Rock Werchter 2025

[Unissono]

13 minutes ago, branvan said:

May they are waiting till the Snow Patrol concert in Belgium is over on Sunday, to announce them after?... 

Saw them last saturday in Zurich. Was brilliant. But Snow Patrol was last year in Werchter.

[branvan]

Saw them as well in Zürich 🙂 Was brilliant indeed. But playing last year rules them out, ok...

[Aech2ElectricBoogaloo]

"Today we unveil no fewer than 20 new names joining the line-up! Thursday 3 July will see De La Soul returning to the festival - they were here back in 1990, the first to bring hip-hop to Werchter. With GLINTSAL, Rock Werchter 2025 is guaranteed to kick off in style. Other newly confirmed acts on Thursday will be Nia Archives, Ezra Collective, Alessi Rose and Mother Mother. Taking to the stage on Friday 4 July will be, among others, Weezer, Caribou, Warhaus, Arsenal, The Backseat Lovers, Dikke and Sylvie Kreusch. Performing on Sunday 6 July will be Pommelien Thijs, David Kushner, Shaboozey, Dasha, Wunderhorse, Bolis Pupul and Jokke."

[Karlos12345]

Did they just give up on Saturday?

[gingerevans84]

Thursday is going to be incredible.

[Kempleton]

2 hours ago, Kempleton said:

I’ll believe it when I see it.

 

Friday afternoon seems like a bit of a weird time to announce anything.

 

Hopefully something is coming over the next week or so.

Proof, once again, that I know absolutely nothing.

 

Happy with wunderhorse. Sad that there is a lack of Saturday additions 

[majmun]

Thursday is stacked 🔥

[northernangel]

The reaction on social media to it is quite poor. I've got two names out of that myself.

[FestivalJamie]

Thursday, Friday and Sunday are incredibly strong.

 

Sure Saturday is slightly weaker but it's not bad- maybe they have something up their sleeve.

[FestivalJamie]

1 minute ago, northernangel said:

The reaction on social media to it is quite poor. I've got two names out of that myself.

This announcement didn't have much but the line-up was already stacked- with big headliners like Olivia, Green day and Linkin Park- there wasn't so much scope for many more big names. I think people are still hoping or expecting for a big name for the Saturday- even if Sam Fender is headlining, it looks like it's still missing a strong placement.

[BennyL]

Have they just decided to forget about Saturday 😅

[Kempleton]

The Friday looks about as good as it gets for me.

 

Green Day, Weezer, Underworld, Caribou, Wet Leg and Girl in Red is amazing, clashes permitting.

 

This lineup drop has also led me to discover a few new artists, particular Belgian, so that’s another bonus.

 

Sylvie Kreusch and Pommelien Thijs both sound great to me on first listen.

[sisco]

14 minutes ago, FestivalJamie said:

This announcement didn't have much but the line-up was already stacked- with big headliners like Olivia, Green day and Linkin Park- there wasn't so much scope for many more big names. I think people are still hoping or expecting for a big name for the Saturday- even if Sam Fender is headlining, it looks like it's still missing a strong placement.

And still half the acts to come! Think it’s 51 announced, 49 to go!

[Mondo-kun]

The strange thing is there are zero names I was expecting 🤣
Bloc Party, TV on the Radio, Foster the People, Kaiser Chiefs, Refused, St. Vincent, Glass Animals, Turnstile, Sex Pistols, Benson Boone... Even Franz Ferdinand still weren't announced officially.
Maybe for the next batch. Last year we got full poster on 29th of February.

[sisco]

4 minutes ago, Mondo-kun said:

The strange thing is there are zero names I was expecting 🤣
Bloc Party, TV on the Radio, Foster the People, Kaiser Chiefs, Refused, St. Vincent, Glass Animals, Turnstile, Sex Pistols, Benson Boone... Even Franz Ferdinand still weren't announced officially.
Maybe for the next batch. Last year we got full poster on 29th of February.

So last year they had a standalone announcement for the Belguim acts so it’s almost like they’ve just done that and then thrown a couple in for the sake of it.

 

[ParanoidTourist]

Weezer and Mother Mother are great additions imo. Thursday looks super great now but Saturday is still meh...

[VCF]

40 minutes ago, Mondo-kun said:

The strange thing is there are zero names I was expecting 🤣
Bloc Party, TV on the Radio, Foster the People, Kaiser Chiefs, Refused, St. Vincent, Glass Animals, Turnstile, Sex Pistols, Benson Boone... Even Franz Ferdinand still weren't announced officially.
Maybe for the next batch. Last year we got full poster on 29th of February.

St. Vincent is playing Gent Jazz on July 15 so she’s ruled out.

 

No Franz Ferdinand is a surprise. They have an Antwerp show early March but it’s been sold out for a while. They might still wait after that show to announce.

[gingerevans84]

48 minutes ago, Mondo-kun said:

The strange thing is there are zero names I was expecting 🤣
Bloc Party, TV on the Radio, Foster the People, Kaiser Chiefs, Refused, St. Vincent, Glass Animals, Turnstile, Sex Pistols, Benson Boone... Even Franz Ferdinand still weren't announced officially.
Maybe for the next batch. Last year we got full poster on 29th of February.

 I was looking for a couple of these as well. Still room for some major additions to the line up. Roll on July.

[northernangel]

1 hour ago, FestivalJamie said:

Thursday, Friday and Sunday are incredibly strong.

 

Sure Saturday is slightly weaker but it's not bad- maybe they have something up their sleeve.

 

I wouldn't say Sunday is incredibly strong at all for what a usual Werchter crowd are looking for.

1 hour ago, FestivalJamie said:

This announcement didn't have much but the line-up was already stacked- with big headliners like Olivia, Green day and Linkin Park- there wasn't so much scope for many more big names. I think people are still hoping or expecting for a big name for the Saturday- even if Sam Fender is headlining, it looks like it's still missing a strong placement.

 

I'll agree to disagree on the whole but I'll accept you have your own likes. The fact people are commenting so much on the Saturday tells you what an incrredibly weak booking it is for a major Belbium Rock Festival. It looks like it's missing a day of bookings lol, not just a strong placement.

[Nicklord]

For me, it's worse than usual (and I loved the 2024 edition, I know some people here didn't) by quite a lot. The number of acts I'd like to see - Thursday 10, Friday 6, Saturday 2, Sunday 2. Usually I have like 5 clashes each day

 

[Aech2ElectricBoogaloo]

6,6,3,3 for me - not great so far undercard wise for my tastes

[sisco]

So far for me:

 

Thursday - 2 must sees + 4 more i’d want to see

 

Friday - 1 must see + 3 more I’d want to see 

 

Saturday - 1 must see + 3 more I’d want to see 

 

Sunday - 2 must sees + 2 more I’d want to see 

 

There’s also plenty I’d see if nothing else was on.

 

More than happy with that when half the lineup is still to come 

[49Lawson]

A couple of solid additions for me there today; Weezer, Backseat Lovers, Wunderhorse, De La Soul, Caribou all fun names. Friday looking very stacked for me.

 

Makes sense to have no Franz since they were on the Saturday on that leaked poster and they’ve omitted anything from Saturday for this announcement. The fact that they haven’t announced anything for that day makes me think there’s something in the background that they’re working on. 
 

Going to hold off committing for now as I’m going to roll the dice on that Black Sabbath gig first, if I fail to get tickets though I think this could end up being a fairly solid back up once they flesh out the undercard a bit more with a few of the names mentioned here. 
 

(Has anyone got an updated poster by the way?)

[VCF]

55 minutes ago, 49Lawson said:

Going to hold off committing for now as I’m going to roll the dice on that Black Sabbath gig first, if I fail to get tickets though I think this could end up being a fairly solid back up once they flesh out the undercard a bit more with a few of the names mentioned here. 

Do we have any idea about ticket prices yet? Could not find anything. I’m expecting at least £150 anyway.

 

I’m doing Oasis in Cardiff the day before so I’m quite tempted. 

[49Lawson]

3 hours ago, VCF said:

Do we have any idea about ticket prices yet? Could not find anything. I’m expecting at least £150 anyway.

 

I’m doing Oasis in Cardiff the day before so I’m quite tempted. 

The only basis I have for anything is this post from the Download forum, no idea how much truth is in it but it’s the only thing I’ve seen