Pukkelpop '12

After a storm hit the festival last year and left five dead, festival organisers have confirmed the event will return from Thursday 16 until Saturday 18th August at Kempische Steenweg, in Belgium. This festival has been running since 1985 in Belgium, and after various location changes has settled on the site of Kempische Steenweg in Kiewit, Hasselt.

Line-up

The latest additions are Santigold, Netsky, Bush, Apocalyptica, Tinie Tempah, Social Distortion, Example, Touche Amore, Django Django, Labrinth, Bowerbirds, Mumbai Science, Lykke Li, Grandaddy, Band of Skulls, Andy C, Knife Party, Apparat, Jamie Woon, Jakwob, Goose, Com Truise, Niki & The Dove, Willy Moon, Yashin, The Cribs, A-Trak, Diplo, Feed Me, Gesaffelstein, Major Lazer, The Antlers, Ghost, Bob Mould performs 'Copper Blue', C2C, Pulled Apart by Horses, Ceremony, Howler, Daughter, and Jamie N Commons.

Bjork, The Stone Roses, and Foo Fighters headline. Acts confirmed also include Bloc Party, The Mark Lanegan Band, Feist, The Gaslight Anthem, Nero (DJ Set), The Afghan Whigs, Digitalism, Eagles Of Death Metal, Black Keys, Wilco, Magnetic Man, Buraka Som Sistema, All Time Low, Tiga, Miike Snow, Enter Shikari, OFWGKTA, Two Door Cinema Club, Good Riddance, Crookers, Mark Ronson (DJ set), Carl Craig, Camo & Krooked, Doctor P, The Tallest Man On Earth, SebastiAn, Fink, Laurent Garnier, Hot Chip, Modestep, Flux Pavilion, Borgore, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Modeselektor, Dada Life, Flying Lotus, tUne-yArDs, The Horrors, Dirtyphonics, High Contrast feat Jessy Allen & Dynamite MC, Frank Ocean, The Big Pink, Ghostpoet, Dorian Concept, Joy Orbison, and more. For the line-up details, and day splits, as available please click here.

Tickets

Weekend tickets are priced at 155 euros, day tickets are available priced at 79 euros, except Saturday which has sold out. To buy tickets, click here. Train tickets can be used from every station in Belgium towards the festival and back.

The campsite is open from 12 noon on the Wednesday, and needs to be cleared by 11am on the Sunday. A main road separates the arena and the campsite, so take extra care when crossing, especially after a good days slog at the bar!

More info

For detailed information about various aspects of the festival see the Pukkelpop Information (includes detailed info on camping, travel, children, food & drink, and more).

More information will be here when available.