Rock Werchter 2025

[sisco]

9 hours ago, thetime said:

Yeah home bankers I'd say. 

And the opposite of that, looks like The Last Dinner Party and The Black Keys are very very unlikely to play (announced for Garrock today)

[Nizeto]

Do you think we could get justice, they are in France the same week so it look likely possible

 

[thetime]

15 minutes ago, sisco said:

And the opposite of that, looks like The Last Dinner Party and The Black Keys are very very unlikely to play (announced for Garrock today)

 

Very surprised TLDP are not playing. 

[sisco]

9 minutes ago, thetime said:

 

Very surprised TLDP are not playing. 

I guess in theory they still did if they played Thursday, but makes little sense tbf 

[johnybegood]

23 minutes ago, sisco said:

And the opposite of that, looks like The Last Dinner Party and The Black Keys are very very unlikely to play (announced for Garrock today)

Why Garorock rules out bands for Werchter? Last year they shared Sum 41 or Yungblud.

[sisco]

22 minutes ago, johnybegood said:

Why Garorock rules out bands for Werchter? Last year they shared Sum 41 or Yungblud.

Because they’re also playing in France on other days of the weekend too.  I suppose it’s close enough to switch but makes it more unlikely unless 3 days in a row or 3 out of 4 days playing.  

[Padjeq]

On 11/25/2024 at 5:11 PM, sisco said:

The FAQ’s say no spirits on the campsites . Is that really policed?! 

 

Think it's a blanket ban to stop people bringing glass. They give your rucksack a thorough look through as you enter the Hive to make sure none gets in. If you decant spirits into empty, similar coloured pop bottles, you'll be fine.

[SkintyFia]

What are the rules on boxed wine? i’m assuming it’ll be fine

[Nicklord]

They really just don't want glass. You can put whatever you want in plastic bottles and nobody checks those

[siko]

6 hours ago, SkintyFia said:

What are the rules on boxed wine? i’m assuming it’ll be fine

Yep. We picked a couple up at an Auchan hypermarche outside Calais on the way - no problem at all in the original boxes 👍🏻

[BlackFoxx]

Kings of Leon likely for Lytham festival in the UK. Playing Weds or Thurs same week as this. Could they play here after, maybe a sub for Sam Fender? 

[BlackFoxx]

The Black Keys ruled out

[charlierc]

11 hours ago, BlackFoxx said:

Kings of Leon likely for Lytham festival in the UK. Playing Weds or Thurs same week as this. Could they play here after, maybe a sub for Sam Fender? 

Wednesday 2nd is the announcement for KoL in Lytham. So it is doable.

Edited December 2, 2024 by charlierc

[Nikky]

22 hours ago, BlackFoxx said:

Kings of Leon likely for Lytham festival in the UK. Playing Weds or Thurs same week as this. Could they play here after, maybe a sub for Sam Fender? 

In 2022 I was attending festival where KOL were headliner and Fender sub. Things change that much last 2 years to be the opposite case?

[Ferda]

15 minutes ago, Nikky said:

In 2022 I was attending festival where KOL were headliner and Fender sub. Things change that much last 2 years to be the opposite case?

Please no 🙏

 

I don't mind Fender, but KOL are super boring. Anyway, I hope we dodged that bullet. Can't see RW booking same headliner as Lytham

[magenbutter3420]

 

 

Is Camila Cabello a possibility?
She is at Les Deferlantes festival from June 26-29 in South France.

 

[BlackFoxx]

10 hours ago, Ferda said:

Please no 🙏

 

I don't mind Fender, but KOL are super boring. Anyway, I hope we dodged that bullet. Can't see RW booking same headliner as Lytham

They've already booked Simple Minds who are also co-headlining a day at Lytham. 

[sisco]

21 minutes ago, BlackFoxx said:

They've already booked Simple Minds who are also co-headlining a day at Lytham. 

And I still wouldn’t be massively surprised if they’re subbing Werchter either! 

[ParanoidTourist]

Kings of Leon announced for Nos Alive 12th of July. Perhaps they co-headline with Fender? 

[BlackFoxx]

What kind of slot, if any, would Pulp get here? Just announced for Bilbao BBK so could be more EU festivals to come?

[BennyL]

Are we expecting more names this side of Xmas?

[BlackFoxx]

1 minute ago, BennyL said:

Are we expecting more names this side of Xmas?

Think the current best guess might be new names this Friday?

[thetime]

1 hour ago, BlackFoxx said:

What kind of slot, if any, would Pulp get here? Just announced for Bilbao BBK so could be more EU festivals to come?

 

Can't see them on the bill, maybe headline a smaller belgian fest. 

[ParanoidTourist]

3 hours ago, BlackFoxx said:

What kind of slot, if any, would Pulp get here? Just announced for Bilbao BBK so could be more EU festivals to come?

 

They are great live but unfortunately, Werchter never really books them.  

[tmolvik]

19 hours ago, ParanoidTourist said:

 

They are great live but unfortunately, Werchter never really books them.  

That is actually maybe the biggest issue with Werchter in my opinion. With so many bands/artists out there (and I'm no talking about the more popular ones), they have a large tendency to recycle and revert to the same ones every time instead of booking something new. Pulp is just one of them, but a band like Biffy has also been mentioned multiple times. There are also hundreds more. I get it that some of the bands might not be as popular in Belgium as they might think themselves (and thus demand money for), but there can only be that many people that takes the X'ed number of KOL-performance into their consideration when booking a ticket as well, and they probably cost much more. It seems like it's much the same at Graspop, so it would probably be healthy for both to mix it up a bit, especially for those bands that can be acceptable as crossovers.

It's something that has always amazed be with Werchter and just look at one of the few slots for electronic acts as well. Now Rüfüs Du Sol are back after a short break, when there are multiple other options.