Although the britpop war with Oasis has condemned Damon Albarn to always be the-singer-of-Blur in the collective imagination, the fact is that his parallel project, Gorillaz, has much more following, or at least that's what the 40.8 million monthly followers on Spotify suggest, compared to Blur's 14.4 million. The main stage of this Saturday's Primavera Sound made it clear that this experiment of creating a musical collective with a reduced ego and that visually expresses itself through Jamie Hewlett's drawings has been a complete success: the esplanade known as Mordor overflowed with an audience that wanted to join Albarn's particular proposal.

The rejuvenation of Primavera Sound was evident in 2025, especially among the headliners: Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan, born in 1992, 1999 and 1998, respectively. Furthermore, the choice set the festival apart because it managed to bring together three of the most sought-after artists of the moment. Tickets sold out in January, five months before the event. The headliners of the 24th edition, held from June 3rd to 7th at Parc del Fòrum and the marine platform, considerably raise the average age, especially The Cure and Gorillaz, and among the notable names are some that connect with an audience that is closer to retirement than to their first paycheck, such as Massive Attack and My Bloody Valentine. Robert Smith, the leader of The Cure, was born in 1958; and Damon Albarn, the helmsman of Gorillaz, in 1968. This is balanced by the third headliner, Doja Cat, born in 1995, who makes a festival exception on a European tour of arenas (the term used in the music industry). Tickets sold out in February, four months before the event.