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I've never been to Europe for more than a flight. I don't speak Spanish. But this lineup and price is going to get me to Spain. Anybody else?
Mad Cool Festival 2018 - Madrid, Spain (July 12-14, 2018):
Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Queens of the Stone Age, Massive Attack, Justice, At the Drive-In, MGMT, Fleet Foxes, Future Islands, Yo La Tengo, Perfume Genius, Japandroids, Sampha, Real Estate, Washed Out, Gold Panda, Tame Impala, Franz Ferdinand, Alice in Chains, Portugal. the Man, FIDLAR, Glass Animals, Hurray For the Riff Raff, Frankie Cosmos, Rival Sons, Gang of Youths... and apparently one more headliner to be added.
Any recommendations for how to handle the Austin to Spain commute? I was thinking about making it a whole two week vacation with Portugal or Italy or France and Spain... ?
In Bloom Festival 3/18-3/19 Houston, Texas Rock Werchter Festival 7/5-7/8 - Werchter, Belgium Mad Cool Festival 7/12-7/14 - Madrid, Spain Austin City Limits 10/5-10/7 - Austin, Texas
Post by thisishappening on Dec 17, 2017 13:59:08 GMT -5
Pretty much what I’ll be doing, except going to start off with Rock Werchter the week before to minimize the number of conflicts at Mad Cool (they’re supposed to share about 15 bands). Arctic Monkeys sound pretty close to a lock, with one additional headliner.
I personally got an Airbnb within walking distance to a train line for the actual festival and if you’re getting in France, Portugal or Spain, most all those are fairly accessible by train. For flights I always use Kayak.
My Spanish leaves much to be desired, but this festival should have a pretty large number of people visiting from other countries and Madrid is used to having a good number of English speaking tourists.
This is happening, indeed. I have seven months to learn some Spanish and save some Euros for travel. Sounds absolutely fantastic... and maybe I'll be in for Rock Werchter as well. Make it a two week vacation and two festivals!
In Bloom Festival 3/18-3/19 Houston, Texas Rock Werchter Festival 7/5-7/8 - Werchter, Belgium Mad Cool Festival 7/12-7/14 - Madrid, Spain Austin City Limits 10/5-10/7 - Austin, Texas
Post by thisishappening on Dec 17, 2017 14:35:35 GMT -5
The second headliner is going to more than likely be someone who hasn’t announced any tour dates, so Jack White is in the running, but could go either way with Primavera.
Rock Werchter comes out to around $500 between tickets and camping (tent/mattress included) for 4 Days. Might find someone to split camping costs or find a group willing to add one more. I don’t mind seeing Pearl Jam, QOTSA and Arctic Monkeys twice and I figure with a lineup as stacked as Mad Cool there are bands I’d have to miss.
Rock Werchter comes out to around $500 between tickets and camping (tent/mattress included) for 4 Days.
Camping ticket options come available at some point later.
Rock Werchter will roughly have some shared names tho, but that's not really a punishment. I'd check out Efestivals for reviews of this year's Mad Cool and also follow that topic for more insight and information. I'm still uncertain because yes, sure the line up is ace but if there are a lot organisational problems then I'd rather choose RW which is just 1h away from my train and always had a blast from my past experiences haha
Rock Werchter comes out to around $500 between tickets and camping (tent/mattress included) for 4 Days.
Camping ticket options come available at some point later.
Rock Werchter will roughly have some shared names tho, but that's not really a punishment. I'd check out Efestivals for reviews of this year's Mad Cool and also follow that topic for more insight and information. I'm still uncertain because yes, sure the line up is ace but if there are a lot organisational problems then I'd rather choose RW which is just 1h away from my train and always had a blast from my past experiences haha
I’d like to get in camping festival this year and it sounds like Rock Werchter is one of the best run festivals out there. I missed the Gorillaz touring in the U.S. and haven’t seen Nick Cave, so as long as there’s a bit of variety in the undercard I don’t mind the lineups overlapping. If there’s some combination of Chvrches, Noel Gallagher, War on Drugs, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Prophets of Rage, I’d be good with that.
Hopefully there aren’t too many growing pains for Mad Cool going to a new location, and 7 stages.
Well, I went from having no clue about this festival to dropping $1k on a Mad Cool ticket and airfare in the last hour. LOL. My connecting flight is through London, I'm considering hopping off there and taking a train from London to Belgium for Rock Werchter.... undecided. Might spend that time traveling around, Paris or something. Coming in 7/3 and leaving 7/18. Airfare from Austin was less than $850, which shocked me.
This is the one benefit of being self-employed that I've never taken advantage of... the ability to say "Screw it!" and take a couple of weeks off to do something amazing. Bring on Europe and music!
In Bloom Festival 3/18-3/19 Houston, Texas Rock Werchter Festival 7/5-7/8 - Werchter, Belgium Mad Cool Festival 7/12-7/14 - Madrid, Spain Austin City Limits 10/5-10/7 - Austin, Texas
Rock Werchter comes out to around $500 between tickets and camping (tent/mattress included) for 4 Days.
Camping ticket options come available at some point later.
Rock Werchter will roughly have some shared names tho, but that's not really a punishment. I'd check out Efestivals for reviews of this year's Mad Cool and also follow that topic for more insight and information. I'm still uncertain because yes, sure the line up is ace but if there are a lot organisational problems then I'd rather choose RW which is just 1h away from my train and always had a blast from my past experiences haha
I'm crazy confused about the Rock Werchter camping comments - where does the $500 number come from? How does the camping work? The site has camping listed at $27,50... is that a day, or what? #confused
In Bloom Festival 3/18-3/19 Houston, Texas Rock Werchter Festival 7/5-7/8 - Werchter, Belgium Mad Cool Festival 7/12-7/14 - Madrid, Spain Austin City Limits 10/5-10/7 - Austin, Texas
Post by thisishappening on Dec 17, 2017 16:49:00 GMT -5
For Rock Werchter you’d want the Combi Ticket 4 Days for $238 Euros and they have a 2-person tent package that comes with tent/mattress under The Hive Resort option for $258 (it lists $129, but charges for 2 people). I believe the other pricing is camping per day, but you’d be supplying your own tent.
For Rock Werchter you’d want the Combi Ticket 4 Days for $238 Euros and they have a 2-person tent package that comes with tent/mattress under The Hive Resort option for $258 (it lists $129, but charges for 2 people). I believe the other pricing is camping per day, but you’d be supplying your own tent.
Little bit off topic but..
You have different camping options:
1) Camping The Hive; set up by the organisation itself and fairly close to the festival grounds + gives you access to the afterparty tent 2) Camping The Hive Resort; set up by the organisation itself where you get a tent from the organisation (the different packages are on the site) 3) Camping regular A1, C3 and C7; set up by volunteers from around the neighbourhood who work close with the organisation and have about fairly the same accomodations as The Hive 4) Hostel / Air Bnb / Hotel; there are a lot of other options if you don't want to stay around the festival area, but there you need to look for yourself
But yes the cheapest one is idd €258 and gives room for 2 people. The €27,50 is for the full 6 days (arriving wednesday and leaving on monday morning), not one day haha ps: don't be scared of the other campings being really far, that walk from the festival grounds to the Hive is litteraly 300/400m or something
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Thanks for the help, arcuse and thisishappening. I just bought a ticket to Rock Werchter and Hive camping. I guess I'm doing London-Belgium-Paris-Barcelona-Madrid-London, with Rock Werchter and Mad Cool. #mindblown
In Bloom Festival 3/18-3/19 Houston, Texas Rock Werchter Festival 7/5-7/8 - Werchter, Belgium Mad Cool Festival 7/12-7/14 - Madrid, Spain Austin City Limits 10/5-10/7 - Austin, Texas
Thanks for the help, arcuse and thisishappening. I just bought a ticket to Rock Werchter and Hive camping. I guess I'm doing London-Belgium-Paris-Barcelona-Madrid-London, with Rock Werchter and Mad Cool. #mindblown
Might i recommend some time outside of the cities? City hopping can be fun but much more glory to be found in Europe’s smaller towns or even smaller cities.
Post by thisishappening on Dec 18, 2017 21:14:59 GMT -5
The Mad Cool forum community manager when asked if Jack White could be expected to headline Friday, simply answered "..." That's probably as close as we're going to get as a confirmation for Jack White. Arctic Monkeys and Jack White would make for a nice combo.
Just bought my ticket and looking for a nice airbnb (which seems endless because there are just so many) but I'm excited already!
If people are still planning etc, here's a tip: if you buy your tickets via Festiticket you can get 20% off when using the discount code on their website! Don't be afraid of buying of them, they're an official partner of Mad Cool
When looking at tickets for this there is a 175 euro option for wristband shipping peninsula only, and a 180 euro option for wristband shipping canary/balearic Islands & Europe. As I'm in the US does it matter which one I pick??
When looking at tickets for this there is a 175 euro option for wristband shipping peninsula only, and a 180 euro option for wristband shipping canary/balearic Islands & Europe. As I'm in the US does it matter which one I pick??
Bar Tool, the Community Manager has been active again on that Spanish forum and said a few things; - Next week, there gonna be announcements - Weekend tickets are going really fast - Total amount of bands will be around 130, not the estimated 140/150 - This total amount is because some bands want to have longer sets so that's why they had to cut a few acts, I guess smaller onces - He was asked his opinion on Moby, Wolf Alice and The Gaslight Anthem and 'they all fit with what Mad Cool stands for' - He hinted at Jack White being announced - Justice and Massive Attack will play on another stage, not the mainstage but a new 'electronic stage' - That electronic stage will have the capacity of 25k (the max amount of people is 80k so that's gonna be a pretty big stage) - Next week there's gonna be more info regarding transport etc etc
I updated the clashfinder with my guess for the schedule
Bar Tool, the Community Manager has been active again on that Spanish forum and said a few things; - Next week, there gonna be announcements - Weekend tickets are going really fast - Total amount of bands will be around 130, not the estimated 140/150 - This total amount is because some bands want to have longer sets so that's why they had to cut a few acts, I guess smaller onces - He was asked his opinion on Moby, Wolf Alice and The Gaslight Anthem and 'they all fit with what Mad Cool stands for' - He hinted at Jack White being announced - Justice and Massive Attack will play on another stage, not the mainstage but a new 'electronic stage' - That electronic stage will have the capacity of 25k (the max amount of people is 80k so that's gonna be a pretty big stage) - Next week there's gonna be more info regarding transport etc etc
I updated the clashfinder with my guess for the schedule
Man oh man.. Next Tuesday is when I'm deciding what I'm doing for festivals this summer.
The expansion that MC are doing does make me nervous because (and correct me if i'm wrong) going from 35,000 to 80,000 can lead to some logistical nightmares. This is the top of my list right now though. Buying a ticket or not on Tuesday.
Man oh man.. Next Tuesday is when I'm deciding what I'm doing for festivals this summer.
The expansion that MC are doing does make me nervous because (and correct me if i'm wrong) going from 35,000 to 80,000 can lead to some logistical nightmares. This is the top of my list right now though. Buying a ticket or not on Tuesday.
Yep, that's also something what I'm worried about.. I felt kind of claustrophobic on the Thursday of NOS Alive last year (when The xx and The Weeknd were headlining and we choose to go to Bonobo right after The xx.. man, there were an insane amount of people there..) I think like every first-time festival you'll get to know the festival, and every stage on the first day and I think the second and thirth day will turn out fine, that's what I felt after NOS.. Yep, prices are going up on Tuesday I think
Just bought my ticket and looking for a nice airbnb (which seems endless because there are just so many) but I'm excited already!
If people are still planning etc, here's a tip: if you buy your tickets via Festiticket you can get 20% off when using the discount code on their website! Don't be afraid of buying of them, they're an official partner of Mad Cool
Do you know if they're still running this code? I couldn't find anything on their website.
Just bought my ticket and looking for a nice airbnb (which seems endless because there are just so many) but I'm excited already!
If people are still planning etc, here's a tip: if you buy your tickets via Festiticket you can get 20% off when using the discount code on their website! Don't be afraid of buying of them, they're an official partner of Mad Cool
Do you know if they're still running this code? I couldn't find anything on their website.
Man oh man.. Next Tuesday is when I'm deciding what I'm doing for festivals this summer.
The expansion that MC are doing does make me nervous because (and correct me if i'm wrong) going from 35,000 to 80,000 can lead to some logistical nightmares. This is the top of my list right now though. Buying a ticket or not on Tuesday.
Yep, that's also something what I'm worried about.. I felt kind of claustrophobic on the Thursday of NOS Alive last year (when The xx and The Weeknd were headlining and we choose to go to Bonobo right after The xx.. man, there were an insane amount of people there..) I think like every first-time festival you'll get to know the festival, and every stage on the first day and I think the second and thirth day will turn out fine, that's what I felt after NOS.. Yep, prices are going up on Tuesday I think
I'm hoping with the extra stages there will be lots of crowd movement so I can move in for the sets I really want to see.
If Saturday really goes - Queens > DM > NiN I'll have to stand there all day and not move.
Do you know if the 'Front Stage' for VIP is any good? I'm considering that as well
Bar Tool, the Community Manager has been active again on that Spanish forum and said a few things; - Next week, there gonna be announcements - Weekend tickets are going really fast - Total amount of bands will be around 130, not the estimated 140/150 - This total amount is because some bands want to have longer sets so that's why they had to cut a few acts, I guess smaller onces - He was asked his opinion on Moby, Wolf Alice and The Gaslight Anthem and 'they all fit with what Mad Cool stands for' - He hinted at Jack White being announced - Justice and Massive Attack will play on another stage, not the mainstage but a new 'electronic stage' - That electronic stage will have the capacity of 25k (the max amount of people is 80k so that's gonna be a pretty big stage) - Next week there's gonna be more info regarding transport etc etc
I updated the clashfinder with my guess for the schedule
I thought you said the extra name was AM not Jack?
Bar Tool, the Community Manager has been active again on that Spanish forum and said a few things; - Next week, there gonna be announcements - Weekend tickets are going really fast - Total amount of bands will be around 130, not the estimated 140/150 - This total amount is because some bands want to have longer sets so that's why they had to cut a few acts, I guess smaller onces - He was asked his opinion on Moby, Wolf Alice and The Gaslight Anthem and 'they all fit with what Mad Cool stands for' - He hinted at Jack White being announced - Justice and Massive Attack will play on another stage, not the mainstage but a new 'electronic stage' - That electronic stage will have the capacity of 25k (the max amount of people is 80k so that's gonna be a pretty big stage) - Next week there's gonna be more info regarding transport etc etc
I updated the clashfinder with my guess for the schedule
I thought you said the extra name was AM not Jack?
two more headliners coming for that day. Thats why on the lineup now it has a dot
Bar Tool, the Community Manager has been active again on that Spanish forum and said a few things; - Next week, there gonna be announcements - Weekend tickets are going really fast - Total amount of bands will be around 130, not the estimated 140/150 - This total amount is because some bands want to have longer sets so that's why they had to cut a few acts, I guess smaller onces - He was asked his opinion on Moby, Wolf Alice and The Gaslight Anthem and 'they all fit with what Mad Cool stands for' - He hinted at Jack White being announced - Justice and Massive Attack will play on another stage, not the mainstage but a new 'electronic stage' - That electronic stage will have the capacity of 25k (the max amount of people is 80k so that's gonna be a pretty big stage) - Next week there's gonna be more info regarding transport etc etc
I updated the clashfinder with my guess for the schedule
No one cares about Madcool. Leak some Primavera shit to really flex your scoop muscles
Do you know if the 'Front Stage' for VIP is any good? I'm considering that as well
Last year they had an area on the right side of the Mainstage where you could get up close really easy yes, but idk if that was on the second 'mainstage' aswell. Doesn't Coachella have one like that aswell, it's similar to that I think. I think they're gonna implement that again this year but I'm not sure. My guess is that with the tickets going up, they'll get to announce Arctic Monkeys on the 9th and Jack White on the 12th. And yes, there's still 2 headliners to come + a big dance act for the Saturday.
No one cares about Madcool. Leak some Primavera shit to really flex your scoop muscles
As strange as it is for a festival with that many acts, I haven't heard a lot about possible leaks. You should follow the thread on Efestivals, that's a lot more active haha
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