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Olivia Rodrigo has announced a surprise performance at Primavera Sound 2026.

Olivia Rodrigo will make a surprise appearance at the Primavera Sound festival.

On Saturday (June 6), the 23-year-old pop star announced on social media that she would be performing an unscheduled concert at a festival in Barcelona later that evening.

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«"Surprise!!!" Rodrigo captioned a photo posted to her Instagram Stories, showing the singer giving a thumbs-up to the crowd at the festival. "See you tonight, primavera_sound... I'm so excited.".

The "Vampire" hitmaker is scheduled to perform on the Occident Stage at 10:25 p.m. local time.

«"We're pouring our hearts out," the festival organizers wrote in their Instagram post, accompanied by a photo of Rodrigo.

The surprise performance came less than a week before the release of Rodrigo's third studio album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love , scheduled for release on June 12. The album's first two singles, "Drop Dead" and "The Cure," debuted at No. 1 and No. 5, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Rodrigo last visited Spain in early May, where she performed the Billions Club Live concert in Barcelona. This one-of-a-kind event brought together 1,500 of the singer's most devoted Spanish fans at the historic Teatre Grec open-air venue. During the intimate performance, Rodrigo performed eight of the nine Billions Club songs, as well as fan favorites from her first two albums and the lead single from OR3, "Drop Dead.". Billions Club Live with Olivia Rodrigo: A Concert Film was released on Spotify on May 27.

At the end of April, the singer also announced that she would go on tour in support of the album. You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love . The 65-date Unraveled tour will include arena performances across North America, Europe, and the UK, beginning September 25 at PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford, Connecticut.

The world tour will conclude with a two-day concert at Barcelona's Palau Sant Jordi on May 1 and 2.

Meanwhile, headliners Doja Cat and Massive Attack's performances at Primavera Sound festival on Thursday (June 4) have been cancelled due to extreme weather conditions in Barcelona.

Thursday marked the opening of the three-day festival, but severe weather forced the organizers to end the program early. After Geese performed during a heavy downpour, performances by Alex G, Mac DeMarco, and Bad Gyal, as well as the evening's headliners, were also cancelled.

Primavera Sound Festival resumed as planned for the second day, with performances from The Cure, Skrillex, Pink Pantheress, Ethel Cain, Role Model, My Bloody Valentine and more.

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