Rock Werchter 2023

[Floyd_Ams]

On 2/14/2023 at 7:12 PM, micvet said:

dEUS and Balthazar will play Live /s Live. Triggerfinger will play their 3 last shows with Monsieur Paul in June (AB and 2 NL shows), so no RW i guess. Brutus is not on. I have no news from Hooverphonic but don't see them playing yet.

I wouldn't write off any of these bands tbh but the chances are indeed not great. I saw Brutus a few weeks ago (what a nice band live!) and they'd be super for The Slope.

Edit: Just saw that Triggerfinger was announced for TW Classic. So that one is definitely out. 

Edited February 16, 2023 by Floyd_Ams

[micvet]

35 minutes ago, Floyd_Ams said:

I have asked myself the same thing in the past. The concept of having a party headliner at the end of the day was great. It could be for organisational reasons and specific agreements they've made with the local public administration but most probably it's for budget reasons. Maybe the cost/reward ratio wasn't good for them.

I certainly hope it'd come back one day though.

Correct.
Cost/reward ratio based (security costs are immense, Staff that has to work 4 days with less sleep, consumption is declining sharply vs drunk noisy people that hang around longer, ...).
+ It makes agreements with the local administration easier.

[Ohad]

Edit: never mind, my mistake

Edited February 16, 2023 by Ohad
Delete pls

[Gossard]

Have we ruled Placebo out? 

[49Lawson]

33 minutes ago, Gossard said:

Have we ruled Placebo out? 

Headlining Lokerse I believe

[Gossard]

1 hour ago, 49Lawson said:

Headlining Lokerse I believe

Ahh, I didn't realize....damn!

[49Lawson]

1 hour ago, Gossard said:

Ahh, I didn't realize....damn!

They would have been a big pull for me to! I was over the moon when they were announced to play Download

[Floyd_Ams]

It'd be nice if they'd drop a bunch of names today at 4pm. It's been a while...

[Ohad]

On 2/14/2023 at 8:12 PM, micvet said:

dEUS and Balthazar will play Live /s Live. Triggerfinger will play their 3 last shows with Monsieur Paul in June (AB and 2 NL shows), so no RW i guess. Brutus is not on. I have no news from Hooverphonic but don't see them playing yet.

I'd guess Balthazar are out because Warhaus are in..

[Codhead]

11 hours ago, 49Lawson said:

They would have been a big pull for me to! I was over the moon when they were announced to play Download

I see them twice last year, once as a sub for My Chemical Romance, which was amazing so I went for a second time during their own tour in Cardiff, and it was unreal. Such an amazing live show and Brian's voice is spot on and musically are one of the best sounds I have heard.

[VolkIreland]

I didn't expect the Hive(s) tickets to be nearly sold out with this line-up. But, here we are 🤷‍♂️

[Kaboom Boxer]

23 minutes ago, VolkIreland said:

I didn't expect the Hive(s) tickets to be nearly sold out with this line-up. But, here we are 🤷‍♂️

I got excited then and thought these guys had been booked:

[ParanoidTourist]

3 hours ago, Kaboom Boxer said:

I got excited then and thought these guys had been booked:

Still possible I hope! 

[matrainertje]

On 2/18/2023 at 8:30 PM, VolkIreland said:

I didn't expect the Hive(s) tickets to be nearly sold out with this line-up. But, here we are 🤷‍♂️

It's a great lineup. Undercard hadn't been this stacked in a long time and we still need 35 names. 

[polnico]

Little Simz to Core, so definitely out for Werchter. Great addition for Core though.

[matrainertje]

2 minutes ago, polnico said:

Little Simz to Core, so definitely out for Werchter. Great addition for Core though.

Big bummer.

[Nicklord]

That's a shame

[ParanoidTourist]

58 minutes ago, Nicklord said:

That's a shame

Damn it! I had high hopes for them.

[The Black]

Real shame about The Mars Volta...

[matrainertje]

No Little Simz and no Mars Volta. 

It's like the mini version of that moment we lost Blur and Kendrick almost at the same time... 

[clasher]

12 hours ago, Nicklord said:

That's a shame

Oh ffs. And Mannheim is there last EU date this summer, so pretty much no chance for me to see them. What a bummer.

[OwenL]

Foals have a nice Werchter-sized gap after announcing more European dates today, surely they’ll be in the next announcement?

[Ohad]

6 minutes ago, OwenL said:

Foals have a nice Werchter-sized gap after announcing more European dates today, surely they’ll be in the next announcement?

Not sure about it. They wouldn't play Thursday, that would be 3 days in a row (they don't seem to do that earlier on tour). That leaves Friday or Sunday but both days seem pretty packed at the top of the bill. Could they squeeze between lil Nas and qotsa? That would be really great, I'd prefer to miss him

Edited February 21, 2023 by Ohad

[Death By Sexy 2.0]

13 minutes ago, OwenL said:

Foals have a nice Werchter-sized gap after announcing more European dates today, surely they’ll be in the next announcement?

They are playing in Belgium in August (Pukkelpop). 

[matrainertje]

17 hours ago, Ohad said:

Could they squeeze between lil Nas and qotsa? That would be really great, I'd prefer to miss him

It's already crazy that they managed to book Lil Nas X in a third down main slot. So don't expect that.