Pukkelpop 2024

[Archi]

3 hours ago, DDave said:

Who was it?? 

I guess/hope the artist isn't in this announcement... Pommelijn Thijs and Jessie Murph are the biggest names announced for Sunday.

This Sunday keeps looking great for my tastes: QOTSA, The Offspring, Rise Against, Motionless In White, Lionheart and Jessie Murph I'm curious to check live. Many names for the end of the day so I guess I could have some clashes.

[gigi21]

17 minutes ago, Archi said:

I guess/hope the artist isn't in this announcement... Pommelijn Thijs and Jessie Murph are the biggest names announced for Sunday.

This Sunday keeps looking great for my tastes: QOTSA, The Offspring, Rise Against, Motionless In White, Lionheart and Jessie Murph I'm curious to check live. Many names for the end of the day so I guess I could have some clashes.

Check also Chalk, Fat Dog and The Haunted Youth if you don't know them

Edited March 20 by gigi21

[matrainertje]

1 hour ago, Archi said:

I guess/hope the artist isn't in this announcement... Pommelijn Thijs and Jessie Murph are the biggest names announced for Sunday.

This Sunday keeps looking great for my tastes: QOTSA, The Offspring, Rise Against, Motionless In White, Lionheart and Jessie Murph I'm curious to check live. Many names for the end of the day so I guess I could have some clashes.

And The Smile, The Smile and The Smile. 

Saw them at Vorst last week and they're going to play the show of the weekend. They were fire. 

[Semprini]

Pretty decent drop for my tastes! Very happy to see Conman there and looks like they will be playing early in the day which should hopefully avoid clashes.

Kettama, Joy Anonymous, Dimension, Boys Noize, Mount Kimbie, Malugi and Salute will all be on my list. There's also some names I haven't really heard of (Model/Actriz, Chalk, Sextile all sounding good on first listen) that I'm looking forward to researching in more detail over the next few months.

Saw some of my favourite shows in the Lift last year and that's really starting to find its identity and developing into one of the most interesting stages imo. There's a lot of parallels with the old Chateau/Castello but arguably with a wider range of styles.

[Archi]

27 minutes ago, matrainertje said:

And The Smile, The Smile and The Smile. 

Saw them at Vorst last week and they're going to play the show of the weekend. They were fire. 

I gave them a listen but didn't match. I'll try again but I think it's just not for me 🙂 

1 hour ago, gigi21 said:

Check also Chalk, Fat Dog and The Haunted Youth if you don't know them

I saw THY live in Brussels last year, didn't like it. Don't know the 2 others, I'll listen to them, thanks! Got the feeling this Sunday at PKP could be great and packed!

[gigi21]

On 3/19/2024 at 9:49 PM, johnybegood said:

I bet that Idles are playing 3rd down in the Main Stage on Sunday once their day in Rock Werchter is sold out. 
 

QOTSA / The Offspring / Idles makes sense.

It would be their 4th Belgian show in 2024, they're literally everywhere... Not very likely but always welcome

[DDave]

6 hours ago, gigi21 said:

It would be their 4th Belgian show in 2024, they're literally everywhere... Not very likely but always welcome

I'm predicting Teddy Swims will take the slot before Offspring

 

[gigi21]

C'mon Pukkelpop, you know what to do!

[Archi]

From La Route Du Rock, The Kills would be a great add indeed! I've seen that Dean Lewis is in Germany that weekend but I don't see a spot big enough for him left as he headlined the Klub C at RW last year and he just sold out the Ziggo Dome in a instant. Too bad. Same for an act like Hasley announced at Sziget... 

[gigi21]

9 minutes ago, Archi said:

From La Route Du Rock, The Kills would be a great add indeed! I've seen that Dean Lewis is in Germany that weekend but I don't see a spot big enough for him left as he headlined the Klub C at RW last year and he just sold out the Ziggo Dome in a instant. Too bad. Same for an act like Hasley announced at Sziget... 

The Kills are already at Pukkelpop 

[Archi]

26 minutes ago, gigi21 said:

The Kills are already at Pukkelpop 

Damn. I forgot, sorry. They're not on Sunday, that's why I didn't remember it!

[IzzyD]

Helloo, 

I was looking for some advice - from some experienced Pukklepoppers - we have tickets for the Friday but are coming to Belgium for a few days Thursday-Sunday. We were thinking of staying in Brussels - does any one have any experience in getting too-from Brussels late at night - what times do the trains end - any ideas about taxi ? or a train/taxi combo ?

Thanks !

[gigi21]

2 hours ago, IzzyD said:

Helloo, 

I was looking for some advice - from some experienced Pukklepoppers - we have tickets for the Friday but are coming to Belgium for a few days Thursday-Sunday. We were thinking of staying in Brussels - does any one have any experience in getting too-from Brussels late at night - what times do the trains end - any ideas about taxi ? or a train/taxi combo ?

Thanks !

Hi, never done that so I hope someone else can help you more than me.
Regarding extra night trains, at the moment (but I don't think this will change), SNCB website only talks about Sunday night, when the festival ends a bit earlier than Friday/Saturday and many Belgian people come back home:
https://www.belgiantrain.be/en/leisure/music-events/pukkelpop
Last regular train to Brussels is expected to leave Hasselt station at 22.56 and the next one is at 6 something the morning after, so it also depends on your festival experience. I can see Fred Again or Soulwax + some minor acts closing their stage around 01.30/02.00 am and then some DJs going over till 4 am, but also a lot of shows taking place all day long starting 11 am (e.g. Fontaines DC and Inhaler will surely be playing in the afternoon). Then you have to reach the train station.
A taxi to  Brussels would surely be expensive (it's 80 kms drive) especially when you have a free train ride from any Belgian train station and way back included in your festival ticket.
Probably the best option is to book a room around Hasselt for Friday night and then go back to Brussels using the free train on Saturday. Or maybe you can consider spending a couple of days in Brussels and a couple of ones in a smaller town closer to the festival like Diest (the taxi should be ways less expensive than Brussels and you can still use the free train ride from/to Brussels).

Edited April 3 by gigi21

[johnybegood]

2 hours ago, IzzyD said:

Helloo, 

I was looking for some advice - from some experienced Pukklepoppers - we have tickets for the Friday but are coming to Belgium for a few days Thursday-Sunday. We were thinking of staying in Brussels - does any one have any experience in getting too-from Brussels late at night - what times do the trains end - any ideas about taxi ? or a train/taxi combo ?

Thanks !

Hi and welcome to he Pukkelpop thread.

Late and night there are no trains, so I think that the best idea is to try to find a room for friday night in Hasselt and then move on saturday morning to Brussels.

There is a free shuttle bus from the festival to Hasselt that works perfectly at night. Besides, your train journey will be free with the Pukkelpop ticket (you will receive in early summer a link from you can download your train tickets).

Maybe will be cheaper a room in Hasselt than the taxi trip + the hotel night in Brussels.

Feel free to ask everything you need. Here there are really nice people as @Semprini, @DDave, @Trufflehound... that have attended the festival lot of times.

[Semprini]

I'm sure they put on extra night buses after the main stages finish each day (2:30am or so) but don't know whether that's just to places relatively local? They don't tend to announce those until nearer the time though so for peace of mind you might be better off looking now at hotel options closer to the site.

You're going to have an amazing, and no doubt long and heavy, day at the festival so you'll thank yourself at 2/3/4am when you're tucked up in bed 30 mins after leaving the festival site! Last thing you want to be doing at that time of the morning is navigating your way to Brussels...

[Trufflehound]

As @Semprini says, there is a whole fleet of buses that leaves after the festival each night, but they only cover towns and villages in the local Belgian Limburg area. Places like Genk, Tongeren and Sint-Truiden are covered, but they don't go as far as Brussels. This is the list of routes they put on for last year's festival: https://2023.pukkelpop.be/nl/info/transport/met-de-bus/

The late-night trains do cover Brussels, but as @gigi21has already pointed out, they only run after the festival has ended on the Sunday night - they don't run the other days.

If you can't find a place to stay in Hasselt, and don't want to fork out for a taxi to Brussels, then Genk, Tongeren or Sint-Truiden might be places to look for cheapish accommodation, then get the relevant night bus there. All three towns have railway stations for getting you to Brussels the next day.

Edited April 3 by Trufflehound

[gigi21]

So, surprisingly (or not?) Denzel Curry announced American Tour during PKP-LWL.
This opens a nice hole in Friday's Marquee schedule.

[Semprini]

8 hours ago, gigi21 said:

So, surprisingly (or not?) Denzel Curry announced American Tour during PKP-LWL.
This opens a nice hole in Friday's Marquee schedule.

The first time he was booked at PKP (can't remember the year, possibly 2016?), he didn't turn up for his set and no one from the organisation had heard anything? Remember speaking to one of the guys and he was like, 'yeah, we don't know where he is and we haven't been able to make contact?'

He finally arrived the day after he was supposed to play and said that he got the dates mixed up. They moved a couple of acts around and he ended up playing on a completely different stage - maybe the old Wablief? - to the one he was booked on.

At least this has happened early so plenty of time to get a decent replacement in.

[DDave]

2 hours ago, Semprini said:

The first time he was booked at PKP (can't remember the year, possibly 2016?), he didn't turn up for his set and no one from the organisation had heard anything? Remember speaking to one of the guys and he was like, 'yeah, we don't know where he is and we haven't been able to make contact?'

He finally arrived the day after he was supposed to play and said that he got the dates mixed up. They moved a couple of acts around and he ended up playing on a completely different stage - maybe the old Wablief? - to the one he was booked on.

At least this has happened early so plenty of time to get a decent replacement in.

Hopefully they won't go cheap as they don't need to shift tickets. Wouldn't have minded seeing Denzel Curry but not a massive loss.  Someone like Johnny Marr or Viagra Boys would be good. Can't think of many like for like artists who could fill the slot, although I'm sure there are some. I wouldn't be surprised to see Tom Grennan shifted to the Marquee either and maybe a smaller rap name announced for the DH

 

Edited April 4 by DDave

[noisenoiseandmorenoise]

On 4/3/2024 at 10:48 AM, IzzyD said:

Helloo, 

I was looking for some advice - from some experienced Pukklepoppers - we have tickets for the Friday but are coming to Belgium for a few days Thursday-Sunday. We were thinking of staying in Brussels - does any one have any experience in getting too-from Brussels late at night - what times do the trains end - any ideas about taxi ? or a train/taxi combo ?

Thanks !

How many people would go to a London festival and hope to get back to Manchester?

Effectively that is the situation you are describing.

 

[Semprini]

Just watched Raye's set from Coachella and it was pretty impressive by all accounts. They only gave her 45 mins (expect it to be an hour at PKP) but even though I don't know much of her stuff it all sounded great. The Marquee often lines up against the Dance Hall, which would mean a potential clash with Brutalismus 3000, who I am probably going to see the following week at Field Day anyway, so shouldn't hopefully be too much of an issue.

 

There's also Charlotte De Witte later this morning and then Barry Can't Swim tomorrow from the PKP line up. Really hoping Orbital, Gesaffelstein, The Last Dinner Party, L'imperatrice, The Beths, Carlita, Jockstrap and Vampire Weekend get added too!

[gigi21]

8 hours ago, Semprini said:

Vampire Weekend

Primavera Sound announced them as only EU festival appearance 😞

[gigi21]

We back! Added 34 new names to the PKP-bill:

CHANNEL TRES - BECKY HILL - DIZZEE RASCAL - KEVIN DE VRIES - KI/KI - SNELLE - ARTEMAS - AHADADREAM - BIBI SECK - BLCK MAMBA - DEBBY FRIDAY - ENGLISH TEACHER - FUTURE UTOPIA - BOLIS PUPUL - CELLINI (live) - FLANSIE - AMBER BROOS - ANDROMEDIK - BERRE - GLASS BEAMS - GRANDSON - JAZZ BRAK - SLIFT - WUNDERHORSE - HOT MILK - JESUS PIECE - KLEINE CRACK & SLAGTER - MSPAINT - I. JORDAN - MCR-T - MEG10 - NEW WEST - NIEVE ELLA - WASIA PROJECT

 

Sunday tickets limited available

 

Very happy with Glass Beams and English Teacher. Also happy with Grandson, Slift, Wunderhorse and I have something to discover.

It's shaping really good.

Still hoping for Yard Act (playing Brussels late April), Protomartyr and maybe a couple of nice surprises 🤞🏼

[johnybegood]

This is the best Pukkelpop line-up from the last years. Maybe one of the best line-ups in the European 2024 circuit.

 

Congrats to the booking team. They made an amazing line-up for all ages.

[Archi]

This Sunday looks really good: Queens Of The Stone Age - The Offspring - Rise Against - Motionless In White - Lionheart - Jessie Murph - Hot Milk - Jesus Piece... I might take a ticket this week before it's soldout.