Rock Werchter 2022

[Nicklord]

I watched them at Graspop and the first 20 rows were moshing, singing, yelling and enjoying every second and then 21st row to 501st was just standing and some applauses. I loved it, they're not really a crowd pleaser but not everything has to be

Edited June 23, 2022 by Nicklord

[Floyd_Ams]

1 hour ago, Nicklord said:

I watched them at Graspop and the first 20 rows were moshing, singing, yelling and enjoying every second and then 21st row to 501st was just standing and some applauses. I loved it, they're not really a crowd pleaser but not everything has to be

Indeed, their sound and overall performance at Graspop was pretty good, we liked it a lot. They played "My own summer" unexpectedly early (can't complain) 😂 but it was a great ending to a festival with an amazing lineup (not referring to the headliners).

[sacred shape]

2 hours ago, BenG92 said:

I adore Deftones but honestly it sounds like it's time to pack it in. Multiple reports of really bad shows (Download), guitarist isn't even touring and their last good album was at best 10 years ago.

I saw them at the Kentish Town Forum in London last week and they were excellent. Think they just need their own crowd and a dark room tbh

[clasher]

I was pretty underwhelmed yesterday at InMusic. Annoyingly mixed vocals didn't help, but I was never a big Deftones fan anyway.

[polnico]

Sum 41 and Rhea switch day. For a split second, I hoped this would fix the Turnstile v Idles clash but still not. Still got hope for a last minute switch !

[heti]

But thanks to this switch Sum 41 are playing 10 minutes longer 😄 Now I'm over my head 😍

Edited June 23, 2022 by heti

[Aech]

1 hour ago, heti said:

But thanks to this switch Sum 41 are playing 10 minutes longer 😄 Now I'm over my head 😍

Nah has always been 50 mins

[Noah]

Apologies if its already been asked but...

Saturdays line up doesn't appeal much to me, can we get the shuttle bus back into Leuven for the day and then back to the site in the evening?

Can you buy beers in The Hive areas on the Wednesday night?  I can't remember if we could last time I was at Werchter, the all day drinking on the Eurostar obviously caught up with me.

[maesydderwen]

14 minutes ago, Noah said:

Apologies if its already been asked but...

Saturdays line up doesn't appeal much to me, can we get the shuttle bus back into Leuven for the day and then back to the site in the evening?

Can you buy beers in The Hive areas on the Wednesday night?  I can't remember if we could last time I was at Werchter, the all day drinking on the Eurostar obviously caught up with me.

Not sure about the beers in the Hive mate but you can certainly traipse back and forth to Leuven. I think the shuttles run towards the site until about 9pm. But could be later. 

[Noah]

15 minutes ago, maesydderwen said:

Not sure about the beers in the Hive mate but you can certainly traipse back and forth to Leuven. I think the shuttles run towards the site until about 9pm. But could be later. 

Nice one, thank you!  I'll grab a crate in Leuven on the Wednesday afternoon on my way in - just incase 😉 

[BenG92]

Sum 41 out for us then, that's out shopping time - can see Big Thief instead at least! 

[neatneatneat]

1 hour ago, Noah said:

Nice one, thank you!  I'll grab a crate in Leuven on the Wednesday afternoon on my way in - just incase 😉 

Think Leuven may be a tad busy on Saturday evening? 😀

[Noah]

19 minutes ago, neatneatneat said:

Think Leuven may be a tad busy on Saturday evening? 😀

Look out for 4 p!ssed up Aston Villa fans in that case 😄

[Floyd_Ams]

24 minutes ago, Noah said:

Look out for 4 p!ssed up Aston Villa fans in that case 😄

If Villa had endured for just 13' more against City a month ago, I would drive up to Leuven just to buy you a few beers and get back 😂

[Noah]

10 minutes ago, Floyd_Ams said:

If Villa had endured for just 13' more against City a month ago, I would drive up to Leuven just to buy you a few beers and get back 😂

Haha! Yes, it was a frustrating last 15 minutes to the season, I won't lie mate.

[Verminkt]

Does anyone want to swap two MySpace Hive tickets for regular Hive tickets? You get a bit more space and silence in the night, and the lines for the showers and stuff are shorter. My friends are staying at the regular Hive and we want to join them... 

[Judithmt]

Just a reminder that Sunday is the final day you can buy food/drink vouchers for EUR 3,25. Vouchers at the festival site are EUR 3,50. Small beer 1 voucher and fries + mayonaise probably 2.

[BenG92]

Uh oh. 

[Floyd_Ams]

11 minutes ago, BenG92 said:

Uh oh. 

It doesn't look great but it's Belgium...So I wouldn't trust any weather forecast, especially 5 days in advance ;). I just hope that it won't end up being worse than this!

[djd4]

Accuweather is a bit more optimistic!

[SonicSleuth]

Friendly reminder to all those coming next week, it's about 6,000 steps (a mile or two) from the shuttle dropoff to the front of the festival. There were multiple older folks nearly passed out today, and it was cool weather. Be careful! Also, was the pit area of the main stage always 100% VIP? I don't remember that from 2018, but I was only up really close at tent shows, I think. 

[Noah]

I seem to remember in 2017 (last time I went) the pit area was first come first serve and then once full they stopped letting people in until there was space again.

[Floyd_Ams]

Yup, it's on a first come first served basis. Tip: The left side tends to fill up more and faster due to the way people flow from the other stages ;).

[heti]

About the weather...the norwegian site which I rely on based on years of experience says (at least now) that we're screwed 😞

[Padjeq]

How muddy does it get at Werchter? I've done Glastonbury and Leeds festivals with heavy rain, one was a nightmare and one was just a bit inconvenient.