Rock Werchter 2025

[Padjeq]

Our eurostar is delayed 70 minutes so I've started on the finest Belgian pints - stella artois. 

[BlackFoxx]

2 hours ago, Kempleton said:

It’s very well organised, isn’t it? I’m not used to this level of competence.

Just arrived a few hours ago, absolute dream getting set up, no issues with the heat at all. Free train ticket and bus transfer right to site. Picked up a cold pack of beers. Bliss.

[chemica]

4 hours ago, BlackFoxx said:

Just arrived a few hours ago, absolute dream getting set up, no issues with the heat at all. Free train ticket and bus transfer right to site. Picked up a cold pack of beers. Bliss.

Did you pick up the beers local to the festival site or in town?

[BlackFoxx]

15 minutes ago, chemica said:

Did you pick up the beers local to the festival site or in town?

We pre-ordered some from the festival. Will probably do a run to Leuven in the morning though.

[Floyd_Ams]

9 hours ago, Kempleton said:

It’s very well organised, isn’t it? I’m not used to this level of competence.

Second to none in that regard. One of the reasons why it has become our festival of choice for so many years. 
 

Will get on the road in the morning, I hope we won’t find too much traffic. Have a great time everyone! 

[Padjeq]

Everyone was screaming every word of the Emptiness Machine in Central Park last night. Linkin Park tonight will be top.

[tmolvik]

Heading up by bus now. Always curious to see how the lines are outside on the first day...

[sisco]

2 hours ago, tmolvik said:

Heading up by bus now. Always curious to see how the lines are outside on the first day...

Long 

[Padjeq]

23 minutes ago, sisco said:

Long 

Same for us, but took less than 10 minutes

[sisco]

1 hour ago, Padjeq said:

Same for us, but took less than 10 minutes

Yeah wasn’t long at all and will be easier tomorrow.

 

unbelievable place btw.  Mother mother covering Hot to go was so good

[majmun]

Food is BEYOND expensive. Way more than last year

[Padjeq]

I've spent 70 coin in just over 24 hours. I've had 3 visits to the urinals today and could barely fill an egg cup. What a day. 

[BlackFoxx]

Great first day, highlight probably Iggy Pop in an absolutely packed Barn. Went in after London Grammar and got a spot in the raised seating section on the front left. Amyl and Fontaines also both brilliant. Roll on today! 

[polnico]

Got lucky and bagged a ticket for yesterday on ticketswap ! Great day and what a trio of heads to finish it off. Happy to have seen LP again, 8 years after them convincing me to buy my first Werchter ticket. Deftones was a bucketlist band of mine so happy to have seen them finally. Also really enjoyed Amyl and The Sniffers, they were much better than last time I saw them.

 

A bit weird not going back to the hive and going home after the end, this was my 6th edition but the first one without a combi and even though I don't really regret going for all 4 days, I felt nostalgic passing by CNTRL PARK.

 

@everyone in here, enjoy the rest of your festival !

Edited July 4, 2025 by polnico

[Mondo-kun]

14 hours ago, majmun said:

Food is BEYOND expensive. Way more than last year

Pizza by Food Line is probably the best combination of price and quality you could find at the festival grounds. 
Left side to the Klub C. 

[northernangel]

No A place for my head or Points of Authority is a bit of a surprise but can't fault that list too much. 

[Semprini]

Sam Fender cancels! Nothing But Thieves added and Yungblud moved up to headliner.

[Ausländer]

2 minutes ago, Semprini said:

Sam Fender cancels! Nothing But Thieves added and Yungblud moved up to headliner.

Lol, seriously? Losing two headliners for one day gotta be a record. Would be surprised if Sam Fender will ever be booked again

[gingerevans84]

Very poor from Fender. The videos from Silverstone last night were fine, but why take that gig before headlining a top top festival

[northernangel]

That's unbelievably shocking. He probably wasn't going to get the biggest crowd and the weakest by far of any headliners but they've had an absolute mare there. To announce Fender firstly to headline, to announce KOL to co-headline, to have KOL pull out and bring Yungblud back to co-headline and play 3 in 4 years, might be 4 in 5 without looking, to then have Fender pulling out 24 hours before and of all bands NBT added to the bill. Thats actually horrendous and turned out to be an awful day, and I like two of the people that day. They wont try and booked a day like that again surely. Learn from it and move on. I honestly don't think I've ever seem people trying to move tickets on for a festival as much as Wechter this year though, Download wasnt even that bad.

[49Lawson]

Sicknote Springsteen at it again… 

 

My dad was at Silverstone last night, sent me a video and it sounded fine but I suppose you don’t know what goes on behind closed doors. 
 

Gutted for anyone going, Yungblud and Nothing But Thieves is a crazy headline duo for a festival of Werchter’s ilk (but, stranger things have happened, could be a huge launch pad for either of them and I hope it is) but you have to imagine Fender’s shot at the big time in Europe is gone now. Only time since I started going in 2014 that I can remember the Saturday not selling out, and he’s left a few big fests in the lurch, not for the first time but for the first time as a headliner.

 

It’s been said and it’s a massive shame for them but I really hope Werchter learn from this; you can only take a gamble on a headliner of his size if you book a line up around it to match it and offset the risk. I know all music is subjective but it felt like a very weak day (hence the KoL addition) and now it must be objectively the weakest day in Werchter in the last 10 years? 
 

Anyways, hope everyone there is still

having a fantastic time!

[northernangel]

27 minutes ago, 49Lawson said:

Sicknote Springsteen at it again… 

 

My dad was at Silverstone last night, sent me a video and it sounded fine but I suppose you don’t know what goes on behind closed doors. 
 

Gutted for anyone going, Yungblud and Nothing But Thieves is a crazy headline duo for a festival of Werchter’s ilk (but, stranger things have happened, could be a huge launch pad for either of them and I hope it is) but you have to imagine Fender’s shot at the big time in Europe is gone now. Only time since I started going in 2014 that I can remember the Saturday not selling out, and he’s left a few big fests in the lurch, not for the first time but for the first time as a headliner.

 

It’s been said and it’s a massive shame for them but I really hope Werchter learn from this; you can only take a gamble on a headliner of his size if you book a line up around it to match it and offset the risk. I know all music is subjective but it felt like a very weak day (hence the KoL addition) and now it must be objectively the weakest day in Werchter in the last 10 years? 
 

Anyways, hope everyone there is still

having a fantastic time!

Comfortably. I'm actually more pissed that I'm not there than at Glastonbury but on paper, the other 3 main headliners are doing a hell of a lot of carrying this year. It's a festival of, oh ill give these a go rather than I must watch these contributing to a very weak understand overall with Thursday sign the strongest albeit not for me. At this point I'd say there is only 9/10 acts over the 4 days are I wouldn't miss though actually Green Day as fab as they are I'm not sure I need to see quite so soon over Download. Thats what made it different thing year as usually Download don't get them so fhe incentive would be there more. Next year either no Glastonbury will be telling.

 

Enjoy the rest people. 

Edited July 4, 2025 by northernangel

[majmun]

I even feel bad for Werchter bookers now...

 

But for myself, I already had the time of my life on the first two days. I don't care that much anymore for the next two (and I'm sure there will be some good surprises)

 

That said, a real shame for the Fender fans and saturday ticket only 

[northernangel]

4 hours ago, majmun said:

I even feel bad for Werchter bookers now...

 

But for myself, I already had the time of my life on the first two days. I don't care that much anymore for the next two (and I'm sure there will be some good surprises)

 

That said, a real shame for the Fender fans and saturday ticket only 

Why do you feel bad for them?, he was a poor booking for the slot from the off that was never big enough to do it hence the lack of sales on a very weak day for the festival. As said by someone else, they haven't failed to sell the Saturday out for a long long time. The festival chose to cop out on the easiest selling day.

[prefab]

I'm having a bit of deja vu, because Yungblud also replaced Sam Fender at Isle of Wight back in 2019 when he pulled out at the last moment. Yungblud was fantastic in that venue (the Big Top tent), but when I've seen him at bigger festivals since then he's struggled a bit to maintain his charisma. It feels like he tries to turn his already exaggerated stage persona up a few notches for the big stage, and it can come off as a little grating. Still, he's got some great tunes on his new album, so hopefully he's able to deliver a memorable set for the Werchter crowd.