will always be better, especially by bands like Turnstyle, who displayed their hardcore punk on the stage, updating the 90s guitars with electronic bases, a very different format from the one offered by the NxWorries on the twin stage. Hip-hop and soul to welcome the night, during which performances by New Order, Halsey and Blur were expected to leave those who have resisted until dawn sated with music.
