Rock Werchter 2019

[Chaarlie]

24 minutes ago, ParanoidTourist said:

Richard Ashcroft and Zeal & Ardor are good announcements.

There are, of course, good band's to see this year but I think this year is not worth the money considering the tickets price in comparison to what you get. Hurricane, for example, have a much more solid line up imo. I will myself head to InMusic festival because I like the early 90s;)

Looking at other festivals I can't find any lineups I like better, Hurricane is close but the Friday of Werchter is just so good.

[thewayiam]

Friday by far is the best day, the other days have nothing for me hardly

[Judithmt]

48 minutes ago, IdleWild78 said:

Serious question - anyone know the best way to resell a package? So not just the tickets but lodge and beer tokens too?  I can't see anything on the RW website other than TicketSwap and wasnt sure if that was just for the combi ticket?

Very disappointed with the line up. I appreciate that many things likely did not go to plan for the organisers, but as others have said we seem to have missed a lot of names that are touring and are at other festivals (and that you'd expect at RW) so it is hard to understand why we are looking at a pretty dismal final line-up.  Also agree with the point above re: Thursday.  Last year was the year showcasing the 'bigger better Barn' and it doesnt seem right that this year the festival is being downsized.

 

RW used to have a waiting list but only when sold out I think. My best bet would be ticketswap. You can also offer lodging and beer tokens but not in one package, so you'll have to put them up separately. https://www.ticketswap.com/rock-werchter

 

[tmolvik]

Does anyone know if they have released any official statement regarding the Thursday? I fear that the opening gets postponed until later in the day, which will mean that the lines to get in will be even longer.

[birchtree29]

50 minutes ago, tmolvik said:

It's actually quite strange that they have decided to release all names today rather than in smaller batches like before, as I highly doubt that this final announcement will help on the ticket sales.. 

They are on the same weekend with Glastonbury. Glastonbury will announce their lineup this month, so they wanted to sell as many tickets as they can before them

[tmolvik]

Just now, birchtree29 said:

They are on the same weekend with Glastonbury. Glastonbury will announce their lineup this month, so they wanted to sell as many tickets as they can before them

Yeah, you might be right but I highly doubt that this will help.. 

[HerrBuergermeister]

So I`m out! RIP Rock Werchter. 

For those, who will go this year: Have fun!

[Nicklord]

Sunday would be a great day to me if I can see Muse, Greta, New Order, Underworld, De Staat, Parway Drive, Mac Demarco, Zeal and Ardor and Deaf Havana but I feel like half of those is gonna overlap 

[ParanoidTourist]

54 minutes ago, Chaarlie said:

Looking at other festivals I can't find any lineups I like better, Hurricane is close but the Friday of Werchter is just so good.

Friday is very good indeed but the other days seem very uneven/crappy to me (And worse than Hurricane imo).To each his own taste I guess:)

[nysmaw]

The line-up explains why they started announcing headliners so early this year, fooling people to buy early. ?

[Ni&co]

Man I can't believe I paid the full price for my combi ticket... I set my expectations too high... If there was a booking problem with the bigger bands why ask for more money  just to have less?? Thursday is simply shit because of P!nk's management team... 105 € for a half a normal festival day... Unbelievable... I will be going to Sziget from now on

[SDNL]

Had planned on going to this but am switching things around at work so I can go to Mad Cool instead. The RW lineup just isn't strong enough, simple as.

[Ken19]

If you analyze the line up, it is easily to see what went wrong. Off course Robyn was not supposed to play on Friday, the same for Beirut on the main stage, De Staat was the opener of de main stage on sunday, each day Klub C is missing a strong act, the blaze was not supposed to headline Klub C on saturday...

No, some years, a lot of things can go wrong. In January everything was still ok, but things escalated quickly (the plan was to announce every week some names, each announcement needs strong names, but the strong names were cancelling RW of asking to reschedule their performance)... 

Thursday, Pink is doing her only festival show. Not many headliners available in Europe next year. Going all in to get Pink. But it was not the plan to half the day. They know 105eur is too much for Thursday. 

There is a lot to discover in the bottom line of the line up. But Werchter is a festival you go for a lot of strong names. Fyi, there are some names we were all expecting to play this year, but they will... next year...

[tmolvik]

11 minutes ago, Ken19 said:

If you analyze the line up, it is easily to see what went wrong. Off course Robyn was not supposed to play on Friday, the same for Beirut on the main stage, De Staat was the opener of de main stage on sunday, each day Klub C is missing a strong act, the blaze was not supposed to headline Klub C on saturday...

No, some years, a lot of things can go wrong. In January everything was still ok, but things escalated quickly (the plan was to announce every week some names, each announcement needs strong names, but the strong names were cancelling RW of asking to reschedule their performance)... 

Thursday, Pink is doing her only festival show. Not many headliners available in Europe next year. Going all in to get Pink. But it was not the plan to half the day. They know 105eur is too much for Thursday. 

There is a lot to discover in the bottom line of the line up. But Werchter is a festival you go for a lot of strong names. Fyi, there are some names we were all expecting to play this year, but they will... next year...

But if this it not an economical issue, surely it must be possible to fill up to Thursday with some names? I can understand that things are changing and that a lot of things are outside their control, but I would expect RW to be such a big name that they had some kind of influence. It's not like there is no decent names touring that are available and that would want to play at RW. Also, getting some up and coming bands to play at The Slope, can't be that difficult. As you say there is a lot to be discovered, especially at this great stage, but it could have been even more. It's would be a huge opportunity for many of them, and it's not like the bar has been set too high this year anyway.. Give local bands a chance if anything.. 

I'm also fearing that this day will start around 16.00 now, (unless "Pink's DJ", playing at the main stage are warming up the crowd for half a day) and for us that are travelling internationally, that means having booked an additional day of hotels, babysitting etc for no reason. In addition the lines to get in at that point to start the festival will be even worse than the usual ones. 

I don't expect RW to offer any kind of refund and offer an official explanation, although that would be the decent thing to do, but I do really expect them to reconsider filling up that day. I can live with a mediocre line-up for a year, but not the lack of respect or customers being shown with this regard. However it's not too late to turn around...

[JonasLPU]

Alright, I agree a lot of things can go wrong and I'm sure many artists canceled their show, but you'd expect that a festival like Rock Werchter can avoid a disgrace like that first day. To expect that people will pay the full price for half a day is just plain arrogance imo. 

And tbh, Friday and Sunday are great, don't get me wrong. Saturday is decent but still, the lack of some bigger rock bands that day is really unfortunate. Luckily Friday and Sunday make up for that quite a bit. But that Thursday, man... There are so many Belgian bands that could've played that day like dEUS, Brutus or Amenra. Or other smaller bands to fill Thursday like Shame, Fontaines D.C., Viagra Boys, ... And I still haven't talked about names like The Raconteurs, Wolfmother, Thom Yorke, Flogging Molly, The Hives and Sum 41, all names that this edition could use ...

So yeah, I can understand that a couple bands/artists canceled but c'mon... 

 

[johnybegood]

Why do people complain about RW line-up? Is there any better line-up in Europe in June/July? Which one?

[Apocalyptica]

10 hours ago, HerrBuergermeister said:

So I`m out! RIP Rock Werchter. 

For those, who will go this year: Have fun!

I'm coming all the way from India ( my 3rd year in a row) and have bought all the tickets. Can't back out now

[Senan-]

5 hours ago, Ken19 said:

If you analyze the line up, it is easily to see what went wrong. Off course Robyn was not supposed to play on Friday, the same for Beirut on the main stage, De Staat was the opener of de main stage on sunday, each day Klub C is missing a strong act, the blaze was not supposed to headline Klub C on saturday...

No, some years, a lot of things can go wrong. In January everything was still ok, but things escalated quickly (the plan was to announce every week some names, each announcement needs strong names, but the strong names were cancelling RW of asking to reschedule their performance)... 

Thursday, Pink is doing her only festival show. Not many headliners available in Europe next year. Going all in to get Pink. But it was not the plan to half the day. They know 105eur is too much for Thursday. 

There is a lot to discover in the bottom line of the line up. But Werchter is a festival you go for a lot of strong names. Fyi, there are some names we were all expecting to play this year, but they will... next year...

Can you say which strong names ended up cancelling?

[Senan-]

5 hours ago, Ken19 said:

If you analyze the line up, it is easily to see what went wrong. Off course Robyn was not supposed to play on Friday, the same for Beirut on the main stage, De Staat was the opener of de main stage on sunday, each day Klub C is missing a strong act, the blaze was not supposed to headline Klub C on saturday...

No, some years, a lot of things can go wrong. In January everything was still ok, but things escalated quickly (the plan was to announce every week some names, each announcement needs strong names, but the strong names were cancelling RW of asking to reschedule their performance)... 

Thursday, Pink is doing her only festival show. Not many headliners available in Europe next year. Going all in to get Pink. But it was not the plan to half the day. They know 105eur is too much for Thursday. 

There is a lot to discover in the bottom line of the line up. But Werchter is a festival you go for a lot of strong names. Fyi, there are some names we were all expecting to play this year, but they will... next year...

 

Edited March 2, 2019 by Senan-

[e2p2]

Im not going this year because it falls on Glastonbury weekend, but there's a good chance I would have pick RW if it was on its regular weekend. It's has good lineup overall, the sound, organization, atmosphere etc. are always top notch, the people are very friendly and although Im not Belgian nor even European, this place always feels like home for me. 

Regardless of taste, it's clear that RW has a weak lineup in comparison to its standards. But still it is difficult to find another festival with bigger bands or with more headliners than RW. 

However it is very uncharacteristic of them to bring festival-exclusive bands to their lineup (although I didn't see an official claim on their website though I might be wrong). It is also very uncharacteristic of them to have an act with the stature of GVF to sub the mainstage. To have two days in the same RW edition with a top three bands as Pink-Bastille-Vance Joy or Muse-GVF-Balthazar is appalling. 

Still, the Slope looks good again with very good artists like Foxing, the Twilight Sad, TSRC, and more. The tents have artists I've been waiting for so long to see their RW debuts in them like Kurt Vile, Mac Demarco, Strand Of Oaks, Kraungbin and more, and especially the Barn has a pretty good  program. 

The Thursday thing is annoying. No matter that most of us here aren't locals and we would come by on Wednesday regardless, this thing should not happen for a festival as organized as RW. Maybe they thought it's cost too much  to sell out the Thursday (In 2015 was the last time I think) and gave up on investing as much but I believe that enough people bought daily ticket and were not expecting the gates to be open at 16:00 or 17:00 and watch a half program.

All in all, there are certain expectations from past edition and I can understand why many of you are disappointed. I believe that if I had tickets for this year I would have been disappointed too. Still, Im sure that those who'll enter the gates will have a great time there. Yes, even @Gossard ?

[CJTM]

For anyone going, The Murder Capital announced for the Saturday are incredible.

FFO Nick Cave & Joy Division

 

[djd4]

Each day there's at least 3 or 4 acts I'll go see so I'm happy enough. Looking at other festival lineups is it really that bad? For me personally Werchter is still among the best of them, helped a lot by Muse, whom I hope will put on their full stadium show.

 

Yes its below usual Werchter standard but I'm grateful for the absolute blockbuster lineup of 2018 so I guess we had to pay

[Yelo, the Parmiggiana]

Although I'm actually sad for Werchter this year (thinking I was thinking to go til December, sorta), it has to be said that this is one of the worst june-july for festivals in a long while.

 

Too bad Tool decided to come back and The Cure to do their final tour this year, too bad

[Aech]

2 hours ago, Yelo, the Parmiggiana said:

Although I'm actually sad for Werchter this year (thinking I was thinking to go til December, sorta), it has to be said that this is one of the worst june-july for festivals in a long while.

 

Too bad Tool decided to come back and The Cure to do their final tour this year, too bad

It's not The Cures final tour is it?

[Nicklord]

26 minutes ago, Aech said:

It's not The Cures final tour is it?

I think it started with something like "last festival tour" and then it stopped being called that

Edited March 2, 2019 by Nicklord