Mad Cool
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Location(s) | Madrid, Spain |
Years active | 2016–present |
Mad Cool is a music festival held annually in Madrid, Spain, since 2016. It chiefly features pop, rock and indie performers.
The 2016 and 2017 festivals took place in the Caja Mágica. The organization then moved the festival to an open-air space in Valdebebas. Peak attendance happened in the 2018 edition, with 240,000 participants distributed along the three days of the festival (12–14 July), featuring a troubling first day due to agglomerations.[1][2] In the 2020 edition, the daily maximum attendance was reduced to 60,000 by the organization, and the length was expanded to four full festival days.[3]
Lineups
Acts performing at the festival have included:
- 2016 (16–18 June): The Who · Vetusta Morla · Editors · Garbage · Lori Meyers · The Prodigy · Die Antwoord · Jane's Addiction · Bastille · Band of Horses · Neil Young · Two Door Cinema Club · Biffy Clyro · Capital Cities.[4]
- 2017 (6–8 July): Foo Fighters · Foals · Belle and Sebastian · The Lumineers · Green Day · Alt-J · Ryan Adams · Rancid · Cage the Elephant · Spoon · Kings of Leon · Wilco · M.I.A. · Foster the People · Moderat · Dinosaur Jr.[5]
- 2018 (12–14 July): Pearl Jam · Tame Impala · Kasabian · Post Malone · Arctic Monkeys · Jack White · Massive Attack · Franz Ferdinand · Snow Patrol · Alice in Chains · Depeche Mode · Queens of the Stone Age · Nine Inch Nails · Dua Lipa · Underworld.[6]
- 2019 (11–13 July): Bon Iver · Vampire Weekend · Ms. Lauryn Hill · The Chemical Brothers · Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds · Empire of the Sun · Iggy Pop · The National · Vetusta Morla · The Smashing Pumpkins · Vince Staples · Marina · Sharon Van Etten · Wolfmother · Miles Kane · The Cure · Prophets of Rage · Robyn · Gossip · Greta Van Fleet · Rosalía.[7][8][9]
- 2020 (8-11 July; tentative list): Taylor Swift · Twenty One Pilots · Billie Eilish · The Killers · Mumford & Sons · Royal Blood · Alt-J · Kings of Leon · Faith No More · Placebo · Glass Animals · Wolf Alice · Deftones · Anderson.Paak & The Free Nationals · Foals · Cage The Elephant · HAIM · Jamie Cullum · Tove Lo · Pixies · Major Lazer · Khalid.[10][11][12][13]
References
- ^ "Conoce los 10 festivales españoles con más asistentes de 2018". Dodmagazine. 11 March 2019.
- ^ Lema, Katy (24 October 2019). "Mad Cool 2020 limitará su aforo a 60.000 personas diarias". El País.
- ^ "Mad Cool Festival 2020 kicks off". Mad Cool Festival.
- ^ "La primera edición del Mad Cool finaliza con éxito". Heraldo. 19 June 2016.
- ^ Pérez, Fernando (13 July 2017). "Crónica Mad Cool Festival 2017: jueves 6, viernes 7 y sábado 8 de julio". El Quinto Beatle.
- ^ Garnés, Diego; Cordero, Aida (18 July 2018). "Crónica: Mad Cool Festival 2018". elbackstagemag.
- ^ Martiarena, Asier (14 July 2019). "La clase media catapulta al Mad Cool". La Vanguardia.
- ^ Pinazo, Manuel; Olmo, Raúl del (15 July 2019). "Mad Cool 2019 (Valdebebas/IFEMA) Madrid 10-13 julio". Muzikalia.
- ^ "Mad Cool: Rosalía pone el festival a sus píes". La Vanguardia. 2019-07-11.
- ^ "Mad Cool Festival 2020: Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Pixies among first confirmations". Consequence of Sound. 2019-10-29. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
- ^ "Mad Cool Festival adds Deftones, Foals, Finneas, and more to 2020 lineup". Consequence of Sound. 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
- ^ "30 New Names Added to Mad Cool Festival 2020 Lineup - Festicket Magazine". Festicket. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
- ^ "Mad Cool Festival finalizes 2020 lineup". Consequence of Sound. 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2020-03-01.