Lorde illuminates a Primavera Sound punctuated by criticism of the organization

• Primavera Sound Festival euphoria returns 1,000 days later

on its way to dying of success

?

festival

intended this year to throw the house out the window to celebrate its twentieth edition in style and say goodbye to the pandemic with the return of live music.

With figures that exceed what could be considered rational: half a thousand concerts, 11 uninterrupted days of music, 160,000 square meters of venue... The numbers are so overwhelming that they could hardly be managed.

So if the criticism of the organization already occurred with the start of a festival that was about to collapse on the first day, its closure threatens to pour gasoline on the fire of controversy with the final event of

.

And then the complaint of each day: overflowing capacity, endless queues, poor visibility of the main stages, poor sound...

The macrofestival has once again tested its own limits this Friday with two of the most anticipated performances.

The main claims of the day were

, who had not yet been on stage in Barcelona, ​​and

, who should have done so last weekend but ended up unsubscribing due to a Covid infection in the group.

This setback with one of the main headliners led the organization to offer people who had their ticket the possibility of exchanging it for one for this Friday.

With Lorde it was not so much the influx as the enthusiasm that his faithful put from minute one.

"A pleasure to be here by the ocean," he started him by way of greeting to soon unleash the gush of his voice.

No artifice.

The New Zealand singer, songwriter and producer (and precocious artist to boot)

Even with that air of mystery that she puts on everything she touches.

And surely without looking for it.

'Royals'

, his first single and much acclaimed yesterday, gave him that overwhelming success that has taken him years to digest.

She has finally made it, with that ode to freedom (starting with her own) that is her third album,

.

A luminous Lorde (sheathed in a very tight black jumpsuit, yes), under a giant sun on the

, demonstrated at Primavera Sound why she is the closest thing to the antithesis of the banal and the insubstantial.

Perhaps because of the influence of a poet mother.

Growing up among poetry can only lead an artist like her to claim that pop doesn't have to be silly.

And that, as she confessed, this is her favorite time of the year.

She was noticed.

The festival will make an official assessment this Saturday of what was also the last edition based solely in Barcelona, ​​since the idea is to set foot in

in 2023. The twinning of both cities is called by the festival itself with a giant canvas by

or kissing in the style of

on the Berlin Wall (no trace of

and

).

But for now, the festival has faced another wave of criticism.

The first weekend attendees reported endless queues and crowds at the entrances and exits.

Now, the controversy of the end of the party comes for the Brunch On The Beach.

The concert that was going to end on Sunday this Primavera Sound will leave out many people who, according to reports on social networks, had a ticket paid in advance.

Not surprisingly, the show was included in the season ticket.

However, the organization's announcement explaining that in reality it could only be accessed by prior reservation has once again set fire to part of the public that was unaware of this requirement.

, they warned from the festival on social networks, therefore urging to make a "pre-reservation".

The problem came when after just one hour the organization had to admit that the tickets were already "sold out".

Complaints were immediate, to which Primavera Sound responded that the concert "has always been subject to the capacity of the event."

In this sense, they have justified the measure to avoid the endless queues that are already being criticized.

But there is a campaign even on

because, as reported, "hundreds of people received the email with the notification to reserve when the places were already sold out."

“We have paid a ticket for an event that we will not be able to enter”, lamented the public who, on the other hand, has also denounced in this second weekend of concerts excess capacity on the main stages.

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