Blur to Play Free Madrid Show Tonight After Primavera Sound Cancellation

According to nme.com, rock band Blur are scheduled set to play free show in Madrid tonight after their set at Primavera Sound Madrid was cancelled.

The band were set to perform on the first day of the Madrid edition of Primavera Sound festival but yesterday festival announced that the event would be cancelled due to “persistent severe weather experienced in recent weeks that have affected the pre-production of the festival.”

Primavera Sound mentioned  that the decision was made in light of the “adverse forecast that is expected for Thursday with heavy storms during the afternoon”. Other acts who had their sets cancelled included Yard Act, Halsey, Ghost, Le Tigre, Turnstile and more.

Now, it has been confirmed that Blur will be performing another show in Madrid later today and tickets are free for Primavera ticket holders. To help spread the news about Blur’s performance, Primavera Sound went on Twitter to post the following statement.

“Blur will play tonight at La Riviera,” the post read, confirming that doors will open at 8pm local time. “Bookings for these events will be completely free of charge and will be available through Accessticket from 16:00 exclusively for full ticket holders and Thursday day ticket holders.

“Only one ticket can be booked per person and access is subject to venue capacity and conditions,” it added. “Thursday day ticket holders will be able to come on any other day of their choice, regardless of whether they are attending any of these concerts today.”

It was also announced in the update that the Boiler Room x CUPRA programme will now be taking place tonight at a venue called The Bassement and that doors for that will open at 5pm local time.

While the opening day at Ciudad del Rock of Arganda del Rey has been cancelled, the performances planned on June 8 at the Cívitas Metropolitano will go ahead as planned.

Due to the weather, the time that doors open has been delayed, which means that La Paloma is unable to perform. Jake Bugg, Confidence Man and Pet Shop Boys are set to go on as planned.