Mad Cool Festival
Mad Cool
When: 11-13 July
Where: Madrid, Spain
Who’s headlining: Bon Iver, The National and The Cure
Who else is playing: Vampire Weekend, The 1975, The Smashing Pumpkins, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, The Hives, Alma, Bonobo, Jorja Smith, Jon Hopkins
Tickets: €79 day ticket, €175 for the three days
Rather than select a couple of 2019’s festival circuit headliners, Madrid’s rising mega-gig just went ahead and booked pretty much all of them. Talk about a one-stop shop for rock.
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Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever reveal hints about the follow-up to 'Hope Downs'
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The story of Madrid's scorching Mad Cool Festival 2019 in pictures
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"It's a celebration of resistance": Prophets Of Rage on their second album, 'milkshaking' and staying woke
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“I’ve spent my life savings on blonde wigs” – Black Honey’s Izzy reveals syrup-based hint for future show at Mad Cool festival
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The Twilight Sad at Mad Cool 2019: more like group primal scream therapy than 'entertainment'
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15 brilliant things about The 1975's festival set (as witnessed at Madrid's Mad Cool)
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NME take SG Lewis for a ride on Mad Cool's Ferris wheel and try to have a serious chat about music
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Pop treasure Robyn brought Mad Cool 2019 to a sophisticated close (except when she snogged herself)
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The Cure carry on their Glastonbury high with giddily joyous Mad Cool 2019 set
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Watch Prophets of Rage perform 'Made With Hate' for the first time live at Mad Cool festival
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Watch Lewis Capaldi party with Noel Gallagher's daughter, Anaïs, during Noel's set at Mad Cool
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Johnny Marr at Mad Cool: "Not everyone in England is a fucking dick"
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Miles Kane on his "camp and frantic" next album and jamming with "bunch of pyschos" The Jaded Hearts Club Band
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The cult of The National sucks in every man, woman and insect at Mad Cool 2019
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Play nice! Performing in an enormous toy box, Smashing Pumpkins rolled out the hits at Mad Cool 2019
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Tash Sultana at Mad Cool Festival: "You spend a lot of time being shit before you start working out what things should sound like"
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Viagra Boys challenge Iggy Pop to a rap battle at Mad Cool Festival
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Bon Iver at Mad Cool: a fine end to the ‘22, A Million’ era, but they "don't know how" to play the new songs
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Iggy Pop at Mad Cool: 50 years on, rock ’n’ roll’s great survivor is still the most thrilling performer
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Noel Gallagher shows Mad Cool how to be a Rock 'N' Troll Star
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R&B star Nao at Madrid's Mad Cool festival: "I want to open doors for other people to succeed"
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Spanish trap star Fusa Nocta on her stellar Mad Cool festival set and the power of 'The X Factor'
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Lewis Capaldi at Mad Cool: a comedown from Glastonbury, but 'Chewbacca' is unstoppable
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"I'd love to see him and give him a big kiss, he'd love it!" - Lewis Capaldi wants to meet up with Noel Gallagher at the festival they're both playing tonight
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Lykke Li tells us about working with Mark Ronson and Courtney Love, and "going out in style" with new material
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Bring Me The Horizon at the opening night of Madrid's Mad Cool Festival: high-camp, confrontational and utterly compelling
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Five things to do at Mad Cool that aren’t watching music
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Calling all new talent: Do you want to play at Mad Cool 2019? Well here's your chance...
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Mad Cool 2019 announce impressive line-up for their Welcome Party
