The English music legends have been added to the line up along with Beabadoobee and 34 other acts. It means the Spanish festival is shaping up to be one of the best and must go to festivals next year.
Names that have also been added are Tame Impala, The Strokes and Gorillaz. Next year is going to be the festival’s twentieth anniversary and it is turning out to be the most star studded edition of it in a long time.
On the festival’s Twitter page they have announced the line up and it features a lot of high profile artists such as Mavis Staples, Jamie XX and Little Simz. Check out the full line up below.
New names! Tickets on sale today at 11AM CEST https://t.co/dZGZ7OaQ44#CantDoWithoutYoupic.twitter.com/cKP1GYIPgn
— primavera_sound (@Primavera_Sound) June 3, 2020
Massive Attack have sold over 13 million records worldwide and have won a Brit Award, 2 Q Awards and 2 MTV VMA’s over the course of their career which cemented their position as English underground legends. But they are most well known for their single ‘Unfinished Sympathy’.
Primavera Sound Festival first took place in 2001 and has since seen it go from strength to strength. It has seen acts such as Kendrick Lamar, Lou Reed and Bon Iver play, so being included in this company is a ringing endorsement for any band.
Watch an iconic set from the festival’s archives below;
Recently, Robert Del Naja (one half of the electronic act) has been linked with being the elusive graffiti artist Banksy. I am sure this is something he was never expecting when starting a band.
In their time, they have had two albums voted into the Top 500 albums ever by Rolling Stone magazine and had ‘Unfinished Sympathy’ voted into the top 10 songs ever by The Guardian. This goes to show that they are music legends and they will go down in history as one of the most influential acts in English electronic music. Anyway, when’s the next flight to Barcelona and who’s coming with me?
