ONE WEEK ON: Looking Back on Mad Cool Festival’s Buzzing Comeback

Madrid’s incredible Mad Cool Festival made its grand return one week ago, with the Spanish capital hosting perhaps the strongest line-up of the summer. Revellers made the most of the searing heat in front of the festival’s half a dozen-odd stages, with the likes of Muse, Metallica, Florence + the Machine and Nothing But Thieves among the highlights. We sent Virginia Barbero to the festival to capture what went down, and so here’s an artist-by-artist look back at another behemoth edition of Mad Cool.

DON BROCO

FOALS

NATHY PELUSO

JAMIE CULLUM

SAM FENDER

LONDON GRAMMAR

NOTHING BUT THIEVES

GUITARRICA DE LA FUENTE

LEON BRIDGES

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE

HAIM

PHOEBE BRIDGERS

MUSE

IMAGINE DRAGONS

CHVRCHES

FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES

METALLICA

WOLF ALICE

YUNGBLUD