Graspop 2023

[Floyd_Ams]

1 hour ago, Archi said:

Thursday
MS1 Ozzy Osbourne - Pantera.
MS2 Judas Priest - In Flames.

Friday
MS1 Ghost - Gojira.
MS2 Parkway Drive - Architects.

Saturday
MS1 SlipKnot - Lamb Of God.
MS2 Avenged Sevenfold - Disturbed.

Sunday
MS1 Def Leppard - Alter Bridge.
MS2 Mötley Crüe - Hollywood Vampires.

Some updates ideas...

 

This lineup makes a lot of sense I think. My only objections would be Ozzy (considering his health issues, I don't see how he will be fit to be on stage next June) and Judas Priest (two times in a row would be too much).

[misterplow]

1 hour ago, Archi said:

Thursday
MS1 Ozzy Osbourne - Pantera.
MS2 Judas Priest - In Flames.

Friday
MS1 Ghost - Gojira.
MS2 Parkway Drive - Architects.

Saturday
MS1 SlipKnot - Lamb Of God.
MS2 Avenged Sevenfold - Disturbed.

Sunday
MS1 Def Leppard - Alter Bridge.
MS2 Mötley Crüe - Hollywood Vampires.

Some updates ideas...

 

Dont see Ozzy and Judas Priest playing Graspop. Plus, Ghost and Parkway Drive seem a rather small headliner duo. 

[Archi]

About Ozzy, he has - for now - his tour booked in May with Judas Priest as opener. Nothing in Belgium and as he came so often at Graspop as solo artist or with Black Sabbath that I don't see him finish his career without a last show in Belgium. If the GMM can take Judas Priest one more time with that, I don't think they'll hesitate... unfortunately.

About the duo Ghost/Parkway Drive, I made a mistake: I read PWD should play on Saturday. So we could have Ghost/Avenged Sevenfold on Friday and SlipKnot/Parkway Drive on Saturday which could be really sick tbh!

[Floyd_Ams]

10 hours ago, Archi said:

If the GMM can take Judas Priest one more time with that, I don't think they'll hesitate... unfortunately.

If Ozzy can get back on his feet and tour, then I think he'll be at GMM. It will be a risky booking though with a constant concern of a potential cancelation. When it comes to festivals and because Judas Priest are a big name (not your average support that a big band drags along) I don't think they depend on each other.

Tbh, I'd love to see Ozzy one last time. But only if he is strong enough to perform and sing, otherwise I don't want my last memory of a legend to be that "oh! this is sad" feeling.

[xydroh]

where's @Ken19 when you need him

[Archi]

Ghost just announce an intense tour in May with only shows in France (with Spiritbox as openers). Not far away from Graspop as they also have a few festivals already confirmed in June...

[cristyflorin]

https://clashfinder.com/m/graspop2023/ 

leaked Graspop clashfinder - Metallica, Slipknot, Avenged, Motley. Stage times and all - at least 3/4 sound legit to be touring, a promoter confirmed it's 95% real.

[Archi]

1 hour ago, cristyflorin said:

https://clashfinder.com/m/graspop2023/ 

leaked Graspop clashfinder - Metallica, Slipknot, Avenged, Motley. Stage times and all - at least 3/4 sound legit to be touring, a promoter confirmed it's 95% real.

So many weird choices in this timetable...

1. Metallica: I'll believe it the day I see them on the official website of Graspop.
2. Metallica - Nightwish - Limp Bizkit: Too big to be true. I think if they booked them one day, we gonna have a poor line-up around like they did in 2017 with Rammstein.
3. Avenged Sevenfold + Parkway Drive: Friday seems to young and too good to be true but I really hope it could happen.
4. Killswitch Engage: They won't be there as they play festivals in August. 
5. Epica: Sub of SlipKnot and above Architects doesn't fit right so is the all North Stage on Saturday.

[Dietediet]

2 hours ago, cristyflorin said:

https://clashfinder.com/m/graspop2023/ 

leaked Graspop clashfinder - Metallica, Slipknot, Avenged, Motley. Stage times and all - at least 3/4 sound legit to be touring, a promoter confirmed it's 95% real.

Lol, bollocks. This clashfinder was made by a Festileaks user who confirmed it's a mix of wishlist and estimated guesses.

[cristyflorin]

28 minutes ago, Dietediet said:

Lol, bollocks. This clashfinder was made by a Festileaks user who confirmed it's a mix of wishlist and estimated guesses.

Very good guesses in that case! Pantera and Porcupine Tree are both confirmed for Hellfest - Pantera is doing stand alone gigs too, will be happy to see them in Romania.

[Archi]

1 hour ago, cristyflorin said:

Very good guesses in that case! Pantera and Porcupine Tree are both confirmed for Hellfest - Pantera is doing stand alone gigs too, will be happy to see them in Romania.

Where did you see Pantera was confirmed for Hellfest? Even if there aren't really a suspense about it, I haven't seen any confirmations yet.

[cristyflorin]

Heard, not seen. We'll see around Nov 7, most announcements are scheduled around there.

[49Lawson]

Saturday South Stage headliner

[Aech2ElectricBoogaloo]

How quickly does this usually sell out?

[xydroh]

5 months give or take? sometimes quicker. March/april when the lineup is complete is usually when they sell out. But last year they had a capacity increase so maybe it'll take longer now.

Edited November 3, 2022 by xydroh

[Archi]

I think the festival was soldout only in 2018 and 2022. Not in 2019. So you have time to decide if you go or not!

[The Black]

Plus much higher ticket prices and people paying insane prices for everything else on this earth is quite a different situation to every other year.

[SweetJesus]

[TheMofessor]

16 hours ago, SweetJesus said:

Are Metallica likely for Graspop then? In previous years people have said that they're too big for Graspop

[Archi]

Belgium has one of Metallica's favorite festival: Rock Werchter. When they don't play there, they've played a one-off event on Werchter's field or a stadium show in Brussels. I think 2 shows at Stade Roi Baudouin Stadium are more likely to happen than Graspop. But I'd love to be wrong of course!

[cristyflorin]

14 minutes ago, Archi said:

Belgium has one of Metallica's favorite festival: Rock Werchter. When they don't play there, they've played a one-off event on Werchter's field or a stadium show in Brussels. I think 2 shows at Stade Roi Baudouin Stadium are more likely to happen than Graspop. But I'd love to be wrong of course!

Not if it's a festival only tour

[TheMofessor]

🤞🤞 fingers crossed for Metallica Thursday/Friday at Graspop 

Wish I could go to Download but I have finals on the Friday 😞

[Archi]

5 minutes ago, cristyflorin said:

Not if it's a festival only tour

This Summer was already a 100% festival tour : 10 shows, 10 festivals. I wouldn't be surprised if they do a stadium tour in 2023 with Download as only festival.

[lighthouse]

35 minutes ago, Archi said:

This Summer was already a 100% festival tour : 10 shows, 10 festivals. I wouldn't be surprised if they do a stadium tour in 2023 with Download as only festival.

And RaR/RiP.

[Dietediet]

4 hours ago, lighthouse said:

And RaR/RiP.

That'd be an odd announcing strategy though. Them voluntarily dropping a big chunk of their lineup with 2 headliners blanked out, would rather imply those headliners won't be announced soon. Otherwise they could've just waited 4 more days before dropping the poster?