Rock Werchter 2023

[SweetJesus]

Arctic Monkeys Sunday 2 July 

[49Lawson]

Arctics to close the festival once more by the looks of it 

[01seb]

So we have:

Thursday: Stromae

Friday: ??

Saturday: Muse

Sunday: Arctic Monkeys 

Friday headliner possibilities I’m thinking at this point: Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, SOAD. 
 

Possible subs: Florence & the Machine, Editors, QOTSA, Placebo, Oscar & the Wolf

[ParanoidTourist]

3 minutes ago, 01seb said:

So we have:

Thursday: Stromae

Friday: ??

Saturday: Muse

Sunday: Arctic Monkeys 

Friday headliner possibilities I’m thinking at this point: Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, SOAD. 
 

Possible subs: Florence & the Machine, Editors, QOTSA, Placebo, Oscar & the Wolf

Friday could also be Blur. I only base this on the rumours that they might play live next summer.

[BenG92]

Not unexpected, they'll be top of the pyramid at Glasto too. Can't say it does anything for me after seeing them this year

[lighthouse]

12 minutes ago, ParanoidTourist said:

Friday could also be Blur. I only base this on the rumours that they might play live next summer.

Or Blur plays on sunday? They need a big co-head for AM. 

[Neil]

16 minutes ago, ParanoidTourist said:

Friday could also be Blur. I only base this on the rumours that they might play live next summer.

i know blur are definitely playing live next summer, some people i know were asked to work on a show at Wembley.

[Archi]

What a boring act to close the festival if AM really close the Main Stage...  Now it's sure I won't go back 4 days at Werchter. Really not headliners for me. Curious to see the Friday headliner and some undercards.

[49Lawson]

14 minutes ago, Archi said:

What a boring act to close the festival if AM really close the Main Stage...  Now it's sure I won't go back 4 days at Werchter. Really not headliners for me. Curious to see the Friday headliner and some undercards.

Yeah that’s going to be what makes or breaks it for me. Already a few interesting names popping up around various European festivals so there’s still plenty of hope. Knowing RW they could still have some strong co-heads for the two announced so far as well 

[The Black]

Hoping for a great Barn headliner on the Sunday.

[misterplow]

1 hour ago, Neil said:

i know blur are definitely playing live next summer, some people i know were asked to work on a show at Wembley.

Blur would save the festival for me. 

[BenG92]

Put Fred Again in Klub opposite Monkeys and you've got your real festival closer.

[Aech2ElectricBoogaloo]

17 minutes ago, misterplow said:

Blur would save the festival for me. 

After AM hopefully. 

[EV123]

Also not at all happy with AM closing the festival. At both RW18 and PKP22, they were just not the right festival closers. With Muse and AM that's already two less interesting headliners for me. Hoping the friday headliner will be more interesting for me. 

Apparently Friday will be Swift-day. Keeping my fingers crossed that she might save Werchter for me then. 

Also hoping for Blur to pop up somewhere but don't think that Werchter will take such a risk again after the The Strokes failure. And also don't see Damon accepting less than a headline spot. 

[VCF]

3 hours ago, 01seb said:

So we have:

Thursday: Stromae

Friday: ??

Saturday: Muse

Sunday: Arctic Monkeys 

Friday headliner possibilities I’m thinking at this point: Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, SOAD. 
 

Possible subs: Florence & the Machine, Editors, QOTSA, Placebo, Oscar & the Wolf

Stromae / Kendrick Lamar 

Taylor Swift or Dua Lipa / Florence and the Machine 

Muse / QOTSA

Blur / Arctic Monkeys

I could do with that.

[lighthouse]

11 minutes ago, VCF said:

Stromae / Kendrick Lamar 

Taylor Swift or Dua Lipa / Florence and the Machine 

Muse / QOTSA

Blur / Arctic Monkeys

I could do with that.

Despite Muse this would be the best RW in recent years for me.

[Emile Jol]

Thursday:

Stromae

Kendick Lamar

Editors

The 1975

Foals

 

Barn

The Smile

Liam Gallagher

 

Vrijdag:

Rage Against The Machine 

System Of A Down

Faith No More

Greta Van Fleet

Machine Gun Kelly

 

Barn

Nine Inch Nails

Stone Temple Pilots

 

Zaterdag:

The Chemical Brothers

Muse

Queens Of The Stone Age

Royal Blood

dEUS

Selah Sue

 

Barn

Portishead

PJ Harvey

 

 

Zondag:

Blur

Arctic Monkeys

The Black Keys

LIVE

Stereophonics 

 

Barn

Pulp

Sam Fender 

 

 

 

something like this?

[polnico]

9 minutes ago, Emile Jol said:

Thursday:

Stromae

Kendick Lamar

Editors

The 1975

Foals

 

Barn

The Smile

Liam Gallagher

 

Vrijdag:

Rage Against The Machine 

System Of A Down

Faith No More

Greta Van Fleet

Machine Gun Kelly

 

Barn

Nine Inch Nails

Stone Temple Pilots

 

Zaterdag:

The Chemical Brothers

Muse

Queens Of The Stone Age

Royal Blood

dEUS

Selah Sue

 

Barn

Portishead

PJ Harvey

 

 

Zondag:

Blur

Arctic Monkeys

The Black Keys

LIVE

Stereophonics 

 

Barn

Pulp

Sam Fender 

 

 

 

something like this?

Saturday and Sunday both look to strong, you've got nearly 3 headliners each of these days.

There's also quite a few acts which would definitely be better placed, like Greta, Foals, dEUS...

Also I think we can forget RATM on the Friday with the recent announcements from Rage...

Edited October 19, 2022 by polnico

[BenG92]

I can't see a reality where Kendrick or AM agree to not close their respective days. 

I actually think Kendrick is out now that they've got Stromae for that very reason, he won't play before Stromae and RW won't have two non-rock headliners closing out.

[Karlos12345]

13 minutes ago, Emile Jol said:

Thursday:

Stromae

Kendick Lamar

Editors

The 1975

Foals

 

Barn

The Smile

Liam Gallagher

 

Vrijdag:

Rage Against The Machine 

System Of A Down

Faith No More

Greta Van Fleet

Machine Gun Kelly

 

Barn

Nine Inch Nails

Stone Temple Pilots

 

Zaterdag:

The Chemical Brothers

Muse

Queens Of The Stone Age

Royal Blood

dEUS

Selah Sue

 

Barn

Portishead

PJ Harvey

 

 

Zondag:

Blur

Arctic Monkeys

The Black Keys

LIVE

Stereophonics 

 

Barn

Pulp

Sam Fender 

 

 

 

something like this?

Haha. Is that the next 3 years combined? 😂

[VCF]

17 minutes ago, BenG92 said:

I can't see a reality where Kendrick or AM agree to not close their respective days. 

I actually think Kendrick is out now that they've got Stromae for that very reason, he won't play before Stromae and RW won't have two non-rock headliners closing out.

Yeah you could swap Blur and AM. Though the press release today did not mention AM closing the festival, so who knows.

As for Kendrick, I have no idea how likely it is tbf, but that combo would have interested me a lot on paper. And RW put out some unlikely combinations in the past.

 

Stromae / Kendrick Lamar / Rosalia

(Barn: Foals / Klub C Four Tet)

Tay or Dua / Florence / Olivia Rodrigo

(Barn: Tamino and dEUS / Klub C Mura Masa)

Muse / QOTSA / Paramore

(Barn The 1975 / Klub C Fred Again)

Arctic Monkeys / Blur / Editors

(Barn Sigur Ros / Klub C Little Simz)

A mix of safe RW choices and a few interesting picks. Lets see in a few months how much I got.

 

Edited October 19, 2022 by VCF

[Nicklord]

I love AM and their live shows, I don't care if other people are bored next to me to be honest lol

 

Edited October 19, 2022 by Nicklord

[polnico]

24 minutes ago, VCF said:

Yeah you could swap Blur and AM. Though the press release today did not mention AM closing the festival, so who knows.

As for Kendrick, I have no idea how likely it is tbf, but that combo would have interested me a lot on paper. And RW put out some unlikely combinations in the past.

 

Stromae / Kendrick Lamar / Rosalia

(Barn: Foals / Klu ?b C Four Tet)

Tay or Dua / Florence / Olivia Rodrigo

(Barn: Tamino and dEUS / Klub C Mura Masa)

Muse / QOTSA / Paramore

(Barn The 1975 / Klub C Fred Again)

Arctic Monkeys / Blur / Editors

(Barn Sigur Ros / Klub C Little Simz)

A mix of safe RW choices and a few interesting picks. Lets see in a few months how much I got.

 

Where do I sign ?

[clasher]

Wow those headliners do absolutely nothing for me. Werchter was #1 on the "if we don't get tickets for glasto" list and I was quite disappointed to realize I have a wedding to attend that weekend. Now I feel better.

[Scarnic]

2 hours ago, polnico said:

Also I think we can forget RATM on the Friday with the recent announcements from Rage...

RATM have called off their gigs up to 2 April 23.  I'm sure they want to get back on the road so no reason why Zack shouldn't be fully fit to start again.