Barcelona, a musical olympus? Live concerts, club cultures, television and city branding
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12670080 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Duncan Wheeler (0000-0001-7739-6603, University of Leeds, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 79-96 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1463-6204 • E-ISSN: 1469-9818 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14636204.2020.1720983 |
| OpenAlex | W3006094586 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
The 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games announced Spain’s democratic credentials and facilitated a vast urban regeneration project in the Catalan capital. There is extensive bibliography on the role played by culture in the forging of the so-called Barcelona model, but little attention has been paid thus far to popular music. Barcelona may lack Ibiza’s super-clubs, but, in the space of a generation, the city has gone from being a relative backwater to becoming a staple of major international tours, and music has increasingly become a popular tourist attraction. This is a logical albeit not necessarily intended consequence of Barcelona’s Olympic adventure. I begin with a preliminary survey of rock and pop concerts before exploring in the main section how and why live and recorded music performed a key but underexplored role in the success of the 1992 Olympic Games. A critical examination of the subsequent development of popular music in the Catalan capital will provide a means by which to grapple with the legacy of the Transition and Barcelona ’92 in post-recession Spain
Adventure · Advertising · Art · Art history · Business · Capital (architecture · Catalan · Club · Democracy · Humanities · Media studies · Musical · Political science · Popular culture · Popular music · Sociology · Tourism · Visual arts · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |