Rock Werchter

Arctic Monkeys to headine Rock Werchter 2014

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Arctic Monkeys are the spokesmen of a generation. “A great selfie of a generation this was. There was funky sorrow, cultivated desire, prickly sentiment. And there was maths: riff + melody = euphoria.”This is how Humo described an Arctic Monkeys concert in Vorst Nationaal in November 2013. For nearly ten years it has been said that front man Alex Turner expresses the joys and sorrows of his generation like no other. Since ‘AM’ (2013) he seems to have made the role his own. The record has just as much genius as its four predecessors, but the atmosphere is much more exuberant. The Monkeys have given up the Sheffield rain for the Los Angeles sun and it shows. Their concerts were always technically superb but maybe a little aloof. See their previous performances at Werchter. But today, all that has changed. Alex Turner is now a true performer and seeks real contact with his audience. It will be a hot evening on 4 July 2014.

Arctic Monkeys Rock Werchter 2014

Metallica to headline Rock Werchter 2014

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The first name for the Rock Werchter Festival (Belgium) has been confirmed. Metallica are playing on Thursday 3 July. On request. Because most of the set list will chosen by the fans.

Metallica are synonymous with metal. It’s the first name that springs to mind spontaneously. The American group have achieved so much. They brought metal into the mainstream and are already one of the best and most successful bands of all time. Metallica are currently starring in the 3D concert/film ‘Through The Never’ and will be working on the follow up to ‘Death Magnetic’ (2008) for most of 2014. In between all this, they are touring across the globe, so Rock Werchter was an essential stop. One reason is because 20 years ago Metallica played here for the first time – and they were the first metal band we’d had. They were spectacular in 1993 and will be again, this seventh time. And that’s because the fans are in charge. Everyone who buys a ticket will be asked to submit their favourite songs. No easy task because there are 10 albums, four live albums and almost 40 singles to choose from. Metallica, customised!

Metallica Rock Wertcher

ROCK WERCHTER: NO FOR MODEST MOUSE, BUT YES FOR THE VAN JETS

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NO FOR MODEST MOUSE, BUT YES FOR THE VAN JETS

No Modest Mouse at Rock Werchter. The group is working feverishly on their upcoming album, due for release in 2014, and have decided to cancel their scheduled European dates. The Americans were booked to open the day’s Main Stage performances on Saturday, but will now be replaced by the brilliant The Van Jets from Ostend.

Rock Werchter 2013 will be taking place from Thursday 4 July to Sunday 7 July in Werchter (Belgium). Over four days in the festival grounds you will be able to see music's finest on three stages. As always, established names, legends old and new and the biggest acts will take their place on the Main Stage. KluB C will focus on electronic music in all its danceable forms on Friday and Saturday. On Thursday and Sunday it will be the place to listen to up-and-coming new talent, (more) intimate performances and dance beats into the early hours. In The Barn we welcome back familiar names, but it is also thé spot to discover tomorrow’s heroes. The better concert hall on a festival. Rock Werchter is a firm believer of programming across genres, which people like. During the four festival days in 2012 somewhat 140,000 (unique) festival-goers from all over the world found their way to the festival that was sold out in advance. Rock Werchter is an international hit and has been awarded multiple prizes. Early March, the festival won the prestigious ILMC Arthur Award for ‘Best Festival’ for the 5th time.

TICKET INFO

Tickets for Rock Werchter 2013 are available from proximusgoformusic.be. Only day tickets for Thursday 4 July are still on sale.

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Rock Werchter completes lineup with Stereophonics and more added

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All the pieces of the puzzle have been revealed. Eighty names now grace the full line-up of Rock Werchter 2013. The latest additions are Twin Forks, Youth Lagoon, SX, Haim, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike andStereophonics.

These are all 80 bands who will be performing at Werchter 2013: A Day To Remember, Airbourne, All Time Low, Alt-J, Angel Haze, Asaf Avidan, Azealia Banks, Balthazar, Band of Horses, Bastille, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Ben Howard, Biffy Clyro, Bloc Party, Blur, Boys Noize, C2C, Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires, Depeche Mode, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Disclosure, Dizzee Rascal, Django Django, Earl Sweatshirt, Editors, Fidlar, Frank Ocean, Gary Clark Jr., Gogol Bordello, Goose, Graveyard, Green Day, Haim, Jake Bugg, James Blake, Jamie Lidell, Jessie Ware, John Legend, Jonathan Jeremiah, Ke$ha, Kendrick Lamar, Kings of Leon, Laura Mvula, Lianne La Havas, Major Lazer, Matthew E. White, Modest Mouse, Modestep, Netsky (live), Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Odd Future, Of Monsters and Men, Palma Violets, Passenger, Phoenix, Rammstein, Richard Hawley, Rudimental, Sigur Rós, Stereophonics, SX, Tame Impala, The Black Angels, The Bloody Beetroots, The Bots, The Gaslight Anthem, The Hives, The Lumineers, The National, The Script, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Tom Odell, Trash Talk, Twin Forks, Two Door Cinema Club, Vampire Weekend, Vintage Trouble, Vitalic VTLZR, Volbeat and Youth Lagoon. 

Click here to see when the definites will be on stage. As we speak the schedule is being finalised, and it will be published very soon.

Rock Werchter Thursday lineup complete

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The line-up for Rock Werchter 2013 is taking its final form, with the 4th of July now complete. Latest additions are Vampire Weekend, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Vintage Trouble and Fidlar. The full line-up for Thursday 4 July is as follows:
 

Main StageMarqueeThe Barn
All Time LowFidlarPalma Violets
AirbourneVintage TroubleThe Black Angels
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club    Laura MvulaBalthazar
Vampire WeekendJessie WareBiffy Clyro
The NationalJamie LidellBloc Party
Green DayDizzee RascalSigur Rós
Netsky (live)The Bloody Beetroots 

Green Day

Bar a handful of names, the line-up for Rock Werchter 2013 has now been fully revealed. The list of confirmed acts makes for impressive reading: A Day To Remember, Airbourne, All Time Low, Alt-J, Angel Haze, Asaf Avidan, Azealia Banks, Balthazar, Band of Horses, Bastille, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Ben Howard, Biffy Clyro, Bloc Party, Blur, Boys Noize, C2C, Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires, Depeche Mode, Disclosure, Dizzee Rascal, Django Django, Earl Sweatshirt, Editors, Fidlar, Frank Ocean, Gary Clark Jr., Gogol Bordello, Goose, Graveyard, Green Day, Jake Bugg, James Blake, Jamie Lidell, Jessie Ware, John Legend, Jonathan Jeremiah, Ke$ha, Kendrick Lamar, Kings of Leon, Laura Mvula, Lianne La Havas, Major Lazer, Matthew E. White, Modest Mouse, Modestep, Netsky (live), Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Odd Future, Of Monsters and Men, Palma Violets, Passenger, Phoenix, Rammstein, Richard Hawley, Rudimental, Sigur Rós, Tame Impala, The Black Angels, The Bloody Beetroots, The Bots, The Gaslight Anthem, The Hives, The Lumineers, The National, The Script, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Tom Odell, Trash Talk, Two Door Cinema Club, Vampire Weekend, Vintage Trouble, Vitalic VTLZR and Volbeat. 

The National, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Frank Ocean and more added to Rock Werchter

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THE NATIONAL, NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS, FRANK OCEAN, GOOSE, JAMIE LIDELL, KE$HA, MAJOR LAZER, MODESTEP, THE BLOODY BEETROOTS, THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM, TOM ODELL, ALL TIME LOW, ANGEL HAZE, BASTILLE, CHARLES BRADLEY AND HIS EXTRAORDINAIRES, EARL SWEATSHIRT, ODD FUTURE, PALMA VIOLETS, MATTHEW E. WHITE, THE BLACK ANGELS and TRASH TALK. And there's one change to the programme: VOLBEAT will now play the Main Stage on Saturday 6 July instead of Thursday 4 July, as announced previously. 

Frank Ocean

Here's the incredible (though still provisional) line-up so far, from A to Z: A Day To Remember, Airbourne, All Time Low, Alt-J, Angel Haze, Asaf Avidan, Azealia Banks, Balthazar, Band of Horses, Bastille, Ben Howard, Biffy Clyro, Bloc Party, Blur, Boys Noize, C2C, Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires, Depeche Mode, Disclosure, Dizzee Rascal, Django Django, Earl Sweatshirt, Editors, Frank Ocean, Gary Clark Jr., Gogol Bordello, Goose, Graveyard, Green Day, Jake Bugg, James Blake, Jamie Lidell, Jessie Ware, John Legend, Jonathan Jeremiah, Ke$ha, Kendrick Lamar, Kings of Leon, Laura Mvula, Lianne La Havas, Major Lazer, Matthew E. White, Modest Mouse, Modestep, Netsky (live), Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Odd Future, Of Monsters and Men, Palma Violets, Passenger, Phoenix, Rammstein, Richard Hawley, Rudimental, Sigur Rós, Tame Impala, The Black Angels, The Bloody Beetroots, The Bots, The Gaslight Anthem, The Hives, The Lumineers, The National, The Script, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Tom Odell, Trash Talk, Two Door Cinema Club, Vitalic VTLZR and Volbeat. 

Click here to see when the definites will be on stage. The final additions to the programme will be announced very soon. 

Ben Howard, Biffy Clyro, Kendrick Lamar and more added to Rock Werchter lineup

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New to the line-up:  BEN HOWARD – THE HIVES – BOYS NOIZE – JOHN LEGEND – KENDRICK LAMAR – GOGOL BORDELLO – VITALIC VTLZR – JAKE BUGG – JAMES BLAKE – TAME IMPALA – DIZZEE RASCAL – BIFFY CLYRO – BALTHAZAR – THE LUMINEERS – LIANNE LA HAVAS – JONATHAN JEREMIAH – AZEALIA BANKS – RUDIMENTAL – MODEST MOUSE – THE BOTS – GARY CLARK JR. and LAURA MVULA.
 
It has already been announced that RAMMSTEIN – GREEN DAY – BLUR – KINGS OF LEON – EDITORS – DEPECHE MODE – NETSKY (LIVE) – VOLBEAT – PHOENIX – THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS – SIGUR ROS – THE SCRIPT – BLOC PARTY – BAND OF HORSES – RICHARD HAWLEY – OF MONSTERS AND MEN – ALT-J – DJANGO DJANGO – DISCLOSURE – C2C – TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB – A DAY TO REMEMBER – ASAF AVIDAN – PASSENGER – AIRBOURNE – GRAVEYARD andJESSIE WARE will be performing at Rock Werchter 2013.
 
More names to be announced soon. Click here to see when the definites will be on stage.

Jessie Ware, Bloc Party and more announced for Rock Werchter

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New on Thursday 4 July are Airbourne and Netsky (live) on the Main Stage, Jessie Ware in the Marquee and Bloc Party and Sigur Rós in The Barn. Volbeat and Green Day had already been announced for the Main Stage that day. On Friday 5 July Two Door Cinema Club, The Script and Phoenix will be joining the earlier announced Kings of Leon and Blur on the Main Stage.  C2C will build a party in the Marquee. And with Richard Hawley the tone is set immediately in The Barn. For Saturday 6 July so far only one name had been announced: Rammstein. Graveyard can now be added to the Main Stage, Disclosure to the Marquee and Django Django to The Barn. Depeche Mode and Editors will finish Rock Werchter 2013 in style on Sunday 7 July. But before we come to that, A Day To Remember, Band of Horses and Thirty Seconds to Mars will perform on the Main Stage. Passenger and Asaf Avidan have already been confirmed for the Marquee and Alt-J and Of Monsters and Men for The Barn. On www.rockwerchter.be, all names that have already been announced for the 39th edition of the festival can be found in a handy overview. The bill for Rock Werchter 2013 will be completed further in the weeks to come. Stay tuned!

Rock Werchter 2013 will take place in Werchter (Belgium) from Thursday 4 July until Sunday 7 July. For four days the festival grounds will enable you to see and hear the best on offer on three stages. Well-established names, heroes from past and present and the majors get – as usual – their spot on the Main Stage. The Marquee focuses on electronic music in all its danceable forms on Thursday and Friday. On Saturday and Sunday its line-up will be completed with up-and-coming talent, (more) intimate concerts and dance beats in the early hours.  In The Barn we welcome back familiar names, but it is also thé spot to discover tomorrow’s heroes. The better concert hall on a festival.

Volbeat added to Rock Werchter 2013 lineup!

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It has already been announced that Blur, Depeche Mode, Editors, Green Day, Kings of Leon and Rammstein will play at Rock Werchter 2013, which takes place from Thursday 4 July to Sunday 7 July. More names are to follow.

Volbeat is Metal's hottest. The Danes – an abbreviation of Volume.Beat – are the new gods in the land of Metallica and Motörhead. They were last year's big revelation at the Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium. In 2010 and 2011 they performed to a packed Lotto Arena in Antwerp. This, their first performance at Rock Werchter, is just the logical next step. Volbeat is ready for the transition to a broader audience. And that broader audience is as good as won over. For instance: the group is just as high on Studio Brussel's 'De Zwaarste Lijst' (annual best of metal list) as it is in 'De Afrekening' (weekly charts from the listeners). And the reason is simple: the music. Volbeat think on a broader scale. The leaning is to metal, but these Danes like to digress. Toward punk. Toward rockabilly too. Heroes include Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley, and they cover "I Only Want To Be With You" by the late Dusty Springfield, the "white queen of soul". Catchy, energetic and refreshingly Scandinavian!

Volbeat

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. 

Depeche Mode set for Rock Werchter 2013

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Depeche Mode is undoubtedly the most popular electronic band ever …and the first to be embraced by rock fans. But they have worked hard for it. Their first appearance at Werchter in 1985 did not pass unnoticed. Twenty years later (2006) and the band was by far the best at Werchter. ‘Violator’ (1990) was the pivotal moment. An essential album produced by Flood (U2, Nick Cave, PJ Harvey) and featuring artwork and video clips by the Dutch photographer/filmmaker Anton Corbijn. The scope of their musical fan base is uncommonly wide: from Daan through Pet Shop Boys to The Killers and Linkin Park to Rammstein. Depeche Mode, in the shape of Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher, have now sold more than 100 million albums. The trio is among the most successful live acts of all time. Last year, Depeche Mode worked on their 13th album, the successor to the wicked ‘Sounds of the Universe’ (2009), which is due for release in the spring. They are planning 34 European concerts next summer. Welcome back to Werchter!

Depeche Mode