Taken from the RA website (thanks Lee): residentadvisor.net

Goldfrapp, Justice, Erol Alkan and Hercules and Love Affair are among the first names out of the bag for this summer’s Sonar Festival in Barcelona.

Held over three days, Sonar is the big electronic festival on the European calendar, not least because of the dozens of spinoff club nights held around the city during festival time. The official Sonar Festival is generally split into two halves: a low-key daytime concert/expo held in the heart of the city and a monster rave held in a 20,000-capacity exhibition hall in the Southern suburbs.

Big names at this year’s festival include UK pop duo Goldfrapp, who will be performing live on Thursday night, and X-102, aka Detroit trio Jeff Mills, Robert Hood and Mike Banks, who will be recreating their 1992 album Discovers The Rings of Saturn at the fest. Dance music-wise, the bill includes a dubstep showcase (feat. Shackleton, Mala), an Ed Banger showcase (Busy P, SebastiAn) and a Freerange showcase (Jimpster, Milton Jackson). (YAY FREERANGE!)

Elsewhere on the bill there are festival regulars Diplo, A-Trak, Justice, M.I.A and Miss Kittin, and new names to Barcelona such as Hercules and Love Affair, Frankie Knuckles, Konono No. 1 and Kalabrese. Check the event listing below for the full lineup so far.

Oh, and in case you were wondering about the picture, Sonar's visual theme for 2008 is based on a series of joke genetic mutation videos which were apparently spread around the Chinese internet. Read all about it here b1158.cn

Basically miles, taxi is pretty much the only option unless you're stupid or love walking foe hours in the sweltering heat. The journey doesn't take too long by car though.
Id also advise leaving just before the end of the closing as well as getting taxi's can be a fucking nightmare in Barcelona at the best of times let alone stuck in the middle of an industrial estate fighting off another 30,000 or so clubbers !

Oh fuck i thought they were pretty close....better check the map again to find out where my accomodation really is!!

Cheers for the info

Mandy, there are buses, yes. Like Cal said, get on them BEFORE the end as it can get very crowded. we fought onto one last year around 5 AM and it was jam packed with smelly sweaty fucked people (part of the fun really!)

LET ME REITERATE SOMETHING- DO NOT DEPEND ON TAXIS. EVER!

EVER !

YAYYYYYYYYYY 5 MORE DAYS TIL I GO TO BARCA!!!

Meh, 26 days until i fly too serbia. :P

5 MORE DAYS TIL I GO TO BARCA!!!

6 for us then...double yay!!!!!

mandy where are you staying? what part of town?

The shanti part.

andy where are you staying? what part of town?

arkupeborn.com

nice- we're right on Las Ramblas. Can't wait!