Numbers Up At PrimaveraPro

This year’s PrimaveraPro, which opened in Barcelona May 22, is expecting about 1,800 delegates, a 28 percent rise on the 1,400 that showed in 2012.

More than 60 percent of the guests are from outside of Spain, coming from 41 countries.

This year’s speakers include Pete Shelley (Buzzcocks), Martin Atkins (PIL, Nine Inch Nails, Ministry), Carl Barat (The Libertines) and renowned musician and producer Ethan Johns.

Also lined up are festival programmers and directors including Malcolm Haynes (Glastonbury), Andrés Sánchez (Vive Latino) and Jon-Paul Waddington (In the City);  representatives from top independent labels such as Simon Halliday (4AD) and Mark Jones (Wall of Sound); and specialist journalists such as Sean Adams (Drowned in Sound).