Mad Cool Festival 2026, review – Revellers worship our rock saviours Nick Cave, Lorde and Florence Welch

In sweltering Madrid, crowds genuflect before our Lorde and saviour, then congregate before charismatic, commanding performances from Cave and the Bad Seeds, Wolf Alice and Florence Welch


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