Rock Werchter 2022

[ParanoidTourist]

On 1/7/2022 at 1:14 AM, Floyd_Ams said:

In other news..."The Smile" are becoming more and more active. Their debut album is at the track-listing stage and a launch concert is announced for the end of January. So if we are to see Thom Yorke at RW this year (and I think we will) in any form, it looks like this will be the one. 

Another band that will be touring in the summer and would be a perfect fit for RW (@The Barn) is Madrugada. I really hope the the bookers have their eyes on them.

 

It seems the release of their album would coincide very well with festival dates. The punky sound would fit very nice in the Barn. It's basically a chance to hear (at least in part) the Radiohead sound from the 1990s!

[Granny-Smith]

When will we get new names for RW 2022?

I hope for Idles, Little Simz, Fountaines D.C., King Gizzard, Black Midi and Parquet Courts in the next announcement 🙃

 

Edited January 12, 2022 by Granny-Smith

[49Lawson]

7 minutes ago, Granny-Smith said:

When will we get new names for RW 2022?

I hope for Idles, Little Simz, Fountaines D.C., King Gizzard, Black Midi and Parquet Courts in the next announcement 🙃

 

If my memory serves me right (and if Covid isn’t a worry for them) we should be looking at next Friday. 

For reasons I can’t quite remember they’ve begun announcing the bands the 3rd Friday in January for certainly the past 3 festivals. I think it’s to do with a national holiday one week and everybody going back to work/school the week after. That might be wrong but I know someone explained why they typically wait until that week but I wouldn’t expect anything until then at the earliest. (Always happy to be proven wrong when it comes to earlier announcements though)

[BenG92]

15 minutes ago, Granny-Smith said:

When will we get new names for RW 2022?

I hope for Idles, Little Simz, Fountaines D.C., King Gizzard, Black Midi and Parquet Courts in the next announcement 🙃

 

Seeing each and every one at Primavera but I'd do it again weeks later 🤣

[Nicklord]

New Stromae song is amazing

 

[Ken19]

Don’t shoot me if not, normally next week they will start again. 

[mln]

1 minute ago, Ken19 said:

Don’t shoot me if not, normally next week they will start again. 

Thanks for the update!

Can you share what is the general attitude towards festival season in the industry right now? Is it much better than last year?

[Blaxey]

For those who bought collector tickets for 2020 I have received an email saying that ticketmaster is going to send new ones. So if you have changed your adress be sure to update it

[misterplow]

22 hours ago, Nicklord said:

New Stromae song is amazing

 

Amazing song. Imagine him closing the festival again like he did in 2014. That show was amazing.

[mln]

If anyone's interested, ESNS conference has just started and today they're going to talk about 2022 festival season:

https://esns.nl/conference/festival-season-2022/2022-01-19/13:00

[49Lawson]

Was thinking about this before, obviously they now need a replacement for FNM. Do we think if the Springsteen day is truly finished that Jack White could be a replacement for them?

3rd down might be a touch too low for him, I was just trying to think of suitable people to fill the gap

[Jefferke]

47 minutes ago, 49Lawson said:

Was thinking about this before, obviously they now need a replacement for FNM. Do we think if the Springsteen day is truly finished that Jack White could be a replacement for them?

3rd down might be a touch too low for him, I was just trying to think of suitable people to fill the gap

Already has a show announced in July in Brussels. So ruled out.

[BenG92]

58 minutes ago, 49Lawson said:

Was thinking about this before, obviously they now need a replacement for FNM. Do we think if the Springsteen day is truly finished that Jack White could be a replacement for them?

3rd down might be a touch too low for him, I was just trying to think of suitable people to fill the gap

Too low, Jack is a headliner. Liam Gallagher is more that level for a non-UK festival. Bush maybe. Placebo would be perfect but they're not available. 

[misterplow]

As a big fan, still wondering where The Strokes will end up in Belgium this year. 

[The Black]

45 minutes ago, misterplow said:

As a big fan, still wondering where The Strokes will end up in Belgium this year. 

We're planning to get day tickets for Best Kept Secret to see them. Not too far from the Belgian border.

[BenG92]

1 hour ago, misterplow said:

As a big fan, still wondering where The Strokes will end up in Belgium this year. 

Not here sadly. 8 headliners already in place. 

[Daniel Ferreira]

On 7/29/2021 at 12:07 PM, Ken19 said:

Fontaines will be back. Strokes normally not. But I hope that will change.

In July Ken said this...

[49Lawson]

3 hours ago, Jefferke said:

Already has a show announced in July in Brussels. So ruled out.

Ah I did not realise this, apologies 

2 hours ago, BenG92 said:

Too low, Jack is a headliner. Liam Gallagher is more that level for a non-UK festival. Bush maybe. Placebo would be perfect but they're not available. 

Yeah I remember before the great eFests black out there some sort of suggestion that LG would be 3rd down on the Friday. Might have that wrong though, and I agree he would be ideal for that slot on the Saturday now.

I would argue that’s too big a slot for Bush looking at their placements around Europe, and Placebo would have been a dream but as you say they’re ruled out for numerous reasons. Was proper gutted when they moved them to TW Classic

[misterplow]

2 hours ago, Daniel Ferreira said:

In July Ken said this...

Yeah but that doesn't explain where they'll play. They were booked by Livenation for a show, so we'll should see them somewhere? Are they touring around Pukkelpop?  

[Karlos12345]

7 hours ago, mln said:

If anyone's interested, ESNS conference has just started and today they're going to talk about 2022 festival season:

https://esns.nl/conference/festival-season-2022/2022-01-19/13:00

Anything interesting? Positive feeling about the summer?

[Ken19]

There are advanced negotiations with a new TW Classic 2 headliner.

[mln]

19 minutes ago, Karlos12345 said:

Anything interesting? Positive feeling about the summer?

In fact, I was hoping someone from here would listen to it since I couldn't 😉

[VCF]

Wolf Alice opening for Harry Styles in July with an Antwerp date on the 7th. There is still a gap for Werchter on Sat/Sun but I can't see them playing Belgium twice in 4 days?

A real shame given they also had to postpone their EU tour to November. 

[Ken19]

40 minutes ago, VCF said:

Wolf Alice opening for Harry Styles in July with an Antwerp date on the 7th. There is still a gap for Werchter on Sat/Sun but I can't see them playing Belgium twice in 4 days?

A real shame given they also had to postpone their EU tour to November. 

Always an interesting name for us, but they can choose between RW/Dour/Cactus/Pkp

[Aech]

I reckon Stormzy would be perfect for that FNM slot, but that's mostly me hoping he isn't high up in the barn against a big headliner.

Edit: Am I right in thinking Les Ardentes and Dour have their headliners so if he's gonna play anywhere it's werchter (doesn't appear to be touring late august for pukkelpop)?

Edited January 19, 2022 by Aech