Rock Werchter 2018

[McCallion]

1. Arctic Monkeys

2. Nick Cave

3. Pearl Jam

4. Nine Inch Nails

5. IDLES

6. Sigrid

7. Post Malone

8. The Killers

9. Eels

10. Jack White

 

[micvet]

Last Hive tickets on sale now!

The Werchter festival site is from now on a public park (not in the festival seazon) with new roads and 500 new trees:
https://nieuws.vtm.be/vtm-nieuws/binnenland/festivalwei-werchter-wordt-ook-park

 

[ParanoidTourist]

1. Pearl Jam

2. Nick Cave

3. NIN

4. Queens of the Stone age

5. Wolf Alice

6. Noel Gallagher

7. Eels

8. MGMT

9. Gorillaz

10. Jack White

 

 

[visdave34]

1. Fleet Foxes/Jack White (2 of my favorites overlapping... )
2. QOTSA
3. Gorillaz
4. Anderson .Paak
5. Ben Howard
6. Nick Cave
7. Fever Ray/Arctic Monkeys (depending on how good AM were at Best Kept Secret)
8. NIN
9. Eels/David Byrne (will be last minute decision)
10. Curtis Harding

[santowhir]

This is what I am most looking forward to, but there's nothing better than discovering something that you weren't expecting. I've got half of my eye on Blackwave as I'm not overly fussed about Pearl Jam.

1. Franz Ferdinand 
2. Gorillaz
3. The Killers
4. Queens of the Stone Age
6. MGMT
7. Fleet Foxes
8. Noel Gallagher
9. Parov Stelar
10.  Arctic Monkeys

[arcuse]

Something like this:

1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2. Gorillaz
3. Jack White
4. Anderson .Paak & TFN
5. David Byrne 
6. Pearl Jam
7. Queens Of The Stone Age
8. Arctic Monkeys
9. IDLES
10. Vince Staples / Ben Howard

[frontsidecab]

1. Arctic Monkeys
2. The Killers
3. Ben Howard
4. Wolf Alice
5. MGMT
6. Post Malone
7. Jack White
8. Pearl Jam
9. Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals
10. Queens of the Stone Age

[lagerlout]

On 5/7/2018 at 2:17 PM, brightside23 said:

Any idea if you can rent the lockers in advance and if the large lockers have power supply or just the small ones? 

Good point, forgot about lockers.  Will def need a power source, can't imagine surviving on power banks for the whole festival and no way my solar will keep up.

[birchtree29]

Arctic Monkeys new album is out today

 

[e2p2]

17 hours ago, lagerlout said:

Good point, forgot about lockers.  Will def need a power source, can't imagine surviving on power banks for the whole festival and no way my solar will keep up.

There are charging areas and charging points in the festival area and in the campsite. 

[Red Day]

4 hours ago, birchtree29 said:

Arctic Monkeys new album is out today

 

Gave it a listen and gave up.  Found it a pretty dreary listen.  

[idioteque87]

I quite like the new album. Better than AM for me, but I weren't keen on that album.

Hear loads of Bowie, Morrissey and Nick Cave in this album.

[Nicklord]

I think this album has to click with you. Heard it 4 times since the good quality leak. First time it was good cause I guess excitement  2nd and 3rd time I thought it was dull as fuck and today I put on headphones and did nothing else and damn, went on a trip with Alex and his life 

[AAlex]

The Struts have dropped out, saw they got announced as Foos support other day but didn't notice the dates, looks like they've dropped out to do that ? replaced by SONS... can't say I know much about them, or The Struts for that matter.

[heti]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/11/body-found-in-search-for-frightened-rabbit-singer-scott-hutchison 

 

Shame, their 2016 gig was really nice. RIP

[Tremousse]

14 hours ago, heti said:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/11/body-found-in-search-for-frightened-rabbit-singer-scott-hutchison 

 

Shame, their 2016 gig was really nice. RIP

It's really heartbreaking... His music helped me through not easy years... One of the bestsongwriters of this century. He had a phenomenal energy on stage aroud 8 years ago. Check out The Loneliness & The Scream at T In The Park 2010 : 

 

[Red Day]

14 hours ago, heti said:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/11/body-found-in-search-for-frightened-rabbit-singer-scott-hutchison 

 

Shame, their 2016 gig was really nice. RIP

Seen them quite a few times over the years and saw them in the Barn. There’s been so much posted since he went missing that shows what a lovely genuine person he was. Really is so sad. 

[e2p2]

11 hours ago, Red Day said:

Seen them quite a few times over the years and saw them in the Barn. There’s been so much posted since he went missing that shows what a lovely genuine person he was. Really is so sad. 

It is awful. Such a talented guy with a beautiful voice.

I was too lazy to go so early to see them in the Barn playing a short set, given I watch their set at Glastonbury the week before, but it does make me think about my upcoming choices in RW and Mad Cool this year and I hope I learn my lesson and wont take any show for granted. 

[arcuse]

Reminds me of last year when I went to see Above & Beyond in the Klub C and instead of going to the Hive where my friends were, I stayed to see the last idk, half hour of Linkin Park. And after everything that happend after that, I'm so glad I stayed.

[heti]

Yeah, I treated Linkin Park gig as a typical LP gig. During the show I somehow started to enjoy the new album. 3 weeks later that show has become really important to me 

[santowhir]

Was reminiscing over past festivals last night and found 1000's of images on google maps. Might be interesting for first timers to get an idea of what goes on in the park.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Rock+Werchter/@50.9680786,4.6852582,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipMwa1jBl5CZwl1MQX4eXVVhcKQi87w5nfgXDYWf!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipMwa1jBl5CZwl1MQX4eXVVhcKQi87w5nfgXDYWf%3Dw114-h86-k-no!7i4032!8i3024!4m8!1m2!2m1!1srock+werchter!3m4!1s0x47c15efc7d525e51:0xb363d58b91791134!8m2!3d50.9680955!4d4.6834809

It looks like there was a slope built last year. looks like they used it for a resting place near the food areas. Does anyone have more information on this?

 

Edited May 15, 2018 by santowhir

[ThijsDB]

53 minutes ago, santowhir said:

It looks like there was a slope built last year. looks like they used it for a resting place near the food areas. Does anyone have more information on this?

What kind of information do you want? I mean, it's just a slope haha

[santowhir]

53 minutes ago, ThijsDB said:

What kind of information do you want? I mean, it's just a slope haha

Yes I know it's coming across a little obsessive ?.

I'm just wondering if this slope last year is the same "slope" with the acts on this year. I think a few people are surprised by how big the acts are that have been named to be on the slope so I'm just trying to gauge the size of the stage.

[visdave34]

1 hour ago, santowhir said:

Yes I know it's coming across a little obsessive ?.

I'm just wondering if this slope last year is the same "slope" with the acts on this year. I think a few people are surprised by how big the acts are that have been named to be on the slope so I'm just trying to gauge the size of the stage.

If I understood correctly the stage is being set up underneath the Slope, at the backside seen from the second foto you posted. Behind the Slope there were benches and bars, which will probably be removed, making it an open air stage. 

[ThijsDB]

3 hours ago, santowhir said:

Yes I know it's coming across a little obsessive ?.

I'm just wondering if this slope last year is the same "slope" with the acts on this year. I think a few people are surprised by how big the acts are that have been named to be on the slope so I'm just trying to gauge the size of the stage.

It will be the same slope but the backside will be different. This is a picture from last year. As @visdave34 already said, the picnic tables will be moved back and a stage will be set up underneath the slope. I think it's actually gonna be pretty big (probably enough space for at least a few thousand people to stand).