FROM THURSDAY 18 TO SATURDAY 20/7
BLESS YOU (the Upper Plane)
He Benicassim International Festival is reduced this year to three days of performances for the first time in almost two decades. Among the featured artists who follow the usual line of the festival, the rock duo Royal Blood es, definitely, one of the main attractions of this year. With them, headline the last night of the festival Miles Kane and the young band Sundara Karma presenting their latest album to date, Better luck next time. The usual ones The Vaccines they will play the album Pick-up full of pink carnations Friday night and the eclectic Dominic Richard Harrison, better known as Yungblud, for his honest and socially committed lyrics, will be one of those that arouses the most interest among the British public present. Not in vain, this artist has announced his own festival called Bludfest in the English town of Milton Keynes, a few kilometers from the capital, where according to his words, “will destroy the limitations of the imagination” cutting through the corporate trash. This festival promises more direct contact with the public, which contrasts flatly with the philosophy of the FIB, recently acquired by the American investment fund Providence Equity Partners.
The Irish The Academic will provide another interesting note, since this young band has a pop of great vitality and the endorsement of having opened for the Rolling Stones themselves, The Strokes y Noel Gallagher. Definitely, Thursday will be the night when Pete Doherty and Carl Barat, in front of The Libertines, make the audience vibrate with their classic hymns “Can’t stand me now” y “Time for heroes”. Pete Doherty has always created expectations by attending this festival, either alone or with his parallel band Babyshambles, with whom he has starred in moments of delirium and great anecdotes in the golden era of the IBF.
National bands complete the lineup, veterans like Lori Meyers, Dorian y Bizarre Love Triangle, along with others that have recently taken over festivals such as Bogotá burns, La La Love You y Varry Brava. The electronics will come from the hand of the DJ and producer Andres Campo and Juan Carlos Cruz, better known as Wade. And of course, Also on the poster are the well-known, but not so requested, Black Eyed Peas, Andres Calamaro and the Eurovision representative of the United Kingdom Sam Ryder, who rose to fame through TikTok during the pandemic. V.CASAÑA
