Playground magazine

The wide range of styles, genres and artists featured at the Fòrum grows with every new edition. And this has its effect on the kind of people attending the event. But we have never seen such a broad variety of urban tribes together at San Miguel Primavera Sound, as at this year’s festival: hip-hoppers, metal heads, emos, hipsters, you name it. While on Thursday blackness ruled - with all the Refused and xx fans flooding the festival site - Friday was for the followers of the leader of The Cure, the king of the most dramatic goth world.

There was a lot of black among the masses chanting “Friday I’m In Love” in ecstasy, but few looks were as sophisticated as that of Mr. Smith himself; who entered the scene in several kilos of eyeliner and lipstick, sporting that nightmarish hairdo that still fascinates after all these years. We know that imitating his look takes guts and aesthetic devotion - and that the years whittle down the edges of even the most daring people - but we had expected a bit more from his most avid fans, to be honest.