Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem headline Primavera 2016

Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem and Sigur Ros top the bill for this year’s Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona.

Feature by News Team | 21 Jan 2016

Thom Yorke and company headline the Spanish festival as part of their first series of shows since 2012, with a ninth studio album rumoured for the summer. The Oxford veterans will take the stage on Primavera's second night, alongside sets from Baltimore dream pop duo Beach House, long-time Primavera house band ShellacDinosaur Jr, post-punk four-piece Savages, and instrumental experimentalists Tortoise among others. 

The recently-reformed LCD Soundsystem top the bill on the festival's opening night, on a line-up which also features Tame Impala, Explosions In The Sky, horror legend John Carpenter, and atmospheric indie trio Daughter. Sigur Rós and the resurgent PJ Harvey lead the line-up for Primavera's closing night – they're joined by reforming post-hardcore outfit Drive Like Jehu, Julia Holter, Deerhunter, and Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson performing the iconic Pet Sounds album in full.

The full-line-up for Primavera 2016 can be found below;the event runs from 2-4 June in Barcelona, Spain.

Primavera Sound 2016 line-up:

A.R. Kane, Action Bronson, Air, Alberto Montero, Alessandro Cortini, Alex G, Algiers, Aliment, Andy Shauf, Angel Witch, Animal Collective, Autolux, Autumn Comets, Baby Dee, Bardo Pond, Barry Hogan DJ, Battles, Baywaves, Beach House, Beach Slang, BEAK>, Bearoid, Beirut, ‪Ben Watt Band feat. Bernard Butler, Big Summer, Black Lips, Boredoms, Bradford Cox, Brian Wilson performing Pet Sounds, C+C=Maxigross, ‪C. Tangana, Cabaret Voltaire, Cadena, Cala Vento, Car Seat Headrest, CARLA, Cass McCombs, Cavern Of Anti-Matter, Chairlift, The Chills, Dj Coco, Current 93, DâM-FunK, Daniel Gon, Daughter, Dave P, Deerhunter, Deradoorian, Destroyer, Die Katapult, Dinosaur Jr., Doble Pletina, Downtown Boys, Drive Like Jehu, Dungen, El Último Vecino, Empress Of, Esperit!, Evian Christ, Explosions In The Sky, Fasenuova, Floating Points, Freddie Gibbs, Goat, Grupo de Expertos Solynieve, The Handclappers, Har Mar Superstar, Ho99o9, Holly Herndon, Holögrama, ‪Hudson Mohawke (dj set), Inspira, Invisible Harvey, Islam Chipsy & EEK, The James Hunter Six, Jay Rock, Jenny Hval, Jessy Lanza, Joana Serrat, John Carpenter, Julia Holter, Julien Baker, Kamasi Washington, Kiasmos, Dj Koze, The Last Shadow Puppets, LCD Soundsystem, Loop, ‪Los Chichos, Lubomyr Melnyk, Maceo Plex, Manel, Mar Otra Vez, Mbongwana Star, Moderat, Moses Sumney, Mudhoney, Mueran Humanos, My Expansive Awareness, NAO, Neil Michael Hagerty & the Howling Hex, Neon Indian, Nothing Places, Old King Cole Younger, Optimo (Espacio), Orchestra Baobab, Pacosan, Pájaro Jack, Pantha du Prince, Parquet Courts, PJ Harvey, Power Burkas, Protomartyr, Psychic TV/ PTV3, Pumuky, Pusha T, PXXR GVNG, Radiohead, Ran Ran Ran, Redthread, Dj Richard, Richard Dawson, Richard Hawley, Robert Forster, Roosevelt, ‪Royal Headache, The Saurs, Savages, Selda feat. Boom Pam, SG Lewis, Sheer Mag, Shellac, Shinkiro, Shura, Siberian Wolves, Sigur Rós, ‪Six Organs of Admittance, Steve Gunn, Suede, Suuns, Tame Impala, Thee Oh Sees, Titus Andronicus, Tortoise, Twin Drama, ‪Ty Segall and The Muggers, U.S. Girls, Univers, Unsane, Venom, Vince Staples, Viva Belgrado, White Fence, White Reaper, Wild Nothing,
‪Wind Atlas, Younghusband

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