Rock Werchter

Blur to headline Rock Werchter 2013 on Friday

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Blur are the most interesting musical phenomena of the past 25 years. The Britons have accentuated this themselves with "21" (2012), a beautiful cube that contains the band's more or less entire output. It is really remarkable how the London four-piece manage to touch their listeners with both loud ("Song 2") and soft ("Tender") songs and how pleasant it is to mix pure pop ("Coffee & TV") with experiment ("Beetlebum"). You will find it all in there and all of it is equally great. Blur are now operating on a sporadic basis, as this is what suits the individual members best. Drummer Dave Rowntree has been a lawyer for a while now, guitarist Graham Coxon is working under his own name, bassist Alex James is making cheese and writing and front-man Damon Albarn is the most fascinating musical human being of his generation (Gorillaz, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, Africa Express and Dr Dee). Blur have adapted to this new reality and it works out just fine. A striking feat: their music is now more solid than ever. In 2012, Blur wrote 2 new songs ("The Puritan" and "Under The Westway") ahead of their massive sold out show in London's Hyde Park which were debuted on Twitter via a live video stream from a London rooftop. They are a band of/for our time.

Rock Werchter 2013 will be held from Thursday 4 July to Sunday 7 July in Werchter (Belgium). For four whole days the very best can be seen and heard on three stages in the Festivalpark. Established artists, today's and yesterday's heroes and the big sensations take to the Main Stage as usual. The Pyramid Marquee hosts all flavours of electronic dance on Thursday and Friday. And then it's the upcoming talent, the more intimate performances and dance beats into the small hours on Saturday and Sunday. In the Barn, it will be nice to see old friends, but discover tomorrow's heroes. It's a sort of in-festival concert hall. Rock Werchter books acts from every musical genre. And it goes down well. The festival is an international hit. At Eurosonic in Groningen, Rock Werchter scooped the European Festival Award for "Best European Festival Line-Up". More than 140,000 (unique) festival goers from all around the world found their way to a sold-out Rock Werchter over the four days of the festival in 2012.

A while ago, we already announced that Rammstein will be headliner on Saturday July 6th. Tickets for Rock Werchter 2013 will go on sale as from Friday November 2nd. More information will be announced soon.

Rock Werchter 2012 now SOLD OUT

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Of these, 67,000 have a combi-ticket and will be there for the full four days. In addition, 18,000 day tickets have been sold for each day. Rock Werchter can confirm a new attendance record this year. A total of 139,000 unique visitors will be here. And the new Rock Werchter, with an extra stage this year, will be a special one. 81 artists are to perform including The Cure, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Editors, Elbow, dEUS, Jack White, The xx, Mumford & Sons, Snow Patrol and Florence + the Machine.

Important: There are a number of dodgy sites offering tickets to the festival. They have bought tickets on the regular market and are now offering them for several times the original price. The validity of tickets bought on the secondary market cannot be guaranteed and admittance to the festival may be denied. We strongly advise against buying tickets from auction sites or second-hand. All the information is onwww.ilovemyticket.be . As is its tradition, Rock Werchter offers a legal alternative to buying resold festival tickets: the ticket exchange desk. This is at the entrance to the Festivalpark during the festival. Tickets can only be sold on via this office, and at the official ticket prices. This exchange desk has been proven to the efficient. Anyone who, for any reason, has a spare ticket for the festival can offer it for sale. Potential buyers can also register their interest here. Click here for more information on the ticket exchange desk.

Rock Werchter Friday tickets SOLD OUT

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There are 81 names in this year's line up. And they're going down well. Festival tickets are selling like hotcakes. The 18,000 day tickets for Sunday 1 July and the 67,000 combi-tickets are already sold out. In fact, early this morning the last of the 18,000 day tickets for Friday 29 June flew out the door.  There's no escaping it, if you want a day ticket for Saturday 30 June, you'd better be quick. There are just 500 tickets left for Saturday. Though tickets for Thursday 28 are still for sale, the stack is rapidly depleting. On the bill for the first day of the festival are Garbage, Selah Sue, Skrillex, Justice, Blink-182, Elbow, The Cure and many more!

One-day tickets for Thursday and Saturday can be purchased via Proximus Go For Music:
www.proximusgoformusic.be

Lana del Rey, Simple Minds and more complete Rock Werchter 2012 lineup

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REGINA SPEKTOR, CYPRESS HILL, AGNES OBEL, LANA DEL REY, SIMPLE MINDS, KNIFE PARTY, MICHAEL KIWANUKA, AZARI & III, BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB, M WARD, ALABAMA SHAKES, SCHOOL IS COOL, PERFUME GENIUS, EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS, ISBELLS and METRIC.

Lana del Rey

The line-up for Rock Werchter 2012 is now complete with 81 names. More artists than ever will play the festival, thanks to the new, third stage, The Barn. The Barn is a big top tent, a modern version of the classic span tent. It can accommodate a crowd of 10,000 festival-goers and complies with all international safety regulations. The tent's shape guarantees excellent acoustics. It will be pitched right next to the Pyramid Marquee with which it has an alternating line-up. 
 
All names for Rock Werchter 2012 in a day-by-day overview:
Thursday June 28: The Cure, Elbow, Blink-182, Justice, The Kooks, Skrillex, Rise Against, Selah Sue, Garbage, Skream ft. Sgt Pokes, Netsky Live, Within Temptation , Cypress Hill, Amon Tobin, The All-American Rejects, The Maccabees, Bombay Bicycle Club, Azealia Banks and Metric.
Friday June 29:  Pearl Jam, dEUS, Jack White, Deadmau5, Beirut, Gossip, Birdy Nam Nam, Katy B, Wiz Khalifa, Mastodon, Bat For Lashes, Lana Del Rey,  DJ Fresh presents Fresh/Live, The Temper Trap, Katzenjammer,  Azari & III, Miles Kane, X, Kreayshawn, Perfume Genius, School Is Cool and Eastern Conference Champions.
Saturday June 30: Editors, The xx, Mumford & Sons, Chase & Status, Incubus, Kasabian, Paul Kalkbrenner, Regina Spektor, Agnes Obel, Wolfmother, My Morning Jacket, Simple Minds,  Black Box Revelation, ’t Hof van Commerce, Ben Howard, M83, Noah & The Whale, Michael Kiwanuka, Nneka, Alabama Shakes and James Vincent McMorrow.
Sunday July 1: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snow Patrol, Florence + the Machine, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Milow, Steve Aoki, James Morrison, Dropkick Murphys, Knife Party, Mac Miller, The Vaccines, Ed Sheeran, The Hickey Underworld, M Ward, Anna Calvi, Die Antwoord, Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Isbells and Other Lives.