Rock Werchter 2023

[Death By Sexy 2.0]

On 1/20/2023 at 12:40 PM, Floyd_Ams said:

Since LN is behind both festivals, I think it's a pity that RW and Graspop don't shuffle their headliners a little bit more, as they could both benefit from it and reduce repetition. This year for example, swapping RHCP with GnR (assuming they are actually at Graspop) would have worked better I believe.

RHCP at Graspop? Lol. 

[Floyd_Ams]

8 minutes ago, Death By Sexy 2.0 said:

RHCP at Graspop? Lol. 

Yep! (With the right setlist) Why not? I think many Graspop goers would appreciate such a (surprise) name more than yet another appearance from e.g. KISS, Aerosmith or Scorpions...

[Nicklord]

There's nothing less metal than Kiss or Whitesnake and they're still doing it every 3 years

[BenG92]

48 minutes ago, Floyd_Ams said:

Yep! (With the right setlist) Why not? I think many Graspop goers would appreciate such a (surprise) name more than yet another appearance from e.g. KISS, Aerosmith or Scorpions...

Come on now. I love left-field bookings but RHCP aren't ever getting booked at a literal metal festival. 

[Archi]

Even if RHCP is my favorite band, I wouldn't want them at Graspop. It's just not what I (we) expect from Graspop or any other metal festivals. And it's 0% realistic right now.

[Nicklord]

They did some in the USA. 

[mln]

Seems like new names tomorrow (Facebook post)

[Daniel Ferreira]

tomorrow ?

[Archi]

Yeah! And with Lolla Paris announcement coming very soon (should be tomorrow). I'm wondering if it's the same act or not.

[BenG92]

8 minutes ago, Nicklord said:

They did some in the USA. 

Both quite clearly rock and metal a la Download. Graspop is outright "Graspop Metal Meeting".

RHCP aren't ever playing Graspop. I get that non-metal acts like FNM have played but I could point you to a FNM track heavier than RHCP's entire discography, they just don't fit in for how big they are.

Edited January 24, 2023 by BenG92

[Nicklord]

1 minute ago, BenG92 said:

One's rock, one's rock and metal a la Download. Graspop is outright "Graspop Metal Meeting".

RHCP aren't ever playing Graspop. 

I don't think RHCP will play Graspop either. I'm just saying it wouldn't be that leftfield of a booking.

Within Temptation is a pop band these days and they headline every 3 years. People went crazy when Alestorm played Hangover by Taio Cruz last year lol It's not some underground event where a band like RHCP wouldn't have a huge crowd

[BenG92]

2 minutes ago, Nicklord said:

I don't think RHCP will play Graspop either. I'm just saying it wouldn't be that leftfield of a booking.

Within Temptation is a pop band these days and they headline every 3 years. People went crazy when Alestorm played Hangover by Taio Cruz last year lol It's not some underground event where a band like RHCP wouldn't have a huge crowd

Aye I'm sure they would, but they'd never be there in the first place is all. Even Download seems like a stretch. But I do feel like the UK needs a new big-name rock weekender that isn't Leeds & Reading where the undercard is now designed for an entirely different demographic.

[VolkIreland]

Finally some news! 

[Archi]

Lolla Paris gonna announce names tomorrow at noon. Same time for Werchter or more at 4pm?

[Daniel Ferreira]

Lollapalooza Paris announces new names tomorrow at noon.

[Daniel Ferreira]

On 12/5/2022 at 1:13 PM, Ken19 said:

True… will make more sense in januari

Will it be this?

[Gossard]

3 hours ago, Daniel Ferreira said:

tomorrow ?

@Ken19 got any clues for us 😉

[e2p2]

So tomorrow gonna be a batch of names rather than a headliner?

[Ohad]

8 minutes ago, e2p2 said:

So tomorrow gonna be a batch of names rather than a headliner?

It was discussed here before that a headliner (specifically, fridays) is expected to be announced among other names.

If the timing of dropping names the same day as lollapalooza Paris isn't a coincidence, I bet it's someone that wasn't announced yet for lolla or rock en sien (because both tend not to share acts, i think?). So not kendrick, strokes or Florence (or Billie, but I couldnt see her headlining RW anyway).

Foo fighters, maybe?

[ParanoidTourist]

3 minutes ago, Ohad said:

It was discussed here before that a headliner (specifically, fridays) is expected to be announced among other names.

If the timing of dropping names the same day as lollapalooza Paris isn't a coincidence, I bet it's someone that wasn't announced yet for lolla or rock en sien (because both tend not to share acts, i think?). So not kendrick, strokes or Florence (or Billie, but I couldnt see her headlining RW anyway).

Foo fighters, maybe?

Foo Fighters is a good guess I think. Lolla Paris has only announced pop/rap acts so far so I assume the announcement tomorrow will be a rock band. 

[Akujin]

7 minutes ago, Ohad said:

It was discussed here before that a headliner (specifically, fridays) is expected to be announced among other names.

If the timing of dropping names the same day as lollapalooza Paris isn't a coincidence, I bet it's someone that wasn't announced yet for lolla or rock en sien (because both tend not to share acts, i think?). So not kendrick, strokes or Florence (or Billie, but I couldnt see her headlining RW anyway).

Foo fighters, maybe?

There seem to be quite a few announcements comming tomorrow. Likely tied to one big name.

Due to BST, Black Pink and GnR are both in the mix.

Edited January 24, 2023 by Akujin

[SweetJesus]

Probably GNR (first timer as Ken said), but then, who will headline Graspop?

[Matt86]

Panic! at the Disco just announced today that this is it, after their Europe/UK shows, they're done. So maybe some last festivals before the end ..

Foo Fighters will be in the US during July, forget about it. Only August might be possible for Europe.

[matrainertje]

27 minutes ago, ParanoidTourist said:

Foo Fighters is a good guess I think. Lolla Paris has only announced pop/rap acts so far so I assume the announcement tomorrow will be a rock band. 

The National maybe? Their tour is strangely missing both a Belgian and French date... 

[Archi]

@Ken19 said a couple of weeks ago that Foo Fighters were speaking with Pinkpop/Werchter but didn't make it in the end. Now they have announced 4 festivals in the USA next Summer including one mid-June (the same weekend as Pinkpop where all headliners have been announced) and another one on July 15st. I can't see them coming in Europe for like 2 weeks and just a few shows. Seems clear they are out.

About The National, we can agree they're not that big to headline major festivals and put some hype in a global announcement like this. For Panic At The Disco, it seems clear the tour next month is gonna be the last one, based on their statement today.

Honestly, I can't imagine Guns N Roses at RW... They always play a very long set. And they play in London on June 30th. Like said before, they're 99% out for Werchter then.

An act like Black Pink would be a first-comer... they gonna play in Belgium one day or another. They play in London on Sunday July 2nd so they could be in Belgium or 29th or 30th. A duo Stromae - Black Pink could be huge!