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Friday, December 2, 2022

Primavera Sound 2023 To Feature Kendrick Lamar, Blur, Halsey, Depeche Mode & More

The Primavera Sound Festival, scheduled to take place in June 2023, will feature Kendrick Lamar, Blur, Halsey, Depeche Mode and several other acts.

The festival will take place in Barcelona at Cudad del Rock in Arganda Del Rey from June 1-3 and at the Parc Del Forum in Madrid from June 8-10.

There will also be sets from Rosalia, Ghost, Darkside, Le Tigre, Turnstile, Sparks, Pusha T, Baby Keem, Skrillex, Bad Religion, The Mars Volta, Bad Gyal, Maneskin, St. Vince, the War on Drugs and many more.

In addition, the Pet Shop Boys will play Wednesday's (May 31) free show with Jake Bugg, Confidence Man and La Paloma, along with several other acts. Festival organizers announced earlier this year that Barcelona and Madrid will "mirror" each other on consecutive summer weekends.

"Look for yourself in the Primavera Sound 2023 line-up. and find yourself," organizers said in a statement. "Because we assure you that you are there."

They added, "After twenty editions, the festival is the mirror in which the community that will come from near and far to Barcelona and for the first time to Madrid next June looks at itself and recognizes itself, but after everything it has experienced, this reflection goes in two directions, marking the richest musical itinerary we can think of: Primavera Sound also looks for and finds itself in its own audience."

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Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest Reveals Star-Studded Lineup

On Location and Bud Light have announced a star-studded lineup for the Bud Light Super Bowl Music Festival.

Celebrating its fourth year, the three-night festival is scheduled to take place from Thursday, February 9, to Saturday, February 11, at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona.

Thursday night will kick off with Paramore and a special guest to be announced soon. It will be followed by Dave Matthews Band with a DJ set by DJ Pee .Wee (Anderson .Paak) on Friday. The three-night music festival concludes on Saturday night with Imagine Dragons and Kane Brown.

Tickets go on sale Friday, December 2, at 10 am local time via Ticketmaster.

(Photo: Bud Light)

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Kendrick Lamar's 'Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers' Named BBC Radio 6 Music's Album Of The Year

Kendrick Lamar's Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers has been named BBC Radio 6 Music's Album Of The Year.

Mary Anne Hobbs, one of the many presenters who voted for Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, said, "I think it's fair to say, it's rare that one artist can unite the whole of the 6 Music family, with our vast diversity of tastes and preferences. But Kendrick is peerless, and with 'Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers,' he's done it."

The British digital radio station announces its Top 10 Albums of the Year each November. The albums are voted on by the station's presenters.

Lamar has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards this year, including Album of the Year for Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers.

On Tuesday, BBC Sounds started broadcasting live five special episodes of New Album Fix - 6 Music's weekly guide to the best new releases - called New Album Fix: Albums of the Year 2022.

Upcoming episodes are set to broadcast on December 2, 9, 16, 22 and 29. Each episode will see Matt Everitt explore two of the Top 10 albums in depth, and hear from some of the artists who made them.

6 Music's Top 10 albums of 2022:

Kendrick Lamar - Mr Morale & The Big Steppers Yard Act - The Overload Kae Tempest - The Line Is A Curve Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul - Topical Dancer Wet Leg - Wet Leg Warmduscher - At The Hotspot Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes Arctic Monkeys - The Car Gwenno - Tresor

(Photo: Renell Medrano)

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