Rock Werchter 2017

[Gray Owl]

3 hours ago, RonanM said:

http://snoozecontrol.be/nieuws/6329/

Not there anymore so... what should we figure from this: someone's playing hard to get (they like teasing) or someone got fired (like in the case described before)?  Let's see what tomorrow brings..

[Gray Owl]

3 hours ago, RonanM said:

http://snoozecontrol.be/nieuws/6329/

Not there anymore so... what should we figure from this: someone's playing hard to get (they like teasing) or someone got fired (like in the case described before)?  Let's see what tomorrow brings..

[McCallion]

Tbh, I reckon we wont see anything until Friday. Reckon yesterday was a slip up and they'll hold off until then

[Red Day]

Must be due some info on presale though. Patiently waiting for my email . Think you might be correct about Friday as initial pic had a ticket link. That said, my hope was for separate Foos announcement prior to presale and maybe 5 other bands on Friday before main sale. Think we all know foos are Sunday headliners so why not just confirm it.

[McCallion]

4 minutes ago, Red Day said:

Must be due some info on presale though. Patiently waiting for my email . Think you might be correct about Friday as initial pic had a ticket link. That said, my hope was for separate Foos announcement prior to presale and maybe 5 other bands on Friday before main sale. Think we all know foos are Sunday headliners so why not just confirm it.

Agreed, it's all very daft

[e2p2]

Prophets of Rage playing the Friday in Open'er. 

[Red Day]

That's Foos confirmed for Sunday.  Brilliant news 

[raccamme]

does the wechter website works for you does matter were i click  it the home page who keeps on coming back ?

 

[Red Day]

Works fine and has been updated 

[Gossard]

Is this one of the best set of headliners in the history of Rock Werchter? (asuming we'll have either Green Day or KoL/AF combo on Thursday). 2010 was maybe a little better with Pearl Jam, Muse, Green Day and Rammstein.....

[e2p2]

19 minutes ago, Gossard said:

Is this one of the best set of headliners in the history of Rock Werchter? (asuming we'll have either Green Day or KoL/AF combo on Thursday). 2010 was maybe a little better with Pearl Jam, Muse, Green Day and Rammstein.....

Assuming Pearl Jam and Arcade Fire on Thursday..  

[Gossard]

21 minutes ago, e2p2 said:

Assuming Pearl Jam and Arcade Fire on Thursday..  

That was the Sunday in 2010, Arcade Fire playing before Pearl Jam  

[e2p2]

1 hour ago, Gossard said:

Is this one of the best set of headliners in the history of Rock Werchter? (asuming we'll have either Green Day or KoL/AF combo on Thursday). 2010 was maybe a little better with Pearl Jam, Muse, Green Day and Rammstein.....

I know but you need to calculate the size of the band at the time. Lets say if they rebook this option on Thursday there will be no doubt about "best headliners year" award

Wont happen though.. 

[Gray Owl]

1 hour ago, e2p2 said:

I know but you need to calculate the size of the band at the time. Lets say if they rebook this option on Thursday there will be no doubt about "best headliners year" award

Wont happen though.. 

Let's just live with the "what if" until further notice. Things are really starting to shape up. I wonder who they'll announce on Friday... maybe a set of smaller bands or the headliner for Thursday?

[thetime]

Hopefully the lineup won't suffer due to the heavy hitters as headliners.

[ParanoidTourist]

Give me Arcade Fire and I am sold on this edition=) .

[Skankhunt42]

1. are we likely to see them announce the final headliner  this early in the game?

2. do we have any indication of other announcements and any thoughts on the dance acts?

[e2p2]

1 hour ago, thetime said:

Hopefully the lineup won't suffer due to the heavy hitters as headliners.

Is it that heavy so far? I mean it doesnt seems to be far off from 2015 right now (Foo's & Muse,  with Prodigy/Lenny)  or 2014 with full shows of Pearl Jam and Metallica and of course the 2013's edition that had 6-7 headliners. 

I worry for the undercard too but my worries are about the additional cost of the security which RW will probably have,  yet the price remained the same as last year. 

[Dietediet]

8 minutes ago, e2p2 said:

Is it that heavy so far? I mean it doesnt seems to be far off from 2015 right now (Foo's & Muse,  with Prodigy/Lenny)  or 2014 with full shows of Pearl Jam and Metallica and of course the 2013's edition that had 6-7 headliners. 

I worry for the undercard too but my worries are about the additional cost of the security which RW will probably have,  yet the price remained the same as last year. 

Foos + Muse is probably as expensive as Foos + Radiohead, and then there's the LP/SOAD combination + another headliner still to come (and the Thursday one is always a big one). So definitely going to be the most expensive headliner set in a while. But they've proven in the past (2009, 2013) that they can easily combine strong headliner sets with a strong undercard. The quality is more depending on what acts are available, which is still unclear at this stage.

Would there be an extra cost though? This year's measures seemed sufficient, can't see them taking more expensive ones.

[e2p2]

18 minutes ago, Dietediet said:

Would there be an extra cost though? This year's measures seemed sufficient, can't see them taking more expensive ones.

I don't know about internal, political stuff.. Last year was pretty much an emergency situation which may cause the government/municipality to fund/help funding the security measures that were added. Next year the security will be no different but the situation is already given, question is who funds it. Again, I know nothing about it so it may be utter Bullsh**..

 

45 minutes ago, Skankhunt42 said:

1. are we likely to see them announce the final headliner  this early in the game?

2. do we have any indication of other announcements and any thoughts on the dance acts?

They don't necessarily have to announce the final headliner but its 99% they'll announce someone pretty high who plays on Thursday. If they already book Thursday headliner, I dont see a reason why not to announce them, especially if it's Arcade Fire (because Best Kept Secret goes on sale the same day and they have AF+Radiohead with only 25k capacity, which may draw people to RW). 

Major Lazer are a good shout for Thursday dance-act who might even be in this week's Friday announcement.

[eratiti007]

Alt-J, Belle & Sebastian, Wolf Alice and Machinedrum confirmed for Mad Cool, the week after Werchter. I suppose Alt-J will headline Barn.

Edited November 16, 2016 by eratiti007

[Red Day]

9 minutes ago, eratiti007 said:

Alt-J, Belle & Sebastian, Wolf Alice and Machinedrum confirmed for Mad Coll, the week after Werchter. I suppose Alt-J will headline Barn.

KOL their 3rd headliner. Hope they stay clear of RW on the Thursday 

[Gossard]

We seem to always be talking about Green Day or Kings og Leon / Arcade Fire co-headlining set? Could we possibly have Arcade Fire subbing to Green Day? Arcade Fire subbed to Pearl Jam last time they played.....

[Red Day]

Dunno, that would cost RW a fair bit of cash 

[Luke Routledge]

How quick are we expecting this sell out? Hoping not before the end of the year but it's looking extremely strong!