Rock Werchter 2016

[micvet]

On 14-3-2016 at 8:04 PM, zbo said:

didn't even think of that but that's a great idea..I could get the car in leuven on sunday morning, drive to werchter and then drive to the airport when the festival ends

anyone need a ride? haha

Indeed, no trains after midnight to Charleroi. And as said above, first train will be very stressful.
Best choise is to rent a car. I think there's an AVIS renting point in Leuven with possibility to let your car in the AVIS point Charleroi airport. Try to find some people to lower the costs.
Good luck and welcome to Belgium!

[Tremousse]

So do you prefer Glastonbury's line-up or Rock Werchter's line-up ? 

My vote goes to Rock Werchter

[DDave]

11 minutes ago, Tremousse said:

So do you prefer Glastonbury's line-up or Rock Werchter's line-up ? 

My vote goes to Rock Werchter

Glastonburys line up is a trillion times better.

[BlockRockinBeats]

1 hour ago, DiscothequeDave said:

Glastonburys line up is a trillion times better.

Much of a muchness - strong and weak points to both. RW edges it for me with headliners/joint headliners. 

[foolee]

1 hour ago, Tremousse said:

So do you prefer Glastonbury's line-up or Rock Werchter's line-up ? 

My vote goes to Rock Werchter

Apart from Coldplay, ELO and Sigur Ros I wouldn't want anything else from that lineup and werchter has Tame Impala, Chili Peppers, Editors and Macklemore so those bands top Glastonbury for me.

[Noeliam]

  

2 hours ago, Tremousse said:

So do you prefer Glastonbury's line-up or Rock Werchter's line-up ? 

My vote goes to Rock Werchter

Glastonbury without a doubt!

Muse, Coldplay, LCD Soundsystem, Sigur Ros, The Syrian National Orchestra (with Damon Albarn), M83, Protoje, Fatboy Slim, Explosions In The Sky.

+ Foals, Beck, James Blake, Chvrches, OMAM from RW.

[BlockRockinBeats]

58 minutes ago, Noeliam said:

  

Glastonbury without a doubt!

Muse, Coldplay, LCD Soundsystem, Sigur Ros, The Syrian National Orchestra (with Damon Albarn), M83, Protoje, Fatboy Slim, Explosions In The Sky.

+ Foals, Beck, James Blake, Chvrches, OMAM from RW.

The other issue at Glasto is you can pick the acts you want to see and simply half them because you won't get to see them all as the site is so vast.

Edited March 29, 2016 by BlockRockinBeats

[Tremousse]

There is one act in particular which makes me reconsider my choice (in the lineup even if it's not on the bill) : James. In my opinion James is one of the best festival acts ever, and the best festival act of this year (and the year before too...). I don't say that they are the best band, but in my own they embody a festival act (Intensity, joyful happiness, massive crowd, big party, positive vibes, everyone in the same soul spirit).

[thewayiam]

14 hours ago, foolee said:

Apart from Coldplay, ELO and Sigur Ros I wouldn't want anything else from that lineup and werchter has Tame Impala, Chili Peppers, Editors and Macklemore so those bands top Glastonbury for me.

I think it's hard to compare yet....give it until the next announcement....I wouldn't swap RW for it though.

[Red Day]

Much of a muchness as earlier post said.  So much more to do at Glasto during the down times sways it for me. 

[yaniv297]

Even if this was the final Glasto lineup - and it's isn't - i'd still take it over RW easily. And I don't even like any of their headliners.

It's so stacked it's ridiculous... it has almost all of RW selling points (Beck, New Order, PJ, etc) plus the likes of LCD, Madness, ELO, Explosions, Mac DeMarco, UMO, etc... the only thing Werchter has for it is McCartney.

[eFestivals]

18 hours ago, yaniv297 said:

Even if this was the final Glasto lineup - and it's isn't - i'd still take it over RW easily. And I don't even like any of their headliners.

It's so stacked it's ridiculous... it has almost all of RW selling points (Beck, New Order, PJ, etc) plus the likes of LCD, Madness, ELO, Explosions, Mac DeMarco, UMO, etc... the only thing Werchter has for it is McCartney.

and there's still hundreds and hundreds of acts to still be announced. Less than 10% has been announced so far.

Even then it might not be everyone's bag, but it's too early for anyone sensible to be writing it off just yet.

[foolee]

Not saying I was writing it off, just saying the biggest main acts at Rock werchter are better at the moment than Glastonbury therefore I think Rock werchter wins at the minute, obviously all about opinion with which acts people think are good. I will say I've never been to glasto so I don't know what the other parts of the festival offer so I'm going solely on acts

[Tremousse]

1 hour ago, eFestivals said:

and there's still hundreds and hundreds of acts to still be announced. Less than 10% has been announced so far.

Even then it might not be everyone's bag, but it's too early for anyone sensible to be writing it off just yet.

No one here is writing it off... It's just a vote between the final Rock Werchter's line up and the Glastonbury's line up at the minute. Both line up are awesome in their way. Less than 10% has been announced but these 10% include many big acts of the festival, so I don't think that it's too early to ask this question

[micvet]

I prefer the Glasto line up already over RW this year.
But as every year I go to RW because I can go by bike

[Dietediet]

Schedule is online + Mo cancelled (no replacement) + Alessia Cara is filling up that KluB C gap on Saturday. 

[TheKiewitGuy]

Macca only playing 2h15min. Quite short, would've expected at least 2,5h...

[heti]

7 minutes ago, TheKiewitGuy said:

Macca only playing 2h15min. Quite short, would've expected at least 2,5h...

So basically only hits from him goodie ! No surprises with the clashes for me.

Thursday is Nathaniel vs Kaiser Chiefs and Macca vs New Order,

Friday - Rabbit vs Smoke and ATDI vs Sir Plant,

Saturday - RHCP vs Tame Impala

Sunday - Iggy & LSP vs Folas & Beck

[Tremousse]

1 hour ago, heti said:

So basically only hits from him goodie ! No surprises with the clashes for me.

Thursday is Nathaniel vs Kaiser Chiefs and Macca vs New Order,

Friday - Rabbit vs Smoke and ATDI vs Sir Plant,

Saturday - RHCP vs Tame Impala

Sunday - Iggy & LSP vs Folas & Beck

In my own the most awful clash is on Saturday with Glen Hansard vs Band Of Horses

[Hyllebergxd]

The best thing is that Parov Stelar do not clash with Rammstein! yeeees

[e2p2]

Here's a clashfinder. I didn't check everything but it looks right

http:///s/rw2016/

 

Edited April 1, 2016 by e2p2
Wrong clashfinder..

[Tremousse]

Very good news : there will be screens outside The Barn and Klub C  

[Dietediet]

1 hour ago, Tremousse said:

Very good news : there will be screens outside The Barn and Klub C  

They are looking into it*

Although I don't doubt they will find a solution. Twitter was already filled with complaints before the festival was over, and the organisation admitted there was a problem as early as the week after. Not to mention that with Beck, Tame Impala, The 1975, Skunk Anansie, ... there are bound to be heavily packed tents again. 

[Orens]

On 4.4.2016 at 0:05 AM, Dietediet said:

They are looking into it*

Although I don't doubt they will find a solution. Twitter was already filled with complaints before the festival was over, and the organisation admitted there was a problem as early as the week after. Not to mention that with Beck, Tame Impala, The 1975, Skunk Anansie, ... there are bound to be heavily packed tents again. 

Last year they expanded the Barn's capacity to 15k, and the KluB's to 10k... but the Israeli guys who went to see alt-j, Alabama Shakes and co. are still complaining about the packed tents.

Edited April 7, 2016 by Orens

[Dietediet]

“Nothing went wrong. They [Radiohead] just decided early on not to do very many or very big festivals this year. Hopefully they Will be back in the future with a vengeance.”

Roskilde on why they didn't book Roskilde. That's in line with what the Pinkpop organiser said a few months ago, and back then he added that Radiohead was open for major festival bookings in 2017.