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Went to Glastonbury once in 2004 and had a great time. What does my head in about Glastonbury though is all those flags. Can't imagine spending that amount of money now to basically look at a sheet with a meme on it from every single angle of any spot on the main stage.

Plus much higher ticket prices and people paying insane prices for everything else on this earth is quite a different situation to every other year.

Hoping for a great Barn headliner on the Sunday.

Blur still haven't confirmed Wembley though yet. Still a rumor. Read a recent interview with Graham Coxon where he eluded to nothing coming, but Depeche Mode did the same recently.

I'd bet my money on Iron Maiden.

This clashfinder provides a very well-educated guess imo: https://clashfinder.com/s/graspop2023/ Disturbed might be a candidate due to new music. Behemoth seem to be a good guess as well. Trivium have been confirmed for a festival in August, which may mean they're playing Alcatraz instead of Graspop.

Very sorry about this. I thought I was posting in the Rock Werchter topic. My mistake!

It's been 4 days since 2003.

Definitely a Werchter-sized gap in that Muse tour. IMO their latest album is pretty good, so would not mind seeing them again.

Not sure if anybody mentioned it already, but apparalently Depeche Mode are heavily rumored to do a festival tour in 2023.

They could easily do one or two days at the Werchter site, however they are not dealing with Live Nation (at the moment).

AM were terrible last time at Werchter. Their last album made the festival crowd snooze and leave early. If they headline with another set like that, they're going to go the way of Kings of Leon (i.e. no more major festival headliner).

Seeing as the second part of the US tour is still confirmed as going ahead in 2023, I'm certain they'll be in Europe in the summer of 2023. That's probably the reason for the cancellation and not the rescheduling g as well. Makes no sense to have festival shows and venue shows booked (Sportpaleis and Werchter for instance).

A yes from me for Pulp. Chances are slim though I think, as they'll want a prominent spot.

I think it's time for a double main stage (like Graspop and Hellfest). There are many good acts in the Klub C and Barn which you have to make a choice of, otherwise you cannot enter the other.

Still not certain. Gear is in, but they haven't confirmed fully yet says Rock Werchter.

Ticketswap has a percentage limit, so you'll never pay too much over the original ticket price. Besides, there will ALWAYS be people selling their ticket closer to date for various reasons, so just make all travel plans to go and you will get one eventually.

I understand. Normally that's the case for me as well to go for established names I listen to. But I had some time to check out all names and my planning is now stacked. I'd suggest you give it a chance to check out all names, as you might find a gem. Don't forget that almost all artists start out on the smallest stages.

Just a question: have you actually listened to all names that are playing the festival? I've done so and have been extremely suprised and look forward to seeing a bunch of artists I never even heard of previously. Ever more surprised that rock music has made such a return.

Buy a ticket for Best Kept Secret like we did. Very much looking forward to The Strokes!

Deftones will perform at Graspop, and therefore Belgium exclusive festival appearance.

While I was over the moon about the addition of Faith No More that year, I vividly remember A LOT of negative messages about FNM replacing the Foo Fighters. So, caring for the audience is relative. The organisation can't really be blamed for bands dropping out. Rock Werchter aren't the ones that cancelled the bands we wanted to see.

Looking at the Hellfest headliners that have not been confirmed for Graspop: Scorpions: have a show in Germany on the Sunday, so highly unlikely Nine Inch Nails: Hellfest exclusive, would not suit Graspop for a headliner I reckon as well. Nightwish: high possibility, have a show at Pinkpop that weekend but are free on the Sunday. Guns N' Roses: free for the Sunday, but have a show the day before and after, therefore not likely. Wardruna: no way they will headline Sabaton: possible, they have shows planned a few days later in Europe. My gut feeling says either Nightwish or Sabaton will replace Aerosmith if the rumor is true that they're cancelling.

The line-up is ok, nothing to get really excited about. But I'll be extra excited if it finally goes ahead this year!

I try to limit my alcohol consumption to evenings, which helps massively. Plus, I limit that consumption to whatever I feel like drinking, so never overboard.