Rock Werchter 2019

[lightsnowpatrol]

So shit

[xydroh]

happy with greta van fleet, not happy with the sub position that they got.

[Phantom_Zone]

lol..who?

[visdave34]

2 hours ago, visdave34 said:

My guess: Editors as the sub for Muse and Charlotte de Witte (who was going to announce epic news this week according to Ken19, so maybe a dance closer spot on main stage for the Thursday?)

Pretty close! As in: don't ever let me guess again...

[polnico]

I mean yeah it's rock but a sub position ? This is really surprising by werchter, really hoping for another big name on that sunday but I feel that we won't get it sadly...

[zbo]

yeah ok but why a separate announcement?

[Gossard]

Why do you guys think Greta van Fleet will sub? 

[Chaarlie]

9 minutes ago, lighthouse said:

Some smaller names today. What's the point?

 

They clearly don't think so GVF between Balthazar and Muse on the poster on their own line, looks like they'll sub.

[ThijsDB]

2 minutes ago, Gossard said:

Why do you guys think Greta van Fleet will sub? 

See poster above this and also 2nd spot on this page: https://www.rockwerchter.be/en/line-up/sunday

[Judithmt]

6 minutes ago, ThijsDB said:

See poster above this and also 2nd spot on this page: https://www.rockwerchter.be/en/line-up/sunday

Maybe someone at RW has been enjoying Carnaval a little too much...

[djd4]

Looks to me like they're on the same level as Bring Me The Horizon etc.

[Gossard]

I'd be really surprised if they'd sub....

[polnico]

@Jazebel Can you confirm (or hopefully deny) this "GVF sub" theory?

Edited February 27, 2019 by polnico

[ThijsDB]

3 minutes ago, polnico said:

@Jazebel Can you confirm this "GVF sub" theory?

I'm afraid this isn't just a theory, it's as confirmed as it can get with both the official poster and position on the site

Edited February 27, 2019 by ThijsDB

[Nicklord]

Checked out some other festival posters. They're bellow The Good,  The Bad and The Queen on Doctor Music. They're always bellow The 1975 too. On one they're even bellow Rosalia. Really strange position

 

They're bellow DJ Snake in Serbia too

Edited February 27, 2019 by Nicklord

[frontsidecab]

Hahaha nah come on they are surely not subbing - It has to be Muse > TBA > Greta Van Fleet > Balthazar.

It is worrying though that they've not announced anything for sunday for so long, then this comes through - almost as if it's the best they could get for a replacement, selling them as 'the new generation of rock'.

I don't understand how they could have a band that would easily play 6th Main Stage on the Friday, sub the Sunday.

Edited February 27, 2019 by frontsidecab

[birchtree29]

Gvf will be on the same slot with Bastille which is before Muse and someone else TBA. It’s still quite suprising they are on the main stage and after Balthazar though. 

[Ken19]

Plan A cancels his performance, long negotiations with plan b (i guess the same big name for open’er, mad cool...)... Other options were impossible. So, Greta Van Fleet was not the plan, obviously.

Like i said before, sometimes these things happen. Too many cancellations this year.

[thewayiam]

1 hour ago, lighthouse said:

How on earth can you sell GVF as a sub?

Seriously: if you tell me GVF is subbing Latitude I'll tell you that's ridiculous.

Line up is looking a bit trash this year tbf, 8 acts over 4 days for me

Edited February 27, 2019 by thewayiam

[Tremousse]

I find it cool that RW gives Greta Van Fleet the chance to be so high on the lineup (they're even higher now in the US). They're amazing on stage and have nothing to envy to the new headliners in Europe (George Ezra, The 1975, Post Malone etc). 

[ThijsDB]

1 hour ago, birchtree29 said:

Gvf will be on the same slot with Bastille which is before Muse and someone else TBA.

Not true. Just got confirmed again on Studio Brussel GVF will play right before Muse and they will obviously close the festival

[visdave34]

1 hour ago, lighthouse said:

Here's hoping for some nice additions in the next batch (friday?) that will save the day.

Vampire Weekend, dEUS, The Roots, Robyn, The Specials, maybe Suede would be nice.

Don’t forget Foals ?

[Nicklord]

To me it looks like that Sunday is full of improv. Every other day makes sense

Edited February 27, 2019 by Nicklord

[birchtree29]

1 hour ago, ThijsDB said:

Not true. Just got confirmed again on Studio Brussel GVF will play right before Muse and they will obviously close the festival

Wow didn’t know about that. I don’t know any other festival this year that have them as a sub except Boston Calling in the U.S. It feels like a plan b or even plan c for Rock Werchter

[Hullabaloo92]

11 hours ago, Ken19 said:

Some bands cancelled their show at RW or were planned for RW, but it didn't work out (travel schedule, day off, preferring Glastonbury, bigger spot on other festival...). And play now a different festival in Belgium. Not everything went as planned. Not difficult to find out which bands... 

Some bands we all expect (and are hoping for) will be added very shortly. 

Wolfmother was never an option btw. 

I think Christine & the Queens could be one of the acts, that cancelled (now playing Lokerse) and maybe The Prodigy.

To me Greta Van Fleet is a sub like James Blake, Alt-J or London Grammar in the last years, which isn't really justified, but at least GVF is a band that I actually like and I was in fear that Balthazar would be the sub for Muse.

Since Rock Werchter hadn't announced many acts for thursday and sunday before christmas I thought they were waiting to see if Pink/Muse could sell out the day on their own and would only book another big act, if that wouldn't be the case.....

I also do hope, that Muse will get a full set at Rock Werchter. If you look at their current US setlist, they are playing over 20 songs, so they could fill at least a 2 hour slot instead of the usual 90 min.

@Ken19: can you tell us, if Plan A and Plan B are playing other shows in europe during that time oder is none of them touring at all?