Primavera 2013 line-up announced

Primavera Sound have revealed the official list of acts set to join already announced headliners Blur, at the thirteenth edition of the festival.

Jayne Robinson

Date published: 23rd Jan 2013

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Phoenix, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Postal Service, Animal Collective, The Knife, My Bloody Valentine, Grizzly Bear, Tame Impala, Fiona Apple and the Wu-Tang Clan are just some of the names announced today for the festival.

The only act so far confirmed for the festival had been Blur, who will headline on the Saturday night joined by The Jesus and Mary Chain and The Knife.

Friday's and Sunday's headliners are Phoenix and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds respectively.

Primavera Sound takes place at Barcelona's Parc del Fòrum from 22nd - 26th May 2013. The festival features eight stages of live music, alongside a record fair and a host of other activities.

Parc del Fòrum will open its gates on Wednesday 22nd May, kicking off the festival with several free concerts from the likes of The Vaccines, Delorean, Guards, The Bots and Aliment, as part of Primavera a la Ciutat.

The full list of confirmed acts is as follows:

Adam Green & Binki Shapiro, Aliment, Animal Collective, Antònia Font, Apparat plays Krieg und Frieden, The Babies, Band Of Horses, Barry Hogan Dj, Betunizer, Blue Willa, Blur, Bob Mould, Bored Spies, The Bots, The Breeders performing Last Splash, Camera Obscura, Cayucas, Chris Cohen, Christopher Owens, Dj Coco, Crime & The City Solution, Crystal Castles, Dan Deacon, Daniel Johnston, Daphni, Daughn Gibson, Daughter, Dead Can Dance, Dead Skeletons, Death Grips, Deerhunter, Degreaser, Delorean, Dexys, DIIV, Dinosaur Jr., Disclosure, Do Make Say Think, Dope Body, El Inquilino Comunista, Ethan Johns, Extraperlo, Fidlar, Fiona Apple, Four Tet, Foxygen, Fred I Son, The Free Fall Band, Fuck Buttons, Fucked Up, Ghostigital, Glass Candy, Goat, Grizzly Bear, Guadalupe Plata, Guardian Alien, Guards, Hal Flavin, Hidrogenesse, Honeybird & The Birdies, Hot Chip, Hot Snakes, How To Dress Well, Jackmaster presents Tweak-A-Holic, James Blake, Jessie Ware, The Jesus And Mary Chain, John Talabot, Jozev Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch, Killer Mike, King Tuff, The Knife, Kurt Vile & The Violators, L'Hereu Escampa, La Bien Querida, La Brigada, Liars, Local Natives, Los Planetas tocan Una semana en el motor de un autobús, Mac DeMarco, The Magician, Manel, Matthew E. White, Meat Puppets, Melody’s Echo Chamber, Menomena, Merchandise, Metz, Mount Eerie, Mulatu Astatke, My Bloody Valentine, Neko Case, Neurosis, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Nick Waterhouse, Nils Frahm, Nurse With Wound, Om, Omar Souleyman, Orchestre Poly Rythmo De Cotonou, Paus, Peace, Phoenix, Pony Bravo, Poolside, The Postal Service, Rodriguez, Roll The Dice, Savages, The Sea And Cake, Sean Nicholas Savage, Shellac, Simian Mobile Disco, Solange, The Suicide Of Western Culture, Swans, Tame Impala, Tarántula, Thee Oh Sees, Tinariwen, Titus Andronicus, Toundra, The Vaccines, White Fence, Wild Nothing, Woods, Wu-Tang Clan.

Primavera Sound 2013, 22-26 May, Barcelona

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