Rock Werchter 2021

[Ken19]

7 minutes ago, Newjem said:

From the announcement:

😏

If the numbers in Belgium were better (the last couple of days more people on intensive care), they would already announce something for late summer. 
I think many people will be happily surprised what Werchter will offer this summer. 

 

[mln]

7 minutes ago, Ken19 said:

😏

If the numbers in Belgium were better (the last couple of days more people on intensive care), they would already announce something for late summer. 
I think many people will be happily surprised what Werchter will offer this summer. 

 

Lowlands has just announced a pretty good line-up for 2021 (regarding the circumstances), including Chemical Brothers and Liam Gallagher. Can we expect something similar for this 'light RW'?

[Ken19]

7 minutes ago, mln said:

Lowlands has just announced a pretty good line-up for 2021 (regarding the circumstances), including Chemical Brothers and Liam Gallagher. Can we expect something similar for this 'light RW'?

Yes! I’m really happy with the artists they are going to announce given the circumstances.

Edited March 16, 2021 by Ken19

[Archi]

Anything will be better than nothing. 

[xxialac]

Do you have a sense it will be more likely to be its own event with lots of acts festival-style.

Or just headline gigs with a sub using the Werchter brand.

[sacred shape]

11 minutes ago, Ken19 said:

Yes! I’m really happy with the artists they are going to announce given the circumstances.

Any of the headliners they had this year, or can you not disclose that?

[micvet]

"Next year, we maybe do 2 TW Classics or 2 RW Boutiques, who knows. We catch it up! For this year we check out Belgian and European bands"

[ParanoidTourist]

59 minutes ago, Ken19 said:

Yes! I’m really happy with the artists they are going to announce given the circumstances.

Are they planning for something in August or too early to tell?

[Ken19]

41 minutes ago, ParanoidTourist said:

Are they planning for something in August or too early to tell?

Yeah, behind the scenes the plans are far more advanced than he will tell. 3 or 4 festival days spread over multiple weekends are on the table.  

Edited March 16, 2021 by Ken19

[heti]

I'm curious about THIS part of the statement:  Some of the planned Rock Werchter 2021 acts will appear. New names will be added to the 2022 line-up too. 

Are Pearl Jam treated as 2021 acts ? 🙂

 

[Ken19]

1 minute ago, heti said:

I'm curious about THIS part of the statement:  Some of the planned Rock Werchter 2021 acts will appear. New names will be added to the 2022 line-up too. 

Are Pearl Jam treated as 2021 acts ? 🙂

 

Focus on European acts, for the moment. Pearl Jam will normally be back in 2022.

[Gilgamesh69]

25 minutes ago, Ken19 said:

Yeah, behind the scenes the plans are far more advanced than he will tell. 3 or 4 festival days spread over multiple weekends are on the table.  

Do you think there will be camping or is it just a day tickets type thing?

[misterplow]

1 minute ago, Gilgamesh69 said:

Do you think there will be camping or is it just a day tickets type thing?

If Lowlands can have a full camping then why not them? 

But I wonder if RW will take place after Pukkelpop. 

[Ken19]

1 minute ago, misterplow said:

If Lowlands can have a full camping then why not them? 

But I wonder if RW will take place after Pukkelpop. 

If there is a Pukkelpop, they will. 

[Ken19]

1 minute ago, misterplow said:

If Lowlands can have a full camping then why not them? 

But I wonder if RW will take place after Pukkelpop. 

The capacity is crucial. If it is possible to do a festival for more than 10000 people, there will be a camping.

[Ale]

42 minutes ago, Ken19 said:

If there is a Pukkelpop, they will. 

ken do you think wolf alice will tour in belgium if there will be sort of festivals?

[Ken19]

17 minutes ago, Ale said:

ken do you think wolf alice will tour in belgium if there will be sort of festivals?

No idea, there is so much going on where I don’t have a clue about.

[ParanoidTourist]

2 hours ago, Ken19 said:

Yeah, behind the scenes the plans are far more advanced than he will tell. 3 or 4 festival days spread over multiple weekends are on the table.  

Ok thanks for the reply. Sounds great! 

[tmolvik]

2 hours ago, Ken19 said:

Yeah, behind the scenes the plans are far more advanced than he will tell. 3 or 4 festival days spread over multiple weekends are on the table.  

Anything that indicates that those of us coming from outside Belgium should stick with our hotel bookings and flight tickets and that some of these potential events will be on the same date(s), or is it just to cancel? I guess the chances are slim that we'll get to cross any borders anyway, but if dates are planned to be the same for parts of it, I don't mind waiting a little while as it's all refundable anyway.

[Karlos12345]

I don‘t get the radio silence from the bands. No info from RHCP, PJ, etc - would have thought staying close to your fans and being transparent would be crucial in a pandemic. Oh well.

[Daniel Ferreira]

2020:
PJ, Pixies , The Strokes , Liam Gallagher , Kendrick Lamar , Twenty one Pilots , faith no more , system of a down , volbeat, luminers e Placebo .

2021: 
Red hot chili peppers , Gorillaz , Alt-J , Jamie XX , Royal Blood  . 

Are 2020 names more likely?

 

[DDave]

Pinkpop end of August? 

 

https://festileaks.com/2021/03/pinkpop-2021-mogelijk-verplaatst-naar-eind-augustus/

[Karlos12345]

1 hour ago, DDave said:

Pinkpop end of August? 

 

https://festileaks.com/2021/03/pinkpop-2021-mogelijk-verplaatst-naar-eind-augustus/

Is this something similar to what Werchter is planning? Or do they really want to move the whole festival?

[visdave34]

14 hours ago, Karlos12345 said:

Is this something similar to what Werchter is planning? Or do they really want to move the whole festival?

No not quite, Pinkpop has indicated in an earlier stage that a full festival would be their only option. What happened yesterday is that they requested for a festival permit for the end of August. These applications must be in with the municipalities 6 months in advance. Pinkpop has responded that they still prefer and aim for a June edition (not gonna happen), but they want to keep the options open for a move to August. Also the government's guarantee fund for events might be in play here, which is valid for events from July 1st and presumably there is still no decision on whethetr Pinkpop could enforce an exception on that date. So a move to August could also be driven by the fact that they could apply for the guarantee fund in case it would be canceled.

[Ohad]

I noticed the official statement on RW website does not offer ticket holders a refund, only to postpone to 2022 or to get Ticketmaster credit. How come? There was a refund option for the 2021 edition