The Strokes y Gorillaz lideran el regreso de Primavera Sound a Latinoamérica

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The Strokes and Gorillaz lead Primavera Sound’s return to Latin America

Gorillaz and The Strokes head the unmistakable posters of the festival’s acclaimed return Primavera Sound to Buenos Aires and São Paulo.

FKA twigs, Yung Lean, Lily Allen, CMAT and Courtney Barnett They will join as protagonists of the third editions of the festival in Argentina and Brazil. Primavera Sound certifies its long-awaited return by presenting the posters for its next editions in Buenos Aires and São Paulo, which will be held on November 28 and 29 and December 5 and 6respectively. In this way, the festival will meet again with two cities that are already part of its recent history: just two editions, in 2022 and 2023, were enough to generate a solid bond that has not faded.

This return will be led by Gorillaz and The Strokes. The virtual band created by the Brit icon Damon Albarnwhich will complete your particular route Primavera Sound After performing at the festival’s editions in Barcelona and Porto, he will present “The Mountain” in Buenos Aires and São Paulo. For its part, the New York quintet The Strokeswhose story continues to be embraced by new generations, will arrive propelled by the fuel of “Reality Awaits”their first album in six years.

Next to them, the chameleon FKA twigsthe always visionary Yung Leana Lily Allen reborn from the ashes to deliver the relentless “West End Girl”, the new euro-country star CMAT and Australian rock singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett they prove that Primavera Sound returns with a signature poster and full of special occasions: it will mark the debut of FKA twigs, Yung Lean and CMAT in Latin America, as well as the return of Lily Allen to Argentina and Brazil more than fifteen years later.

The direct connection with Barcelona runs from top to bottom two posters that observe pop from the future with the gaze of underscores, Smerz and Sophia Stelwhich decompose electronic dance into infinite dimensions thanks to Danny L Harle, The Thuthanaka and Nick Leonwhich update the definition of punk due to the presence of agitators like Model/Actress, Machine Girl and Ecco2k and that even hold surprises such as the presence of a Cara Delevingne perfectly prepared to release her first musical project.

The posters are not only completed with Nation of Language and his synth fantasies, the troubadour 3.0 This Is Loreleithe furious Mannequin Pussy and John Talabotgodfather of Barcelona club culture, but also with a wide and rich representation of the Argentine and Brazilian sound ecosystem. Yeah Primavera Sound Buenos Aires will focus on the surrealist songbook of Juana Molinathe intergenerational hymns of Motorized Santiagothe theatrical pop of Juliana Gattas or the folkloric twist of Juana Aguirre; Primavera Sound São Paulo will do the same with the rapper Duchessthe technobrega diva Gaby Amarantosthe tropical singer-songwriter Ze Ibarra either DJ Ramon Sucessonew master of baile funk.

Once the posters are revealed, which hide around forty performances per venue in the absence of knowing the complementary concert program in the city, the true countdown begins for the reunion of Primavera Sound with Argentina and Brazil. The history of the festival in the two countries will write its third chapter in just seven months. You can expand the information in this same link for Primavera Sound Buenos Aires and in this other one for Primavera Sound Sao Paulo.

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