UK drum ‘n’ bass artist and singer-songwriter PinkPantheress has announced that she is pulling out of popular Barcelona festival Primavera Sound due to health issues pertaining to her hearing. PinkPantheress is one of several artists who have announced that they will no longer be performing at the event.
We regret to inform you that, for health reasons, PinkPantheress has been forced to cancel her performance at Primavera Sound Barcelona – Sant Adrià 2022https://t.co/PxjZMc7wnK
— Primavera Sound (@Primavera_Sound) June 10, 2022
Speaking on Twitter, Primavera Sound stated: “We regret to inform you that, for health reasons, PinkPantheress has been forced to cancel her performance.” The festival also included a statement from the artist herself, saying: “Under doctors orders, I will not be performing at Primavera this weekend due to hearing difficulties. I and my team want to express regret and apologies in the tough decision of pulling out, it comes after efforts made to amend any health issues in time didn’t prevail…I was so looking forward to delivering music to any new or existing audiences and I sincerely hope to be back on stage as soon as possible in time for summer, but to do that I need time to heal.”
Devastatingly for many eager festival-goers, The Strokes announced last week that they would not be making an appearance at Primavera Sound due to a member of the group catching COVID-19, and in addition, Bleachers have announced that they will not be playing the second weekend of the festival, on top of both Clairo and Holly Humberstone declaring that they will not be performing their scheduled sets. Replacements for these aforementioned acts have since been replaced, with the likes of Chet Faker, Mura Masa, Ferran Palau and Hurray For The Riff Raff.
According to recent reports, Primavera Sound got off to a somewhat rocky start this year, with some attendees issuing complaints regarding bar service, access to water and overcrowding on stages. One festival-goer said, according to NME: “I’ve been going to Primavera almost yearly for over a decade and last night was the worst I’ve ever seen it in terms of organisation. Insane queues for everything, overcrowding, hard to get to some stages and actually see bands, atrocious access to water. Total shitshow.”
Primavera Sound has issued a statement via their social media, commenting on the dissatisfaction from some attendees. They stated: “Today marks the second day of Primavera Sound. We are aware of the problems in the bar services yesterday and we apologise for them. We are working tirelessly to solve them so that we can all enjoy the coming days as we deserve. See you this afternoon.”
Today marks the second day of Primavera Sound. We are aware of the problems in the bar services yesterday and we apologize for them. We are working tirelessly to solve them so that we can all enjoy the coming days as we deserve. See you this afternoon.
— Primavera Sound (@Primavera_Sound) June 3, 2022
