Pearl Jam, Dua Lipa, The Smashing Pumpkins and Avril Lavigne are some of the first confirmed artists for the next edition of the Mad Cool festival in Madrid. A date that the organization put in motion with a discussed advertising campaign and in which, in addition to the artists, the novelties will have to do with the organizational aspect: Less capacity and improvements in its facilities so that the edition that will be held between July 10 and 13 left a better taste in the mouth for those attending.
It was at a meeting with the press held this Monday in which the organization of the event revealed other names of its seventh edition such as Janelle Monáe, Sum 41, Black Pumas, Jessie Ware, Bring Me The Horizon and Arlo Parks.
With one more day than in its previous call, Mad Cool will begin the programming on Wednesday, July 10 with Dua Lipa, The Smashing Pumpkins, Janelle Monáe, Garbage, Rels B, Nothing But Thieves, Tom Odell, James Arthur and Soccer Mommy, among others.
Pearl Jam, who were already protagonists of this festival in 2018, return as headliners on July 11, in which more rock will be performed by Greta Van Fleet and the Spanish project Motxila 21, made up of 15 musicians with Down syndrome .
Keane, Michael Kiwanuka, Bomb Estéreo, Mando Diao, Sofi Tukker will also participate in that day.
On Friday, July 12, the guitars will continue to sound outside thanks to Sum 41, Black Pumas and Tom Morello. It will once again be a day that combines diverse sounds thanks to artists like Jessie Ware.
Already on Saturday, July 13, as a closing, the protagonists will be Bring Me The Horizon and Avril Lavigne, who had not played in Spain since her last visit to Madrid in 2007. The Gaslight Anthem, Arlo Parks, Ashnikko and The Blessed Madonna will be also in the musical offering of that day.
There are even more artists to be announced in the coming weeks, including some headliners, especially on Friday, as confirmed to EFE by the organization, which has also reported that the maximum capacity of 70,000 people will be reduced, although not has not yet specified the final figure.
"Already in the change of venue in 2018 there were problems that did not occur the following year and I think that here we will also get better," Javier Arnaiz, co-director of the festival, assured the press after last year's incidents at the premiere of the Iberdrola Music, its new venue in the south of the city.
In that sense, he has pointed out improvements in the facilities, with two fewer stages (going from eight to six), more open spaces and changes in the location, for example of the bathrooms towards the perimeter after the experiment of placing them in 2023 in the area. central.
"We are also working with the venue to reduce the internal and acoustic impact, both the acoustic impact and the flow of people entering and leaving the public," he assured after complaints from residents of the surrounding neighborhoods and the fines that were imposed. imposed for these reasons, which has also led to designing a new mobility plan and maintaining the closing of the festival at 02:00 in the morning.
