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April 17

We back! Added 34 new names to the PKP-bill:

CHANNEL TRES - BECKY HILL - DIZZEE RASCAL - KEVIN DE VRIES - KI/KI - SNELLE - ARTEMAS - AHADADREAM - BIBI SECK - BLCK MAMBA - DEBBY FRIDAY - ENGLISH TEACHER - FUTURE UTOPIA - BOLIS PUPUL - CELLINI (live) - FLANSIE - AMBER BROOS - ANDROMEDIK - BERRE - GLASS BEAMS - GRANDSON - JAZZ BRAK - SLIFT - WUNDERHORSE - HOT MILK - JESUS PIECE - KLEINE CRACK & SLAGTER - MSPAINT - I. JORDAN - MCR-T - MEG10 - NEW WEST - NIEVE ELLA - WASIA PROJECT

Sunday tickets limited available

Very happy with Glass Beams and English Teacher. Also happy with Grandson, Slift, Wunderhorse and I have something to discover.

It's shaping really good.

Still hoping for Yard Act (playing Brussels late April), Protomartyr and maybe a couple of nice surprises 🤞🏼

April 14

8 hours ago, Semprini said:

Vampire Weekend

Primavera Sound announced them as only EU festival appearance 😞

April 11

On 4/10/2024 at 11:06 AM, ElectricCastleFan said:

curious to see how Sean Paul x Paolo Nutini will play out. Seems like a weird ft.

Looking at the smaller names, it could simply be two names on the same line separated by an x.
Don't know why every headliner got his own line except them, but I think it's just Sean Paul, Paolo Nutini.

April 10

10 hours ago, Ohad said:

You're probably right. My festivals experience is usually more... hectic. 6-8 shows a day at RW for example. Guess it's a different experience.

Do you have any idea when should we expect the timetable? I see that last year it was published much earlier

Mine too. It's a very nice festival but definitely if you want to get a good spot at an evening main stage show, you have to miss the previous ones on the other stages. (Anyways, I attended to Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Cascade from a good position and then run to The Chemical Brothers being far from the Grande Scene, but visual and audio by The Chems were amazing also from long distance, so I enjoyed their show too).

If I remember correctly, they released the timetables in early July last year. Don't remember the date but it surely was more than one month before the festival took place.

April 9

3 minutes ago, Ohad said:

Interesting. And those waiting for the strokes were able to hear, see the Bonobo show?

In other words, can I wait for 1 act and still get a glimpse from the other?

I don't think so. All the stages are far enough (and separated by trees, stands, people...) to don't have soundbleeding and if you were together with 40k persons waiting for The Strokes I'm sure you wouldn't understand that much about Bonobo's set.

It's a very nice festival, but every day you better choose the 3-4 shows you want to attend more and enjoy them. Anything more is a bonus (like half shows from a certain distance)

April 9

2 hours ago, Ohad said:

Thanks for this helpful post! May I ask how far do you estimate the two big stages are from each other? Grande and Cascade?

The distance is not big but it's more a matter of organization and people. The show on one stage starts suddenly when the other show is finished and it's impossible to get a good spot on every show.

For an example, last year's sunday had Foals (Grande) than Bonobo (Cascade) than The Strokes (Grande) and almost everyone took a spot for Foals and stayed there for Strokes. Bonobo played in front an almost empty field and walking from/to the Grande Scene during that evening was really hard.

April 4

So, surprisingly (or not?) Denzel Curry announced American Tour during PKP-LWL.
This opens a nice hole in Friday's Marquee schedule.

April 3

2 hours ago, IzzyD said:

Helloo,

I was looking for some advice - from some experienced Pukklepoppers - we have tickets for the Friday but are coming to Belgium for a few days Thursday-Sunday. We were thinking of staying in Brussels - does any one have any experience in getting too-from Brussels late at night - what times do the trains end - any ideas about taxi ? or a train/taxi combo ?

Thanks !

Hi, never done that so I hope someone else can help you more than me.
Regarding extra night trains, at the moment (but I don't think this will change), SNCB website only talks about Sunday night, when the festival ends a bit earlier than Friday/Saturday and many Belgian people come back home:
https://www.belgiantrain.be/en/leisure/music-events/pukkelpop
Last regular train to Brussels is expected to leave Hasselt station at 22.56 and the next one is at 6 something the morning after, so it also depends on your festival experience. I can see Fred Again or Soulwax + some minor acts closing their stage around 01.30/02.00 am and then some DJs going over till 4 am, but also a lot of shows taking place all day long starting 11 am (e.g. Fontaines DC and Inhaler will surely be playing in the afternoon). Then you have to reach the train station.
A taxi to Brussels would surely be expensive (it's 80 kms drive) especially when you have a free train ride from any Belgian train station and way back included in your festival ticket.
Probably the best option is to book a room around Hasselt for Friday night and then go back to Brussels using the free train on Saturday. Or maybe you can consider spending a couple of days in Brussels and a couple of ones in a smaller town closer to the festival like Diest (the taxi should be ways less expensive than Brussels and you can still use the free train ride from/to Brussels).

March 28

9 minutes ago, Archi said:

From La Route Du Rock, The Kills would be a great add indeed! I've seen that Dean Lewis is in Germany that weekend but I don't see a spot big enough for him left as he headlined the Klub C at RW last year and he just sold out the Ziggo Dome in a instant. Too bad. Same for an act like Hasley announced at Sziget...

The Kills are already at Pukkelpop

March 28

C'mon Pukkelpop, you know what to do!

March 27

2 hours ago, kristofm said:

Well that's pretty embarrassing isn't it

Especially because there's Idles, Placebo, Offpsring, Kooks, Keane, Two Door Cinema Club around in August...

We're debating Queens of the Stone Age and Strokes and we get Liam Gallagher.

Like, wtf.

I think I'm normally a person who understands that there's different needs and line ups are subjective and all but daamn. I think this is one of the most underwhelming bunch in the past few years. (This second phase, not the first one.)

I simply don't understand why and indie rock fan should go to Sziget 2024 and why Sziget spended money to book bands like Yard Act or Fontaines DC instead of making an even stronger pop/dance festival (which basically it is).

You all have your reasons but there's a lot of cool festivals around if this one doesn't match your tastes.

March 27

7 minutes ago, kristofm said:

Anyone knows any bands among these new names that play the guitar? I'd like to check them out.

Punk, metal, indiepop, anything. Female fronted, male fronted, i don't mind.

I think only Liam Gallagher, Editors, Yves Tumor, Mannequin Pussy in today's announcement 😬

March 27

15 hours ago, Kaboom Boxer said:

Anyone I should particularly be looking out for?

Glass Beams and Yves Tumor for sure. There's also one of the many projects by Jonny Greenwood (who'll be playing also with The Smile) that are always interesting to check. Didn't know Ghinzu but I read they're a belgian band from the early 2000s recently reunited and accompained by some hype...

March 26

New names added. Amazing line-up

March 25

On 3/19/2024 at 9:49 PM, johnybegood said:

I bet that Idles are playing 3rd down in the Main Stage on Sunday once their day in Rock Werchter is sold out.

QOTSA / The Offspring / Idles makes sense.

It would be their 4th Belgian show in 2024, they're literally everywhere... Not very likely but always welcome

March 25

FYA I have been to Idles+Ditz show in Stockholm a few days ago and we were forbidden to bring almost anything into the venue (including any kind of bags and water in plastic bottles), security checks were pretty accurate and there was a delimited bar area, far from the stage, where we were allowed to drink. The venue informed us about these new restrictions stated by the Sweden Police in November 2023.

Luckily the security guys under the stage gave us sips of water from the bottles all the concert long, but at the end of Idles set we still were thirsty as hell (Ditz started at 19.30 and Idles finished at 22.55 and we only had one beer before 7 pm).

I might be wrong but I can imagine something similar will happen at the festival too.

March 21

13 hours ago, stereodista said:

Thanks. Is that a festival bus or a more regular one? Google Maps suggested a cab because of a lack of alternatives…

Normally there are buses from/to the most important portuguese cities announced later in the year (during spring)

https://www.vodafoneparedesdecoura.com/como-chegar/

March 20

17 minutes ago, Archi said:

I guess/hope the artist isn't in this announcement... Pommelijn Thijs and Jessie Murph are the biggest names announced for Sunday.

This Sunday keeps looking great for my tastes: QOTSA, The Offspring, Rise Against, Motionless In White, Lionheart and Jessie Murph I'm curious to check live. Many names for the end of the day so I guess I could have some clashes.

Check also Chalk, Fat Dog and The Haunted Youth if you don't know them

March 20

3 hours ago, DDave said:

Who was it??

Pommelien Thijs? Hmmm

March 20

12 hours ago, SarahEmpre said:

Friday and Saturday names are most of them small, do not expect too much.

I'm here for the small names 😁

March 13

1 minute ago, DDave said:

Prodigy are at Lokerse, Libertines at Dour. LG or New Order would be good for me, not sure how many tickets they'd shift though.

maybe the mysterious Paredes headliner then

March 13

4 hours ago, SarahEmpre said:

As far as I know, no announecemt this week because they are closing a medium/big name for Sunday in order to sell the big quantity of Sunday daytickets remaining. All eforts in the last names booking are being done for Sunday even fighting with minor festivals like Lokerse, Alcatraz or Brakrock in order to book some bands that decide to tour in the last minute. I think that once that this name will be closed they will do a big announcement. But things are changing so fast in PKP HQ since the surprising amount sold in the 1st 24 hours, so let's wait.

Interesting. There's still a lot of big names touring and available who would fit, like for example Kasabian, The Libertines, Liam Gallagher, The Prodigy...

A name shared with Rock Werchter, like The Hives or Idles, is also possible but they won't announce it before July so ut doesn't make much sense.

March 8

12 hours ago, Ken19 said:

most of the biggest names are out

Does this mean that a couple of big names still have to be announced? 🧐

March 8

Glass Beams just announced by Way Out West, so they'll be back in Europe next August. They have a sold out show at Botanique next April and could be a wonderful Spring addition.

Osees (I know they would be a 2023 repetition but sometimes it happens) don't have any Belgian show announced this year and are playing London Aug-15 and Green Man Aug-17, so they're also a possibility for the Sunday.

March 6

Regarding today's no-announcement, it simply looks like this was Lowlands time.

44 names have already been announced during the last month and many more are surely already booked and planned to be announced during the next weeks. They're in the relaxed position they don't need to push the sales and they already have the budget to build a strong festival and strengthen their reputation without risks.

There won't be big last-minute-bookings but it will be a strong edition.

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