Rock Werchter 2026

[northernangel]

27 minutes ago, Irish man said:

They were never billed as one 

To be fair nor was Lewis Capaldi or Moby but they still have headliner length sets.

[sisco]

Looks like I lost Loyle Carner and gained Yard Act today.  A couple of short changeovers / need to leave 5/10 early but that was expected too.  
 

Overall, plenty to see, fingers crossed the sun shines for us all, the drinks are flowing and some of us can catch whilst we’re there 

[Irish man]

6 hours ago, northernangel said:

To be fair nor was Lewis Capaldi or Moby but they still have headliner length sets.

What’s a headliner length set? A headliner is quite simply the artist with top billing on the poster. Nothing more and nothing less 

[matrainertje]

11 hours ago, Irish man said:

What’s a headliner length set? A headliner is quite simply the artist with top billing on the poster. Nothing more and nothing less 

So that makes Mumford, War On Drugs, The xx, Lewis Capaldi, Gorillaz, Twenty One Pilots, The Cure and Moby the headliners. All on the top line of the lineup. 

[sisco]

Well I’m pretty set for Thursday and Friday.  The other 2 days could go a fair few ways especially Saturday if that whole Klub C evening gets changed.  Couple of crossovers to decide at the time whether to leave early/join late, but overall all good 

 

Balu Brigada - 13:00 - 13:30

Basht. - 15:20 - 15:55

The Vaccines - 15.50 - 16:50

Yard Act - 16:50 - 17:50

Kasabian - 17:40 - 18:40

Dylan Gossett - 18:50 - 19:50

The Lumineers - 19:20 - 20:20

Catch the last half hour of Jade or all

of PUP

The Prodigy - 21:50 - 23:05

Mumford & Sons - 23:30 - 1:00

 

 

Kingfishr - 13:00 - 13:40

Wolf Alice - 14:15 - 15:00

Cardinals - 15:00 - 15:30

Viagra Boys - 15:55 - 16:55

Keo - 16:35 - 17:10

Franz Ferdinand - 17:45 - 18:45

Teddy Swims - 19:00 - 20:00

Radio Free Alice - 20:00 - 20:55

Lewis Capaldi - 21:00 - 22:30

The Warning - 22:30 - 23:25

The XX - 23:30 - 1:00

Edited April 1 by sisco

[bitterobvious]

Thursday

Yong Yello

All Them Witches

Basht.

Elvis Costello/Vaccines

Yard Act

Kasabian

Jade

Prodigy

 

Friday

Kingfishr

Overpass

Keo

Franz Ferdinand

Kae Tempest

Charlottte De Witte

The XX

 

Saturday

Dogstar

The Haunted Youth

Beirut

Matt Berninger

Gorillaz

Cmat

 

Sunday

Moby

The Cure

 

 

Bold - Would happily go out of my way to see and pay for

Normal - Happy that they are there and worth watching but wouldn't see them outside a festival

Italics - Worth a watch, but wouldn't have otherwise made the effort

 

This is what it's looking like for me, I'll scout out some more of the acts for sunday, but currently not really in a rush to crowd out sunday too much unless it's something special

Edited April 1 by bitterobvious

[northernangel]

14 hours ago, Irish man said:

What’s a headliner length set? A headliner is quite simply the artist with top billing on the poster. Nothing more and nothing less 

Not necessarily, sometimes you'll have a dance closer. But every other top two act has a set length of 1.5 hours at least minus TWOD which is generally considered considered I believe at the headline length bench. I think one of rare occasions this has been different is Simple Minds getting 1.5 hours before Green Day. Don't get me wrong, I didn't expect they were headliners anyway but it's just an observation of how the times work out. Obviously The Cure are the 2hours but those bands always will longer.

 

But it was more about that not all acts were straight announced and promoted as headliners. It was quite clear both Lewis and The XX were co-headliners though. I didn't expect Moby to heave longer than 1h5 15 myself. Doesn't clash with anyone I'd care for either. Friday is the worst one for clashes for me.

[bitterobvious]

Some maths for potential world cup clashes, all times in Belgium (BST + 1 hour), there's quite a mismatch in data across the internet but this is taken directly from fifa's website which was updated yesterday. That match 92 could be a problem as it's directly after the cure. It's a bit confusing as they are in 'am' so technically its the next day but early hours of the morning.

 

If Belgium finish second that's the only game affected directly. Some big names, in 2018 when I was there they shut the park to play it so I've no idea what they are going to do. FKA Twigs / Lewis Capaldi / Agnes Obel / Charlotte de Wittee

 

if England finish 1st in their group

 

round 32 game: (match 80) 18:00 Wednesday 1st July

round 16 game: (match 92) 02:00 Monday 6th July. *directly after the cure

 

if England finish 2nd in their group 

 

round 32 game: (match 83) 01:00 Friday 3rd July *missing end of mumford & sons / blood Incantation

 

if England finish 3rd in their group, and pending other results in other tables 

 

round 32 game: (match 87) 03:30 4th July *after the xx have finished)

 

if Belgium finish 1st in their group

 

round 32 game: (match 82) 22:00 1st July

 

if Belgium finish 2nd in their group

 

round 32 game: (match 88) 20:00 3rd July FKA Twigs / Lewis Capaldi / Agnes Obel / Charlotte de Wittee

 

if Belgium finish 3rd in their group, and pending other results in other tables 

 

round 32 game: (match 85) 05:00 3rd July *much later after mumford & sons if you're still awake

 

There was another fixtures list that wasn't the official FIFA one, I don't know if it was an earlier version but it had England in when Twenty one Pilots play, it may/may not explain the weird congestion at the end of the festival and gorillaz playing earlier, but i don't think the park have ever moved things around for england (there's no reason they would) so I don't think it's that unless it's poor planning or a mistake. Match 91 but that involves Group C/F/E/I

Edited April 1 by bitterobvious

[sisco]

29 minutes ago, bitterobvious said:

Some maths for potential world cup clashes, all times in Belgium (BST + 1 hour), there's quite a mismatch in data across the internet but this is taken directly from fifa's website which was updated yesterday. That match 92 could be a problem as it's directly after the cure. It's a bit confusing as they are in 'am' so technically its the next day but early hours of the morning.

 

If Belgium finish second that's the only game affected directly. Some big names, in 2018 when I was there they shut the park to play it so I've no idea what they are going to do. FKA Twigs / Lewis Capaldi / Agnes Obel / Charlotte de Wittee

 

if England finish 1st in their group

 

round 32 game: (match 80) 18:00 Wednesday 1st July

round 16 game: (match 92) 02:00 Monday 6th July. *directly after the cure

 

if England finish 2nd in their group 

 

round 32 game: (match 83) 01:00 Friday 3rd July *missing end of mumford & sons / blood Incantation

 

if England finish 3rd in their group, and pending other results in other tables 

 

round 32 game: (match 87) 03:30 4th July *after the xx have finished)

 

if Belgium finish 1st in their group

 

round 32 game: (match 82) 22:00 1st July

 

if Belgium finish 2nd in their group

 

round 32 game: (match 88) 20:00 3rd July FKA Twigs / Lewis Capaldi / Agnes Obel / Charlotte de Wittee

 

if Belgium finish 3rd in their group, and pending other results in other tables 

 

round 32 game: (match 85) 05:00 3rd July *much later after mumford & sons if you're still awake

 

There was another fixtures list that wasn't the official FIFA one, I don't know if it was an earlier version but it had England in when Twenty one Pilots play, it may/may not explain the weird congestion at the end of the festival and gorillaz playing earlier, but i don't think the park have ever moved things around for england (there's no reason they would) so I don't think it's that unless it's poor planning or a mistake. Match 91 but that involves Group C/F/E/I

Brilliant mate, thanks for that.  All works out ok for Englands games tbf.  Should be quite lively in the hive if both England and Belgium win their groups 

[bitterobvious]

13 minutes ago, sisco said:

Brilliant mate, thanks for that.  All works out ok for Englands games tbf.  Should be quite lively in the hive if both England and Belgium win their groups 

 

yes it all fits very nicely IF they both finish top, then we can just enjoy the festival which would be nice

[Tonybyates]

got my Sunday schedule locked in 😄 

Darren Kiely > Tsar B > Bad Nerves > Westside Cowboy > Sons > Newdad > Rise Against (30 mins) >

Mogwai > A Perfect Circle > David Byrne > Ethel Cain > Moby (20 mins) > Psychonaught > The Cure

 

I'll squeeze some food & drink in at some point lol 😄 

[bitterobvious]

coins are now available to purchase tomorrow

 

'During the festival, one Coin will cost €3,90. You can purchase your Coins in advance and only pay €3,60 per Coin'

 

can't remember what the prices were last year, but I guess it doesn't mean too much if we don't how much stuff is inside the park

[gfa]

20 minutes ago, bitterobvious said:

coins are now available to purchase tomorrow

 

'During the festival, one Coin will cost €3,90. You can purchase your Coins in advance and only pay €3,60 per Coin'

 

can't remember what the prices were last year, but I guess it doesn't mean too much if we don't how much stuff is inside the park

 

Its all just slightly scaled up by 10 cents I imagine

[sisco]

[Ohad]

The xx are officially back on tour.

No new music, tho.

[bitterobvious]

1 hour ago, Ohad said:

The xx are officially back on tour.

No new music, tho.

 

strange, I thought everything was pointing to a new album 🤷‍♂️

[Ohad]

On 06/04/2026 at 14:24, bitterobvious said:

 

strange, I thought everything was pointing to a new album 🤷‍♂️

They performed a new song titled 'Sillhouettes' on the third show in Mexico. Back to optimism!

[bitterobvious]

I find it interesting that on the 'other forum' that shall not be named here, that prodigy isn't getting a look in and everyone is either ignoring them completely or talking about the war on drugs

[sisco]

3 hours ago, bitterobvious said:

I find it interesting that on the 'other forum' that shall not be named here, that prodigy isn't getting a look in and everyone is either ignoring them completely or talking about the war on drugs

Yeah universally loved on festileaks.  I actually brought up the other day I find it funny as they’re just viewed as a very average act in the uk yet seen as the best thing ever for the Belgium audience  
 

For me as soon as The Prodigy were in the barn there was only going to be one winner.  

[FKA SOSOTWS]

8 hours ago, bitterobvious said:

I find it interesting that on the 'other forum' that shall not be named here, that prodigy isn't getting a look in and everyone is either ignoring them completely or talking about the war on drugs

What, you can't name Festileaks by name here?

[FKA SOSOTWS]

4 hours ago, sisco said:

Yeah universally loved on festileaks.  I actually brought up the other day I find it funny as they’re just viewed as a very average act in the uk yet seen as the best thing ever for the Belgium audience  
 

For me as soon as The Prodigy were in the barn there was only going to be one winner.  

 

It's like Editors, some names just become way bigger in Belgium.

[billybigballs]

If anyone was hoping to go on Saturday or Sunday day tickets, only to find they're sold out, I advise making regular visits to the Ticketmaster.be website in the resale section.

 

Managed to pick up the five Saturday tickets I needed there over the past couple of days. Plus, grabbed return Eurostar tickets in their sale for £35 each way. Feeling a but smug tbh 🤣

[sisco]

The XX at Coachella…. Wow!! Cannot wait to see them at Werchter 

[bitterobvious]

19 hours ago, FKA SOSOTWS said:

What, you can't name Festileaks by name here?

 

I'm just joking 😉

[bitterobvious]

2 hours ago, sisco said:

The XX at Coachella…. Wow!! Cannot wait to see them at Werchter 

 

even though I'm a fan I was a bit sceptical that they aren't an obvious headliner choice but after giving them a quick watch they'll absolutely crush it