The big review: Mad Cool festival 2024
While the UK is bogged down in what feels like the wettest summer ever, we head off to Madrid and the scorching Mad Cool festival for four days of the biggest and brightest bands in rock and alternative. From returning grunge legends to pop-punk farewells to brawling Irish hip-hop, and much more besides, the Spanish megafest is one of the hottest tickets around. Literally. So we’ve donned our summer moshwear, slapped on the factor 50 and are heading into the pit with 40,000 more music lovers from across the globe. Here’s what went down… Region Of Madrid stage “If I look weird with fucking ice packs on my head, it’s because I grew up in a very cold culture,” laughs Shirley Manson. “I’m a goth, I’ve always been a goth – I was a goth at...
