With the remission of the pandemic, Spain will live in 2022 one of his most intense musical summers when joining the long-postponed commitments and the news of the calendar, an abundance that could play against right now that the uncertainty does not come so much from health as from pocket.
“There is a oversupplyit’s clear,” the president of the Es_Música federation acknowledges to Efe, Kin Martinezwhich has caused “an equipment crisis and a shortage of qualified personnel”, diminished from the start by the flight of labor in two years without major shows.
At the same time, the accumulation of “tickets” of postponed events has been detrimental to the purchase of new proposals, as well as a lack of uniqueness in many of the posters, “very repetitive”.
“And, above all, although there is a desire on the part of the public, there is a generation that has suffered a long financial crisis to which is now added another of an energy type, which not only reduces their purchasing power, but also increases costs and, therefore, also the ticket prices”, he points out.
Before an agenda that will include Rosalía, Dua Lipa, Iron Maiden or Red Hot Chili Peppers, the president of Live Nation in Spain, Robert Grima, points out who could take it worse. “We have fine-tuned so that all the bands find their audience, but with so much supply those in the middle of the table can suffer,” he predicts, a damage that has already been noted in the cancellation of Pussy Riot.
big international concerts
This Wednesday, The Rolling Stones will kick off the Wanda Metropolitano from Madrid not only to their European tour, but to a summer season in which they will be one of the main dishes.
That same day he will land in the Palau Sant Jordi of Barcelona one of the most anticipated and postponed pop tours, that of Dua Lipa and her album “Future Nostalgia”, which will also go through the Wizink Center of the Spanish capital.
With no time to catch their breath, on the 4th Red Hot Chili Peppers will land on the Charterhouse Stadium of Seville and 7 in the Olympic Stadium of the county city.
Marc Anthony will land on June 17 at the Espanyol Stadium, in Barcelona, and will visit other cities such as Santiago de Compostela (Monte do Gozo19) until closing on July 8 at the Gran Canaria Stadium.
in between, Camilo will perform at La Cartuja on June 18, at the Wizink Center on the 25th and at the Palau Sant Jordi on the 26th. The Argentinian Andrés Calamaro, who will play at the Bilbao Auditorium on May 29, will go through several summer festivals and, on June 28, at the Wizink Center.
Sebastián Yatra will take his “Dharma Tour” to Madrid (June 29, Wizink Center) and Barcelona (July 1, Palau Sant Jordi).
A day before in that same space will be Alicia Keyswhich will travel on July 4 to the Wizink Center, where on July 3 they will stop Kiss and where on July 6 and 7 the also legendary Queen will perform, with Adam Lambert as vocalist.
Juan Luis Guerra The Spanish tour will start on July 1 in Chiclana de la Frontera (Cádiz) and will go through 6 cities until its end at the Wizink Center on July 10. There on the 8th, “Papi Juancho” Maluma will also perform, who will also go to places such as the bullring in Palma de Mallorca (17th) or Murcia (21st).
Alexander Fernandez and its mariachis will visit A Coruña (Coliseum, July 17), Madrid (Wizink Center, 26) and Santa Cruz de Tenerife (fairground, July 30), while Iron Maiden will stop at the Estadi Olimpic in Barcelona on July 29 .
That Friday, the Wizink Center will receive the only concert of one of the stars of the moment, Harry Stylesand already at the end of summer, on September 21, “The We Tour” from Arcade Fire.
giant festivals
This summer will see the return to full power of the big festivals. This same weekend kicks off with 12 days of Primavera Sound programming in Barcelona, with Massive Attack, Beck, The National, The Strokes, Gorillaz y Nick Cave in your offer.
At its end, the Sónar will also arrive in Barcelona, with The Chemical Brothers, C.Tangana and Nathy Pelusoamong others.
Still in June Mallorca Live Festival he will get his batteries going by serving international performances by Franz Ferdinand, Christina Aguilera or Muse before anyone else.
The British will also be in Mad Cool from Madrid, which from July 6 to 10 has been armed with some of the season’s milestones, including Metallica, Queens of the Stone Age and Florence + The Machine.
The Killers, who will be part of their poster, will also be on those dates in Bilbao BBK Live, which will also feature J Balvin, LCD Soundsystem and Pet Shop Boys.
A week later, Daddy Yankee arrives with his farewell tour to Madrid Puro Reggaeton and Puro Latino Torremolinos (Málaga), as well as the veteran Benicàssim International Festival (FIB), with Kasabian, Justice and Two Door Cinema Club on its bill.
From July 21 to 23 it will be released Diversity in Valencia, with Black Eyed Peas, HER, Iggy Pop, Maneskin and Ozuna.
Two other festival novelties, Andalucia Big Festival from Malaga and Mad Cool Sunset in Madrid they will appear in September to share a well-known return, that of Rage Against The Machine.
Without forgetting that throughout the summer cycles will be held such as Pedralbes Gardens in Barcelona, Botanical Nights in Madrid and Starlite in Marbella that will allow you to enjoy Patti Smith, Tom Jones, Carlos Vives, Juanes or Wilco. The Malaga festival will also feature Diana Ross’s only date in Spain.
the spanish army
Between the spanish artists There will also be events for history such as the debut of Vetusta Morla before 45,000 people at the Wanda Metropolitano on June 24, a space that Alejandro Sanz will heat this same June 4 at the start of his tour.
Yours will be national “tour” event of the year, with stops at stadiums and large venues such as Valencia (double date at the City of Arts and Hundreds on June 10 and 11), Seville (Benito Villamarín, June 16), Zaragoza (La Romareda , June 25) or Cádiz (Ramón de Carranza, July 8 and 9).
Another Madrid Breadwill perform on June 1 and 5 at the Wizink Center, and then fly to Poble Espanyol in Barcelona (on the 10th) and on an extensive tour of the country.
On those dates, specifically June 7 in Murcia, the long farewell of the national stages of Joan Manuel Serrat.
Although if there is a “tour” of a Spaniard that will stop the glances, it will be that of Rosalia, which will begin on July 6 at the Almería fairgrounds. There will be more stops, including a double showing in Madrid (Wizink Center, July 19 and 20) and Barcelona (Palau Sant Jordi, June 23 and 24).
In September, another Catalan, Aitana, will put the finishing touch to the summer with six concerts in large venues such as the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona on the 3rd or the Wizink Center in Madrid on the 18th.