tempted to.

Found some reasonably priced apartments in Barcelona then, but they're for more than one person

What sort of price?

Depends on the number of people.
Btween £18 and £28 a night for two-four people

Hmm, that is very reasonable indeed.

Gonna be very tempting, this.

Flights on EasyJet are about £110 for Wednesday to Sunday
Opodo for £89
Expedia has flights and rooms for those dates for £250

i'm thinking about this, heb. might see you soon...

MELVINS PERFORM HOUDINI
The latest confirmation on the ATP-curated portion of our festival is here. American band Melvins, one of the main influences for the nineties underground rock scene, will visit Estrella Damm Primavera Sound 2007 to perform exclusively their album "Houdini", for many considered the highest point of their career.

Pretty sure I'm gonna go, probably to ATP vs the fans as well

Anyone else planning?
Airfares went up £10 today - new taxes

Im not missing it this year. Forgot it is Uk long weekend + more tax = upwards of £160 for flights. ouch.

Long weekend is week before.

Hmmmmmm... very tempted.

ace. I need to find the lineup for last years primavera to sell the event to a few others, but can't find it anywhere on the internerd, not even on primavera site. help ?.

2006?

Dinosaur Jr., Flaming Lips, Sleater-Kinney, Yo La Tengo, Violent Femmes, Lamp Chop, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Stereolab, Animal Collective, Bunnymen, Drones, I'm From Barcelona, Motorhead, Babyshambles, Bad Seeds, Killing Joke, Human League, Big Star, Lou Reed, BJM, Mogwai...

Flickr @ Primavera

if i'm around i'll prob go, will be in portugal / spain during april to early may, if possible may try stay somewhere cheap for a month and wait around for it

If Simon and Garfunkel do Bridge Over Troubled Water I will go

the melvins were amazing at atp, they didnt do houdini though they just played whatever they wanted (for a very long time!). so it would definately be worth seeing

any idea when the lineup starts getting announced for the non atp acts?

3 days is much more like it for me. I want to go so bad as Godflesh is probably my all time favorite band. Alas I am going to ATP the week before and can't justify both events.

YES YOU CAN! That would be the two awesomest festivals in the world (without a time machine) back-to-back!
Plus Barcelona rocks! (Particularly if you have a soft spot for Gaudi architecture.)

The next time i go to Europe I am doing the ATP/PS double. I will need to leave my wife behind. It's a terrible price to pay but I am prepared to do it.
Liam don't think of it as two festivals separated by a few days. PS starts on the Monday night with label showcases at bars like The Apolo, Then the Wed concert, three days of the festival itself including the In The Parc shows which are wirth the price alone and the wind up show on Sunday.
So 10 days straight. Shit I'm 56 and I can do it. Just stock up on No-Doz before you go. Or buy some from the one of the lovely african gentlemen at the gate.

latest additions (i think this is it now?)

The Weeknd
M83
Sleigh Bells
Chromatics
Purity Ring
Dominique A
Marianne Faithfull
LFO
Jamie XX
Ultramagnetic MCs
The Men
Linda Martini
A Storm of Light
Cuchillo
No More Lies
Lorena Álvarez Y Su Banda Municipal

Pitchfork have also announced which bands are on their stage at the fest
http://www.pitchfork.com/news/45598-the-weeknd-to-headline-pitchfork-stage-at-primavera/

I went to both ATP & PS in 2010. What a great month. Do it. But maybe organise a week on a beach with no alcohol after. I had to go into the mountains after PS for some recovery time.

im going to head to San Sebastian for a bout 4 days of doing nothing after Primavera

Well planned mr. Have a ball. Days in the trippy, nights at the festival. Good times.

I'm pretty happy with that line-up. Not as mind blowing as previous years but enough to keep me busy for sure.

Ultramagnetic MCs have cancelled. Gutted as I was looking forward to seeing them a lot.

Bjork has also cancelled a festival appearance 2 weeks before Prima which has a few people worried (I don't care). Not a lot of time to find a replacement if she cancels.

And its now official that Bjork is gone... just days after Death Grips. Depending on which of the organisers you believe they're trying/not trying to find a replacement. Pretty tough situation but I will feel pretty ripped off if they can't get another headliner after already losing 2 great bands (3 if you count the early GBV drop out) that I wanted to see.

theyve got to get a decent replacement for her, HUUGE drawcard!!

gutted

rough translation of Gabi's post on the forum about it -

Of course, life goes on and I think that is not enough time for an important addition. The bands have their clear agenda and only those that will not only they would play for sonrojantes amounts of money. This is the PS and there are plenty of bands to fill the hours of the day. At this point I think it's best that someone who acted in the Arc del Triomf go to do so within the Forum. Saint Etienne with a new album and show are the first candidates that come to mind.

Yeah, Gabi's post didn't fill me with confidence. If the best we can hope for is Saint Etienne that's a pretty sad state of affairs.

Not the best Primavera line-up i've seen, even before the drop-outs... but still better than most!! El-P, Rustie, Sharon Van Etten, The Field, War on Drugs, Jeff Mangum, Dirty Three, The Cure and REFUSED would keep me happy enough.

It always seems to me that the most exciting acts are the mid-range acts they get, rather than the headliners. Lot of repeats though this year though. How many times have Shellac played this now? Black Lips too....

there's definitely still plenty to see, just disappointed that the big dropouts are ones that I was really keen to see. Still gutted about GBV!

that and the fact that they think Franz Ferdinand are headliner material

timetable/clashorama!!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AqradBt3NdpVdDMwRFlLWEdPMFVKYmVraHhDaFA1M2c&f=true&noheader=true&gid=0

ffs! the Thursday night is torture!!

I meant Friday there, going to be really hard to work that out

and the Walkmen have come in for Bjork, balls!

Yeah, the Friday clashes are pretty awful. With the Cure playing 2 hours 6 of the bands on my must see list playing at the same time (Cure, Melvins, War on Drugs, Liturgy, Napalm Death and Dirty Three). While these things normally work themselves out that's still a pretty massive pain. I'll still have a great time no doubt.

And Walkmen? Yawn.

Ah it's Saint Etienne in, Walkmen are at the Arc