Mad Cool Space (located at Valdebebas-Ifema) will hold the fourth edition of Mad Cool Festival, a cultural event that brings together different artistic expression in a sustainable and responsible way. The Cure, The National, The 1975, Vampire Weekend, Vetusta Morla, Bon Iver, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Snuts have already confirmed for 2019.
Numerous top-tier Spanish and international artists, different artistic disciplines and all in this unique location are just some of the features the visitors of this new edition are in for.
One of the legendary British bands The Cure, famous for an amazing live performance are one of the bands heading the bill of the festival. It is the band whose 40 years of musical trajectory have influenced scores of many new bands during the new millennium, including many that had little to do with goth. Their greatest hits include Boys Don’t Cry, Close To Me, Just Like Heaven, Lovesong and Friday I’m In Love, songs that are a must in all of their concerts.
The National, the indie-rock band from Brooklyn, have confirmed their attendance where they will perform songs from their last album, Sleep Well Beast. With influences ranging from Bruce Springsteen to Tindersticks, the vocalist Matt Berninger is responsible for songwriting and performing supported by two pairs of brothers Aaron and Bryce Dessner and Scott and Bryan Devendorf.
The 1975, the alternative pop rock band formed in Manchester, will perform a concert in this new edition. They will present their third album A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships.
Other artists that have confirmed their assistance for this new edition are Vampire Weekend, Bon Iver, the musical project by Justin Vernon, The Snuts, Milk Teeth and the songwriter Tash Sultana.
Mad Cool Festival has won the 2018 NME Award for the Best Bill by the British magazine NME, one of the most renowned music magazines, for a bill that included artists like Pearl Jam, Arctic Monkeys, Depeche Mode and Queens of the Stone Age. This festival includes seven stages so it can offer a wide range of music styles. It will also include a food court and the usual Mad Cool Gallery and Art Fair.
One of the most appealing things about Mad Cool is the diversity of its audience. Due to the eclectic, far-reaching line-up - from pop to metal to dance and everything in between - you’ll come across all kinds of music fans on your travels around the site. It’s an all-ages festival too, and ridiculously friendly, so families can bring their little ones with zero stress or worry - though it might be wise to leave the festival site once the main stage headliners have performed as the site transforms itself into an all-night dance party that continues into the small hours.
New and improved features
Part of the new and improved features in this 2019 edition is more space that will be achieved by reducing the number of stages to six, eliminating the front stage VIP area and reducing the maximum capacity to 5,000 people per day.
The venue will have the new technological system for the visitor’s access and the access area, hall and the transit area will all have been improved to make the pedestrian passage more comfortable. For the tickets bought online, all of the bracelets for the venue will be sent to any home address worldwide. For those with the ticket, one- or three-day tickets, the return transportation from Valdebebas venue to the city center will be free from 1:30 to 5:30 AM. There will also be more toilettes and the higher number of waiters will try to make the purchasing process go faster and smoother.
THURSDAY 11th JULY
BON IVER · Vampire Weekend · The Chemical Brothers · Disclosure [DJ set] · Iggy Pop · Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds · Tash Sultana · The Hives · Kaytranada · H.E.R. · La Dispute · Charlotte de Witte · Lewis Capaldi · Tokimonsta · Nao · Photay · Foxing · JASSS · Rews · The Snuts
FRIDAY 12th JULY
THE NATIONAL · THE SMASHING PUMPKINS · Vetusta Morla · Eric Prydz · Vince Staples · Sharon Van Etten · Wolfmother · Teenage Fanclub · Alma · Black Midi · George Fitzgerald · Haai · Helena Hauff · Mall Grab · Milk Teeth · Rolling Blackouts C.F · Sex Museum · Sophie Hunger · Teenage Fanclub · The Slow Readers Club · Valeras
SATURDAY 13th JULY
THE CURE · The 1975 · Robyn · Years & Years · Greta Van Fleet · Jorja Smith · Bonobo dj set · Jon Hopkins live · Carpenter Brut · Delaporte · DobleCapa · Alizzz · Lala Lala · Le Butcherettes · Miles Kane · Mogwai · Pip Blom · The Twilight Sad · Yonaka · Mitú
