Olivia Rodrigo is set to play a surprise set at Primavera Sound in Barcelona tonight, adding a late-night jolt to a festival weekend that has already been disrupted by severe weather. She told fans on Instagram, “Surprise!!! See you tonight @primavera_sound,” and added, “I’m excited.”
The performance is scheduled for 10:25pm at the Occident Stage on the festival’s penultimate day at Parc del Fòrum, making it one of the clearest last-minute draws of the weekend. Primavera Sound has already seen multiple sets wiped out by the weather, including Massive Attack, Doja Cat, Bad Gyal, Alex G and Mac DeMarco, which gives Rodrigo’s appearance extra weight for fans who have spent the week watching the timetable shrink.
The festival itself has framed her slot as a guest surprise, using the phrase “spilling our guts” in a social media post and saying another major star will also appear tonight. That keeps the question less about whether Rodrigo will show up than about how the set will land inside a bill already packed with headliners including The Cure, Gorillaz, The xx, Skrillex, Massive Attack and Addison Rae.
Rodrigo’s appearance also arrives at a busy moment in her own calendar. She is due to release her third album, You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love, next Friday, June 12, after describing the record as “experimental” and full of “sad love songs.” She has said it draws on feelings of “jealousy” and “longing” from her first “big girl relationship,” and it will include the recent singles “Drop Dead” and “The Cure.”
That makes tonight’s slot more than a throwaway festival cameo. Rodrigo already turned heads at Glastonbury in 2025 when she headlined the Pyramid Stage and brought out The Cure’s Robert Smith as a special guest, and she is now also preparing for her first tour since the Guts World Tour last year. The new Unraveled Tour has already grown with extra dates because of demand, including multiple nights at London’s O2.
What remains unanswered is how long the Primavera set will be. The festival has billed it as a surprise appearance, not a full headline turn, and that leaves open whether Rodrigo will deliver a short guest spot or something closer to a complete performance. Either way, Barcelona’s festivalgoers now have one more major name to catch before the weekend closes.
